Category: Internet
Google Plus - My First Few Minutes
For some time I've considered social netwoking, having up to this point avoided joining any social networking sites. That's right - I'm not a Luddite, yet I don't use Facebook. However, today I was invited to join Google Plus. And so, I decided to take the plunge, and jack into...
Creating and Deploying a SSH Key
A SSH Key allows you to log into a remote server without ever having to enter the password for you user on that server. In some situations, you can use this to increase security, by configuring the remote host to only allow SSH to be used when the client has...
FoxyProxy - Manage Proxies Easily
If you are running Firefox on a mobile device and sometimes need to use a proxy (like [to get a secure connection on an open wireless network](/securely-browse-web-ssh-and-static-ip.html)), but other times don't need said proxy, having to open up Firefox's preferences every time this change occurs will seriously inhibit your use...
Securely Browse the Web with SSH and a Static IP
Connecting an open network and then sending out confidential information over that said network is an invitation to having your information compromised. The best way to ensure that your data is safe is to encrypt the data, but not every site is set up to allow encryption. However, assuming that...
ReadItLater
I often come across a long article that I want to read, but can't read it immediately. That's when the Firefox extension [ReadItLater](http://readitlaterlist.com/) comes in handy. It puts a checkmark in the right side of the address bar, which can be selected for any page to save to the list....
NoScript - Block Even More Attacks on Firefox
Although its no Internet Explorer, Firefox still has security holes. The thing is, many of these flaws come from the scripting support, such as support for javascript or Flash. The obvious way to fix this is to turn off scripting, but by default that happens to be an all or...
Theories About Strange Spam Comments
Much like those odd spam emails that end up in your inbox, my comment approval queue sometimes gets comments that are made up of random letters strung together. Curiously, none of the links that are put into these are actually valid (I'm not talking I clicked on it - I'm...
NoScript Pings My Site Fix
After the 2.0 version of [NoScript](http://noscript.net/) installed on my desktop, I began noticing a curious event repeatedly occurring in my Drupal access logs. Every few minutes I would get a hit on the main page of this site from my IP, despite the fact that I wasn't visiting the site...
My New Backup and Testing Server
A few weeks ago, a stray lightning bolt managed to create a power surge through our cable - and through that our network - damaging three unfortunate pieces of networking equipment. Two gigabit switches, a cat6 Ethernet cable, and a gigabit card fell before this power surge, of these one...
BotNet Attack Counter
In light of my current issues with [some botnet scanning me regularly](/antivirus-must.html) I have decided to add a block to the main page of my site, which will appear in the lower left side. Entitled "Vulnerability Scan Counter", I will enumerate the number of scans that my site has endured...
Images in Posts in Drupal Tutorial
This guide walks the reader through the steps of configuring a Drupal installation to allow Drupal users not only have images displayed within posts but also to configure the position and size of the images. First download all the required modules to your webserver, these modules are: * [Image](http://drupal.org/project/image) module...
Drupal Editor Android App
One of the nicest aspects of having a smart phone is the easy access to the Internet that it can provide for you almost anywhere you go. No more hoping that a coffee shop has WiFi or having to wait to look up the answer to that nagging question up...
Inline Images in Drupal
One of the rare struggles that i have had with Drupal so far is correctly positioning images within the body of a post. By default you can't do anything more than upload the image so that it can be downloaded by readers. The [Image](http://drupal.org/project/image) module allows you to attach an...
New Server
After a couple of months running this website and associated services on my desktop, I finally put together a low end server (a desktop without a monitor running Ubuntu server 64 bit). In addition to the reduced downtime this should result in, its also provided me with increased material for...
Jamendo - A Site for Free and Legal Music
There are a great deal of sites on the Internet which offer free music, many of which are of questionable legality. One which keeps all its music legal is Jamendo. The key to these free offerings is the usage of the Creative Commons licenses, all of which allow for some...
Creating Infrastructure for an Online Meeting Place
I recently took it into my head to create a Python group, as a few of my friends were interested in learning about computers and programming. Obviously the first thing I needed was a good way to communicate code. Originally, I was just intending to install a chat server, which...