datePicker and jqModal z-index problem

It appears that jqModal and datePicker have z-index problems. My datepicker appeared below the form inside jqModal. The fix for this is very simple. We have to modify CSS for UI and jqmodal.
This is because they don’t set z-index property properly. But we can change it on our own…

QuickTip: Styling jqModal with blockUI and AJAX requests

This is just a quick tip how to style a jqModal window when we are loading contents via AJAX. There are two possibilites:

use ajaxText, but this sometimes is not handy if you have complex styled content from AJAX
use blockUI and style the jqModal to show only after the AJAX has been loaded.

My idea is to [...]

Grepping Oracle’s database dumps = awk hints.

I’ve just got a database dump from Oracle and I wanted to load it into mysql database. It turned out that it has a lot of Oracle specific things, so I decided to play a little with grep and awk to get the things I want.

How to fully update Windows XP from command-line?

Recently I’ve needed to upgrade my PC from a command line.
After a lot of searching, including Microsoft tech-support where I was told that it’s not possible, I’ve managed to do it using Windows Scripting. Here is a VBS script that does the thing and reboots the machine afterwards:

Bootable FreeDOS USB stick/CF Card

Today I needed to create a bootable USB stick that does nothing else but just a reboot of the machine.
Why? The machine is booting up from network, but the problem is what happens when the network is down or doesn’t reply fast enough. Unfortunately, the PXE didn’t have the option of booting in an endless [...]

Debranding and upgrading Nokia E65

Some time ago I got myself a Nokia E-65 phone in UK’s Three network. It was quite new shiny and fancy. It had Skype running with Three, a bit underfeatured but prepared by Three. The phone however was slow like hell, it didn’t have Polish writing dictionary and hanged from time to time.
So I started [...]

Tips&Tricks: VoIP na Nokii E-65 z routerem Linksys WRV200

Dzis przedwigilijny króciutki post jak sobie skonfigurować VoIPa na Nokii E-65 z routerem Linksys WRV200 na przykładzie providera IPFON.
Właściwie pisanie howto jest bez sensu, bo bardzo dobra instrukcja jest na stronie IPFON Nie zmienia to faktu że miałem kilka problemów z tym cudakiem, wiec stad kilka wskazówek:

Networked Unattended WinXP installation

Hola!
Recently I have been doing an XP preinstallation for a remote software deployment project. In this post i’m putting all the interesting links I have found and the problems I had during the software preparation.
This is NOT a howto or instruction, this is just intended to help. If you want to have a full howto, [...]

Hola a todos de Barcelona!

And now living in Barcelona for some time. It turned out that my plans of going for Leonardo to Italy ended up in Spain. Well, anyway, not so bad at all (apart from not being able to speak Spanish). There is a beach close, however, and (they say) it rains here only few days during [...]

Mantis tweaks: logging in via Microsoft Active Directory LDAP

This is a short article on how to get the above Mantis version to work with Microsoft Windows Active Directory LDAP.
Used Mantis version: 1.1.1 and PHP Version 5

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