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I just purchased a new TiVo and a new TV. We got the AOC LE24H060 (p.o.s. but that is another story. It was cheap).
I’m not a fan of having multiple remotes, so I wanted to try and program the Power button on the TiVo remote to turn off the TV. The list of codes for the AOC didn’t work. I tried them all. I searched the web and couldn’t find any. I’m pretty sure I overlooked this post (http://tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=302454 — See #2) several times.

It states:

“I doubt you’re still searching for a solution, but in case you are… do the code search. Hold down the TV Power and Tivo buttons together for five seconds, and when the red light comes on, type 0999.
The point the remote at the TV, and slowly go through all the codes by pressing the “Channel up” button on the remote every two seconds. Eventually, if you get to the right code, the TV will turn off. When this happens, press “Enter” on the remote to select that code set.”

After pressing up about 20+ times the TV finally turned off. I had the right code.

The problem. I still don’t know what the code is, but I have one remote for both devices!

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I have been searching for a good application that would allow me to sync my projects between computers.   I tried a few free applications (like DirSync Pro), but I couldn’t find anything that really worked.  A co-worker of mine told me about SyncBack from 2BrightSparks.  They have several products, but I have been using the SyncBack SE (based on my needs).  It is awesome!  The user sets up profiles at each workstation to perform specific tasks.  I have one on each computer that I use to transfer files to and from my USB drive.  You even have the ability to ignore certain files (i.e. executables and other files that are not needed).

SyncBack SE is definitely worth checking out.  They have a 30 day trial.  It is just enough time to get you sucked in.

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Here is a link to a program I’ve been using lately.  It is called DirSync Pro –  I’ve been looking for a good way to sync my projects between computers. This seems to work pretty well.

If you have a suggestion please let me know.

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Here is a good link I found for C# Object Serialization

http://blog.paranoidferret.com/index.php/2007/04/27/csharp-tutorial-serialize-objects-to-a-file/

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I had to solve a problem a PHP script tonight that was giving a “PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted …” message.  Debugging PHP is pretty tough (any tips).  Anyhow, I found a site that mentioned using the ini_set(“memory_limit”,”12M”); command.  This didn’t work, but I did as suggested and bumped the memory up to 50M and it finally worked.  We are trying to parse a large soap file, so I wonder if this is a good practice, or could we have some “poor” coding problems?  As far as I can tell the code looks good.

Here are a few links that I found on optimizing your PHP code.  There are several, but here are some I wanted to read.

How to Manage Memory in PHP

A HOWTO on Optimizing PHP

Solve PHP Fatal error

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Here is a cool link on how to delete a file on reboot.  This is real nice when you want to automatically clean up after yourself.

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I am in the process of learning CakePHP.  I have finally setup Cake now I am on to the Cookbook..

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I found this link today and thought I would share it.

I was able to get CakePHP working.  Very good post.

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My database got deleted somehow… Who knows.

Well, I am back!

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