Monthly Archives: July 2011

Virtual hosts on XAMPP

If you ever wanted to develop websites with a root path, such as http://mywebsite, contrary to subdirectory websites like http://localhost/mywebsite, virtual hosts is the way to go. Figure out how to do it on ailoo.net. Another possitive side effect is … Read more

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Suddenly unable to start Apache? Solution here

Prelude (skip to solution) Suddenly by seemingly no fault of my own I was unable to start Apache through the xampp control panel. I decided to investigate this further and ran apache_start.bat in cmd. This gave me the following output: … Read more

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Ken Doherty and bow-ties

Ken Doherty is really something. Last week in Thailand he was complaining China should have been docked a frame because Liang Wenbo forgot to wear his bow-tie, of course he came across as a whiny, grumpy old man. Today he … Read more

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China wins world cup 2011

At about midnight in the Bangkok convention center china seals the deal against northern Ireland by a scoreline of 4-2. Been a long day of snooker for me; watched the semifinals, wales – china and northern ireland – hong kong. … Read more

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Quarterfinals done

My first time watching snooker in live and I must say it was pretty sweet, despite the fact that every frame seemed to last an eternity. You might think I’m overreacting but seriously, two best of sevens lasted from 1pm … Read more

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Nature philosophy

We are surrounded by death everywhere we go. Bugs eating other bugs, birds eating insects, cars and people stomping insects and even animals. Life is taken all the time. A constant struggle for survival. You’d be happy to survive the … Read more

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How to get new blood into snooker?

Everyone agrees that the game needs new blood – new snooker players that can carry the game forward. The question is: how do you get the youngsters to start playing and more importantly keep on playing? Barry Hearn has made … Read more

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Generation everything

What is it with the over-abuse of the word generation these days? Generation x, nextgen, generation m, generation 1-9999, next generation, new generation, old generation and so on. The word is reduced to a cliche.

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