Domain Name Services for dummies: Resources: DNSStuff – Most tools you’ll ever need while away from your box (and some you never remember) ZoneEdit – Free static and dynamic DNS hosting OpenDNS – Free DNS resolution service. An alternative to the use of Internet service provider’s DNS servers (features a phishing filter, malicious site reporting [...]

Well, if iTunes 7 let people download 600x600px cover art for their downl^H^H^H^H^H ripped CDs, why wouldn’t the rest of the dog-bless iTunes impaired people world have the ability to do so? Hell, they give you the liberty of use your language of choice and all: PERL * PHP * Python * Ruby

And one day something terrible happens. The server which this site was running on (and a few others) had a few problems with the mainboard power module and started shutting down every now and then. It is a mini-ATX system using some kind of proprietary power supply (which was replaced promptly for an identical one [...]

Sorry about that… Most spam I’ve been getting in the past few weeks has a bunch of random text (specially designed to look like a legitimate email) and the such and then a .gif attachment with text advertising stocks, casinos, viagra and xenical and dog knows what. I was tired of watching the Thunderbird bayesian [...]

Now, an interesting piece of software. I wonder why did it take so long for someone to come up with this. Sudo for Windows (sudowin) allows authorized users to launch processes with elevated privileges using their own passphrase. Unlike the runas command, Sudo for Windows preserves the user’s profile and ownership of created objects. It’a [...]