Posts By: Kent

Kent

Professional Software Developer, doing mostly C++. Connect with Kent on Twitter.

Integrating LibreOffice into C++

At our math website we publish printable PDF worksheets for school children. We’ve just started publishing crosswords, while relatively easy to create, they require much work to make them into tasks.

Apache 2.4 on Gentoo with MPM ITK

I recently upgraded my Gentoo development server from Linux Apache 2.2 to Apache 2.4. Though there are some notable changes between Apache 2.2 and Apache 2.4, the ITK MPM required some configuration to be able to use it.

How to dynamically load native DLLs from C#

Loading native DLLs from a managed context (C#, VB.net) is an evil necessity. Native and managed must sometimes communicate, and sometimes the best way is to call native methods directly from a managed context.

How to trigger WP-Cron from crontab in WordPress

WordPress cron is a process that runs each time a user visits a website. It triggers the tasks that are due to run and schedules the new ones. Wp-cron is an important feature to have. It publishes posts that are scheduled to be published at given times. It triggers important background events like check for updates, send planned emails and others.