Danny's blog system

Danny's blog system

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 How to recover from Khmer-keyboard-layout password prompt Tue, 18 Nov 2008 Fix for nautilus-actions problem in Ubuntu 8.04 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 Interesting HTML/CSS trick for headings Thu, 13 Nov 2008 New procmail info at Panix, and Sudoku Tue, 28 Oct 2008 AMQP -- a standard for middleware Tue, 30 Sep 2008 Web programming -- avoiding the damned "resubmit form?" prompt Mon, 08 Sep 2008 MS Access 2007 -- differences from Access 2003 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 Adding a new function to an Excel right-click menu Thu, 28 Aug 2008 Some grumbles about Ubuntu 7.1 Gutsy Gibbon Sun, 10 Aug 2008 CPAN install didn't work too well Mon, 16 Jun 2008 Setting up CPAN on panix with only user privileges Sun, 16 Mar 2008 Useful subroutine in Excel: "filldown" Some basic setup info for PHP Sat, 02 Feb 2008 The benefits of learning Excel VBA Tue, 29 Jan 2008 Some books I've used for Excel VBA programming Sun, 08 Jul 2007 Scanning and database-based file access Tue, 22 May 2007 Google problem for people in Cambodia seems partially fixed Thu, 17 May 2007 Irritating problem with Google in Cambodia Wed, 10 Jan 2007 Debugging CGI programs Mon, 25 Dec 2006 Interesting vulnerability in Windows/Word Fri, 13 Oct 2006 Sorry about "how to reattach to a job" Wed, 27 Sep 2006 How to reattach to a job Wed, 05 Jul 2006 Yes, you can find dual-layer DVDs in Phnom Penh -- from China Wed, 21 Jun 2006 DVD video copies in Phnom Penh Sat, 13 May 2006 Weird problem with Putty pscp Wed, 26 Apr 2006 Another reason for my laptop overheating problem? Wed, 29 Mar 2006 Surprising bug in MS Access Thu, 02 Mar 2006 Fun reinstalling Windows 2000 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 Firefox memory problem a "feature"? Tue, 14 Feb 2006 The "Honeynet" project has various anti-hacking tools Tue, 31 Jan 2006 Microsoft is apparently still allowing sites to share your cookies Fri, 06 Jan 2006 My laptop woes abate Mon, 26 Dec 2005 Actually, Joomla can work with Moodle Tue, 20 Dec 2005 I have suddenly realized why my Corel Draw pics were off by a pixel Wed, 14 Dec 2005 I made a silly mistake with Joomla Patching Joomla 1.03 to 1.04 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 Setting up Joomla Sun, 06 Nov 2005 How to repeat a long filespec in a command line Fri, 04 Nov 2005 Installing a second copy of Windows 2000 W2K Tue, 25 Oct 2005 Sysinternals Windows test utilities have new features; also reskit info Sun, 11 Sep 2005 Educational software I'd like to see Sat, 03 Sep 2005 WinFS -- analogy to user interface design for apps Mon, 08 Aug 2005 Interesting to check your cookies sometime Fri, 08 Jul 2005 Serving files from Linux to Windows clients Microsoft to buy trojan company; MS antitrojan sw already ignores it Damn Small Linux and usb memory, continued Thu, 07 Jul 2005 Monitoring temperature etc in your data center The Phrack guide to hacking VMS Wed, 06 Jul 2005 Reading a USB memory device in Damn Small Linux (DSL) Using Damn Small Linux "DSL" at an internet cafe Sun, 19 Jun 2005 How do you resize a group containing paragraph text in Corel Draw? What is Microsoft Access good for? Tue, 10 May 2005 Interesting phoneline/VoIP devices Sun, 17 Apr 2005 Kill Flash cookies in Firefox Sun, 03 Apr 2005 All new ATA hard drives include little-known password feature Macromedia Flash files can contain "web bug" Thu, 31 Mar 2005 Another mention of Microsoft's cookie exploit Mon, 28 Mar 2005 Free html editor available Sun, 27 Mar 2005 Mounting speakers in walls Alternatives to Windows Terminal Server Fri, 25 Mar 2005 