Yesterday someone spoofed my IP address and tried to do bad stuff to my web server. #
Archive of posts filed under the Technology category.
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-02
Internet channel for Wii is now free! Opera for the Wii works great, clumsy URL entry, but it works. My sites look fine, scale well onscreen #
Twitter Updates for 2009-09-01
@MessengerMOTR Congrats on the kickboard exercise! Keep it up! Getting started is the hardest part. # @kickstarter is it better to try to get funding for one month, 3 months or one year's worth of operating on a new project? # Cool, I just signed up to get the beta of the new and improved […]
Easy Way to Watch Your Web Server Log
Based on an idea from John Graham-Cumming regarding watching his log files with single characters, I have written a brief perl program that prints a single character based on the status code logged to my apache log file. Simply change the file in the second line to the apache access log file you’d like to […]
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-29
"The allowance of political calls (under the guise of free speech) simply reflects legislative selfishness." – bartwol # Is it time to get rid of phone books? http://planetmike.com/x/5l # Is SpamAssassin dead? No updates in 14+ months. It's still working for me, but has it been abandoned? #
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-27
@spiceee I'd love a kickstarter invite if you have any left. in reply to spiceee # @ServerBeach Is this the current generation iPod Touch? Am I eligible if I get an upgraded server? in reply to ServerBeach # @ServerBeach How long would I have to be at a different host to be considered a new […]
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-25
Uncluttering is about clearing the distractions that get in the way of your remarkable life. http://unclutterer.com # @MarkWarner is "telephone town hall" now code for political telemarketing? DoNotCall.gov is your friend. in reply to MarkWarner #
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-24
@perishable yeah they took some of your recommendations and include a URL in their user string, but asking for many nonstandard URLs is evil in reply to perishable # The number of twitter spammers is increasing. Two in the past 5 hours blocked. Twitter should check language. Post is English? No follow. #
Twitter Updates for 2009-08-23
idiot web browsers repeatedly requesting odd files are blocked. _vpi.xml I'm looking at you. #
DoFollow Rapist
Be on the lookout for a “seo” rapist. This guy (his blog doesn’t deserve a link) is writing a new custom search engine of only blogs that don’t nofollow. His spider hits your site, then within seconds every URL in your sitemap is hit, leading to high bandwidth and server resource usage. I recommend blocking […]