mod_rewrite, tutorialsSome links for further reading on a security weakness in MT (allowing spammers to use MT as an open relay), trapping bad robots and spammers (especially relevant for MT users), a good introduction to mod_rewrite, and tutorials on regular expressions and command line text editors.
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I found an interesting website offering very detailed whois information: whois.sc.
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I’ve made some comment rules to cover myself if I need to delete any comments. It’s all common sense — play nice basically.
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A Japanese Xbox to ensure compatibility with Japan’s Xbox Live service? Or an imported American Xbox to ensure Halo 2 in all it’s English goodness? I really hope “i18n” issues don’t get me — here’s hoping that Halo 2 and Xbox Live are multilingual and internationalised! Can someone tell me if they know? ;-)
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cron and cgi to back up log filesScript kiddie alert! I try to fudge my way through appending my daily log files to another file that my ISP won’t delete. For anyone even more ignorant about cron and cgi than me, if that’s possible ;-)
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Another update on the uneventful lives of Miwa and Oli.
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This site looked terrible in Mozilla 1.4/PC, and I’ve finally figured out why — Mozilla thought it was Japanese, and was applying one line of CSS only meant for inline use to every element. The weird thing is the only place ja appears on almost all pages is that one line of CSS. Is this a bug?
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I’ve written a very brief guide on how not to get Chain Email, Viruses and Spam. It’s all very basic self-protection info, and should hopefully keep 95% of the ‘bad stuff’ out of your life.
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.htaccess and mod_rewriteMy first foray into the dark arts of .htaccess and mod_rewrite goes reasonably OK. Here are some links for more information for aspiring chicken sacrificers.
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Here are some of my favorite animations and flash movies — check ‘em out!
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Sky One cans a reality TV program under legal threats by six male participants. Why were the guys so upset?They were competing for the attentions of a beautiful South American woman, without realising she was actually a pre-op transsexual = a he. Can Reality TV go any lower? I wonder.
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I want to buy a new Apple G5 computer, but there’s something very strange happening to the prices. In the last two weeks discount company prices have been going up. Now I feel like I can’t buy, because it used to be cheaper. Argh!
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The ReUSE:IT competition to redesign Jakob Neilsen’s UseIt.com website is over. Here are the designs that I liked the best.
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This is a reference for me so I don’t forget how to code for Boblet. It’s just my notes on tag attributes and styles to tie in with my stylesheets. This is of no interest (unless you are interested in the how’s and why’s of my code).
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