templatemonster.com -- Design a website without needing design skills Wed, 23 Mar 2005 Nifty app helps you experiment with regexes Tue, 22 Mar 2005 A list of apps you can run directly from your USB key without needing to install Thu, 17 Mar 2005 Not hot news, but very interesting: Microsoft cookie exploit w3.org has browser test suite Cheap, adequate system to provide limited access to coffee drinkers Mon, 14 Mar 2005 Storing XML in databases Creating a CD from which you can install Cygwin How often do you have to change the volume control when listening to MP3s? Thu, 10 Mar 2005 p2p programs considered harmful Sun, 27 Feb 2005 The problem with the wikipedia and the problem with blogging Sat, 26 Feb 2005 Use of "certificates" to change security settings in Internet Explorer Wed, 23 Feb 2005 How to deal with a recalcitrant Epson printer Tue, 22 Feb 2005 Handy piece of Javascript sample code Sat, 19 Feb 2005 Yet another Slashdot Spyware discussion Mon, 14 Feb 2005 The "embedded fonts" system now appears to be unsupported Tue, 08 Feb 2005 "Referer" spam Sun, 06 Feb 2005 Info on security patches for Windows Sat, 05 Feb 2005 Can you believe the "Media Manufacturer" and "Dye Data" fields? Fri, 04 Feb 2005 An excellent idea for a new top-level domain Thu, 27 Jan 2005 Choosing and converting multimedia video formats Become a "Microsoft Partner" and get many cheap licences Sat, 22 Jan 2005 Fixing spyware infestations using standard Windows tools Thu, 20 Jan 2005 Solutions to the tangled-headphone-cord problem Mon, 17 Jan 2005 pmwiki.org -- collaborative site system all in php Mobile phones and their software Wed, 05 Jan 2005 Setting up a Windows system to run IE as a restricted user Sat, 01 Jan 2005 How to print barcodes in Linux Wed, 29 Dec 2004 Wanda Sloan picks her best downloads of 2004 Thu, 23 Dec 2004 SCO is owned by the Canopy Group... or the Umbrella Corp? Thu, 16 Dec 2004 MP3 players which can record from audio inputs to MP3 Tue, 14 Dec 2004 Booting a USB key with multiple operating systems Fri, 10 Dec 2004 Setting up your website to accept credit card payments Mon, 29 Nov 2004 Commercial interface available between PC and switches Thu, 25 Nov 2004 How many hours of work per week is too much? Tue, 23 Nov 2004 What is the problem in society which has caused spyware to be so successful? Thu, 18 Nov 2004 Hiding a Knoppix distribution on the CD Thu, 11 Nov 2004 Slashdot discussion on how to choose your domain registrar Tue, 02 Nov 2004 "Vector Linux" -- Slackware distribution optimized for older machines Thu, 14 Oct 2004 Slashdot discussion on backups Sun, 10 Oct 2004 Free software for making MSI installer files Does Microsoft lie under oath? Sat, 09 Oct 2004 Irritating problems with Acrobat copy-protection features; my workaround Google pages reveal interesting trick for preventing printing Thu, 07 Oct 2004 Link to PHP manual New feature at Google: Google Sets Wed, 06 Oct 2004 Booting a computer off a Compact Flash card Fri, 01 Oct 2004 Slashdot page wioth many links to .css info Wed, 29 Sep 2004 What does "Ducky" mean in jpgs? Tue, 28 Sep 2004 Dealing with embedded comments in JPG files Mon, 27 Sep 2004 Slashdot discussion on resources for homebrew hardware hackers Sun, 26 Sep 2004 dyndns.org and getting DNS service on a small website Fri, 24 Sep 2004 Browsing using the Unix "links" text-window browser Sat, 18 Sep 2004 Small, low-power servers -- hardware ideas Tue, 14 Sep 2004 Connecting multiple screens and keyboards to one computer Why network switches don't defend the network from sniffing attacks Why is there so much noise on PC sound inputs? Thu, 09 Sep 2004 The rationale for Windows NTFS "alternate data streams" Trial