- Debugging web apps using tcpdump and Wireshark
Debugging AJAX calls can be a pain, especially when they use POSTs that hide the variable values from view. Normally, I’d just use Firebug, the best web development tool since the browser itself. Unfortunately, calls to my Facebook application are all routed through Facebook’s servers, rendering Firebug useless.
Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Now, when I run into a sticky AJAX [...] - DroboShare + Netatalk + Time Machine
At work, we’re mostly a Mac shop. To ease our backup procedure (currently, passing around an external HD), we recently got a Drobo (external RAID-like HD enclosure) and a DroboShare (a NAS). The intention was to use it as a Time Capsule replacement, so that those of us running Mac OS X 10.5 would have [...]
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 - Drupal’s Organic Groups messing with my breadcrumbs
Problem: In my Drupal setup, I’m using Organic Groups (OG) and Menu Breadcrumb (MB). OG replaces Drupal’s breadcrumbs with its own which have no relevance to the structure of my site.
Monday, November 10th, 2008