Author Archives: m

Easy MySQL backup shell script

Posted on May 12, 2011 by m

I accidentally deleted my MySQL backup script. No backups is bad news. I was looking for replacements and found a bunch, but they are all overkill. And half of them don’t even zip your backups. The only two elements I … Continue reading →

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Solved: Cleanr WordPress Theme conflicts with Disqus comments

Posted on March 4, 2011 by m

I’m a big fan of Disqus (especially since they use Django), but the comment form was not displaying correctly in another blog I was working on. Specifically it was being displayed in the wrong place on the individual post page. … Continue reading →

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Removing duplicate rows in SQL

Posted on November 30, 2010 by m

Since I’ ve had to look this up twice in the last year, I should blog about it so I’ll remember. This is the quickest solution I’ve found. Problem: You have duplicate rows in your database. Even if you have … Continue reading →

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Life with OS X on my Hackintosh

Posted on October 26, 2010 by m

So on to what I’ve learned from getting hacked. I’ve learned that Windows is not to be trusted with anything. I’m still not sure whether I got the virus by transferring a file from another computer or if it was … Continue reading →

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Site hacked!

Posted on September 28, 2010 by m

If you came here or to some of my other sites recently, you may have noticed that Google blacklisted them as site distributing malware. This was a result of a virus that infected my PC and used a keylogger to … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Silverlight broke Netflix

Posted on August 15, 2010 by m

I went to stream some movies from Netflix today and got a DRM error (N8151) instead of the film I wanted to watch. After a quick call with Netflix’s very helpful staff, they informed me that it was a problem … Continue reading →

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New Section: Portfolio!

Posted on July 13, 2010 by m

On the Portfolio page, you’ll find links to all the websites I can think of that I’ve worked on. Wow, this is starting to resemble a real website.

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Welcome!

Posted on July 10, 2010 by m

I’m Michael Buell and this is my blog where I’ll be posting various things related to my profession: programming and software development, usually for dynamic websites and web applications. My languages of choice for web development are Python, Django, and … Continue reading →

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