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Secure your .htaccess files
Recently discovered an old Joomla website that had been hacked by a remote exploit which changed the contents of .htaccess and redirected the connecting clients away to malicious sites. I don't know how they managed it but I thought that if .htaccess wasn't writeable...
Free GPL3 Licensed CD/DVD Burning Application for Windows
I haven't tried this but don't want to forget about it: http://infrarecorder.org/ You can also use ISORecorder which works well. Not sure of the license on this program. However the website says "Since the very beginning ISO Recorder has been a free tool (for personal...
Gnome-shell or How to make Ubuntu look like an iPhone
Just had a play with the new Gnome 3 gnome-shell. On Ubuntu 10.04: apt-get install gnome-shell gnome-shell --replace To revert back to the default Ubuntu Window Manager metacity --replace (You may have to also run) gnome-panel & Anyway check it out... I can't wait...
Encourage Comments on Your Blog
I'm fairly strict with what I allow as comments on this blog. But if someone has gone to the effort to post a well-thought-out comment I don't mind if they put a URL in the comment or the associated website field and therefore gain some SEO benefit from it. I have...
If you think you are anonymous on the internet check out this site
A browser tells the site it is visiting about itself: the plugins it is using, the screen resolution it is set at, the fonts available for display, It's preferred language/timezone and many other little details... (OS etc) It does this in order for the remote site to...
Ubuntu 10.04 – OpenOffice 3.2 cannot Spell Check with Australian Default Locale
Despite the oo website saying that the Australian dictionary is include in OO 3.x.x I couldn't spell check my docs. The "Text Language" field of the OpenOffice Spell Checking dialog was missing. So I had to download the OpenOffice Australian Dictionary and install it...