Broadband Troubleshooting Steps
Broadband technology (as with most information technology for that matter) has come a long way in the past few years,
May 29, 2005
Mounting an ISO as a file system in Linux
Ok, so you’ve got data on ISO’s (or CDROM) you need to access all the time, for example the images
May 29, 2005
Disabling Screen Blanking (or turning off the root screen saver)
If you’ve got a few boxes around your workspace, you occasionally might like to be logged on as root (you
May 29, 2005
Starting A User Group
This article is still ongoing. I decided to publish it because I figured it still might help some individuals even
May 29, 2005
What are Live Bookmarks?
News aggregation built into your browser! If you’re using the latest version of Firefox (at the time of writing PR1),
May 29, 2005
Google Hacks – 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tricks
Update – This title is now in it’s second edition. Google Hacks Author: Tara Calishain , Rael Dornfest Publisher: O’Reilly
May 29, 2005
What is phpinfo?
phpinfo is one of the most handy functions a PHP programmer needs to know about, especially when it comes time
May 29, 2005
Testing if Perl is Working
Checking if Perl is working for the shell-deprived. Perl is a very popular language and a common question I here
May 29, 2005
Security Warrior
Security Warrior Author: By Cyrus Peikari, Anton Chuvakin Publisher: O’Reilly Online Catalog: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ ISBN: 0-596-00545-8 Price: $AUS90.00 approx. Having read
May 29, 2005
Creating Your Own Custom 404 Error Pages
We’ve all seen the dreaded 404 error page as shown below.
May 29, 2005
Preventing Orphaned SSH Sessions
If you run servers offering SSH connections (you are using SSH right? If not, stop reading this immediately and go
May 29, 2005
Specifying a default Favicon in Apache
If you didn’t already know, I love Apache. Defining a favicon is a nice detail to add to your site,
May 28, 2005
Book Review How-To
This guide was originally written for the Melbourne PHP User Group and the O’Reilly web site. It has been reproduced
May 28, 2005
Blocking IP Addresses in Apache
A common question I see being asked on various lists is “How do I block an IP address from accessing
May 28, 2005
Install Movable Type in 60 seconds!
For those that don’t know, Movable Type is a blogging tool that you can use on your own server. It
May 28, 2005
Example Link Request Email
A few people have requested this after a recent talk I presented on SEO for the Macromedia Users of Victoria.
May 28, 2005
Password-less SSH
This article describes how you go about setting up SSH access without the need of manually entering your password (thus
May 28, 2005
Creating Live Bookmarks For Your Site
Add Live Bookmarks To Your Site! This article describes what you need to know if you’d like to enable Live
May 28, 2005
BASH and FreeBSD
By default, many Linux distro’s have a nice BASH prompt. If you’ve just installed FreeBSD, you might be wondering how
May 28, 2005
Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Manager
OK, so you’re asked to support or manage an application that uses MSSQL Server. For example, many web hosting companies
May 28, 2005
SMS Gateway How-To
This how-to will cover how to set up an SMS (Short Message Service) gateway using your own hardware and software.
May 28, 2005
FreeBSD and adjkerntz (Adjust Kernel Time Zone)
If you run FreeBSD, have you ever noticed adjkerntz -a in your periodic list and wondered what the heck it
May 28, 2005
Fixing BIND’s “loading master file master/localhost.rev: file not found” error message
Notice this in your logs? named[18681]: starting BIND 9.3.0 -c /etc/namedb/named.conf named[18681]: command channel listening on 127.0.0.1#953 named[18681]: command channel
May 28, 2005
2005 AUUG Digital Pest Symposium
Thanks to everyone that attended the 2005 AUUG Digital Pest Symposium, it was a great chance to network and exchange
May 28, 2005