Whenever a new release sees the day of light over at Apache I normally update immediately. This time however I couldn’t find the installer only the source files for Windows (yes I’m impatient).

Today I gave it a second go as I really wanted to test the latest version. So here’s the “where to get the binary ” post…

After clicking around I finally found what I was looking for. Without further ado I now present you with the link: www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/. The file you are looking for are at the bottom of the page. Depending on your need for SSL you should either pick apache_2.2.6-win32-x86-no_ssl.msi or apache_2.2.6-win32-x86-openssl-0.9.8e.msi.

Before installing the new version you have to uninstall the previous Apache version (if you’re running Apache that is). After that it’s pretty much straightforward. Chose custom when asked and install to the same directory as before. This way you get to keep your settings in httpd.conf and your web directories without doing anything at all.

Took me about 5 minutes to complete the upgrade.

If you have any questions feel free to ask!

PopURI.us provides a tool to check at-a-glance the link popularity of any site based on its ranking (Google PageRank, Alexa Rank, Technorati etc.), social bookmarks (del.icio.us, etc), subscribers (Bloglines, etc) and more!

The results are presented nicely, all in one page, and looks something like this:

It also features a little widget to allow you to share this information on your blog.

TightVNC is a free remote control software package derived from the popular VNC software. With TightVNC, you can see the desktop of a remote machine and control it with your local mouse and keyboard, just like you would do it sitting in the front of that computer. TightVNC is:

• free, GPL-licensed, with full source code available
• useful in remote administration, remote customer support, education, and for many other purposes
• cross-platform, available for Windows and Unix, compatible with other VNC software

If you would like to learn more about TightVNC, consider reading this short introduction. Also, check the documentation pages where you will find answers to many important questions.

Note! Even though this is a solid and well tested product remember to pick a hard-to-guess password to avoid abuse. Otherwise others will gain complete control of your PC, and there’s enough bad guys out there just waiting for an opportunity like that…

Easy PHP Highlighter is a small application that highlights the source of a PHP file and outputs it to a XHTML valid html file for easy viewing by other people. It has language support for English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.

PHP Highlight Example (A MySQL backup class used in my latest CMS)

The real beauty is the ease of use. You simply start the application, browse and select a file and the new XHTML output file is automatically created in the same directory you picked the file from.

You can probably use it to highlight JavaScripts as well, but for now (version 2) you can only select files with a PHP extension. Not that it limits anything as you could just alter the extension temporarily to create the output file.

Update: In order to highlight Java code (or any other code) the page you’re going to “transform” needs to have the PHP tags inserted (Start of page -> <?php and at the end -> ?>) along with a PHP file extension. The following example illustrates my point (My Lightbox Media JavaScript add-on).

It works but requires more work -> time-consuming -> boring -> needs fix…

FotoFlexer is the most powerful on-line digital photo editor in existence.

Use FotoFlexer to perform effects previously available only to professionals using expensive software.

• Remove blemishes
• Change skin and hair color
• Morph photos
• Change backgrounds
• Completely Free!

Watch a demo or start “Flexing“.