Broadband technology (as with most information technology for that matter) has come a long way in the past few years, however expect the odd glitch now and then. There can be many reasons why Internet connectivity or web sites fail, the trick is to try and isolate where the problem is.
This article describes what you [...]
Ok, so you’ve got data on ISO’s (or CDROM) you need to access all the time, for example the images of your favourite distro. You can extract the file to directories on your hard disk, or you can directly mount them as a file system!
It’s very straight forward, simply run the following command with the [...]
If you’ve got a few boxes around your workspace, you occasionally might like to be logged on as root (you normally shouldn’t be logged on as root unless you really have to, use su or sudo instead!) and watch something on one screen while working on another. No problem, until the screen blanks. Of course [...]
This article is still ongoing. I decided to publish it because I figured it still might help some individuals even in this primitive state.
First things first. What exactly is a user group? A user group is a group of people that get together by interest in a particular technology. It may be a programming language, [...]
News aggregation built into your browser!
If you’re using the latest version of Firefox (at the time of writing PR1), you might have noticed a small graphic labelled RSS in the bottom right hand corner of your browser.
A Live Bookmark
A Live Bookmark
You probably already know that RSS stands for “Rich Site Summary” (or “Really Simple Syndication”) [...]
Update - This title is now in it’s second edition.
Google Hacks
Author: Tara Calishain , Rael Dornfest
Publisher: O’Reilly
Online Catalog: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/
ISBN: 0-596-00447-8
Price: $AUS39.00 approx.
Ok. I admit, I’m somewhat of a Google groupie. Having a keen interest in Search Engine trends and technologies, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of O’Reilly’s Google Hacks. Written [...]
phpinfo is one of the most handy functions a PHP programmer needs to know about, especially when it comes time to debugging! As the name says, phpinfo displays information about PHP.
Checking if Perl is working for the shell-deprived.
Perl is a very popular language and a common question I here from those that are new to open source web development in general is “Why isn’t my Perl script working?” or “How do I know if I have Perl installed/working?”.
There are lots of ways you can tell [...]
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 most of the security books in the O’Reilly series, I was anxious to see what “Security Warrior” was all about. First things first, if you’re new to the topic of information security, perhaps try a title like “Practical Unix & Internet [...]
We’ve all seen the dreaded 404 error page as shown below.