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Even unknown sites get trawled by hackers
Gosh, I have published my dyndns website name name to just one person so far, and I have a dynamic ip address. And I still get somebody (probably somebodies) trying to break into the machine. The web access log shows … Continue reading
Backups, the sheer joy (not)
I was working on a nice complicated backup strategy where every server would do regular backups (full and partial) to its local filesystem; and every XXmins my master backup server would suck them up using SCP and then remove the … Continue reading
Well yesterday was interesting
Up until now the only external storage I had (apart from the DVD and CD backups) was a 320GB external disk drive on my desktop system. I had been booting into linux (it’s a dual boot desktop) and mounting that … Continue reading
Where is all the calendar printing software ?.
I was thinking it might be nice to print my own calendar for next year. The home grown sort with pictures of my pets all over it. Searching on google, even with -“”TRIAL” as a parameter returns a lot of … Continue reading
AJAX, whats the fuss about ?
I’ve had a play with AJAX as I understand it, which is basically being able to query the server and update only sections of a page instead of refreshing the entire page. I don’t believe field validation and help tips … Continue reading