versions of database servers available for free download Fri, 03 Sep 2004 Using Microsoft Access to handle data on a MySQL server Mon, 30 Aug 2004 Computers for travellers -- handtops or what? Thu, 26 Aug 2004 Why can't you set access privileges on your phone? Tue, 24 Aug 2004 More on Windows NT "Alternate Data Streams" Thu, 19 Aug 2004 Windows 2000/XP "Private Character Editor" PCD Wed, 18 Aug 2004 Keyloggers -- actual product page Tue, 17 Aug 2004 A couple of hints on perl "Slipstreaming" (again) -- integrating service packs into a Windows install Cygwin -- free software package to provide Unix utilities under Windows Mon, 16 Aug 2004 Database normalization How to use Linux to make encrypted phone calls Windows "access control lists" compared with Unix permissions Wed, 11 Aug 2004 Interesting audio software utilities Sun, 08 Aug 2004 Good discussion of Windows spyware and its removal on Slashdot Sat, 07 Aug 2004 Tiny Linux hardware Using ntbackup in a batch file Microsoft adds insane feature to firewall in XP SP2 Problems with Windows XP SP2? Tue, 03 Aug 2004 New Sony Minidisc range offers audio uploading finally Sun, 01 Aug 2004 How to remove files from Windows Fri, 30 Jul 2004 How to make an IE-free Windows 2000 Link to teach-yourself-sh guide on the web Tue, 27 Jul 2004 Multiport network interface cards (NICs) Sat, 24 Jul 2004 Microsoft broke TCP/IP standards: faster for Microsoft, slower for others Fri, 23 Jul 2004 Seemingly you can embed truetype fonts directly How to break into webservers Mon, 19 Jul 2004 Good tutorial on using WEFT for embedded fonts Thu, 15 Jul 2004 What to do if your server does not allow shell access Tue, 13 Jul 2004 Installing Oracle on Red Hat Linux Fedora, not Enterprise AS Mon, 12 Jul 2004 Relative charges for colocation/hosting in USA and Cambodia Sun, 11 Jul 2004 Router with two WAN ports connects to cable and DSL simultaneously The Javascript wonders of Google's search page Automate backups on Linux -- useful shell script examples Thu, 08 Jul 2004 How to make .png files work with transparency in Internet Explorer Tue, 06 Jul 2004 How to delete the Administrator account in Windows Fri, 02 Jul 2004 Drat that pesky frightening "certificate" message in HTTPS Creating text documents for publication How to find sex sites on the Internet Thu, 24 Jun 2004 Using the "screen" utility on a Unix computer Wed, 23 Jun 2004 Unnecessary services in Windows XP Mon, 21 Jun 2004 How to avoid getting infested while you're installing Windows Sun, 20 Jun 2004 Good overview of how to handle spyware infestations Wed, 16 Jun 2004 Another improved Windows text editor Use "g4u" software to easily save an image of your hard disk to an ftp server Don't try to recover an NT4 disk on an XP system Fri, 11 Jun 2004 Dealing with html mail in elm Thu, 10 Jun 2004 Using a Mac as a public terminal in an internet cafe Wed, 09 Jun 2004 Figured out why Proxomitron stopped working Use a single floppy to completely erase your hard disk Sun, 06 Jun 2004 The Windows 2000 Resource Kit tools The blasted capslock key Thu, 03 Jun 2004 Making your own version of Knoppix Tue, 01 Jun 2004 Proxomitron mysteriously stopped working Mon, 31 May 2004 "robots.txt" checker Sat, 29 May 2004 Medical service administration -- open-source software How to set up Oracle under Linux Thu, 27 May 2004 Chart showing features of various blog software packages How to check if your PC has been caught sending spam Sun, 23 May 2004 Tracking down trojans if SpyBot doesn't work Sat, 22 May 2004 Microcontroller kits available Thu, 20 May 2004 Correction re Linux for SE Asia Wed, 19 May 2004 Using the Mac with foreign languages Announcement in today's Bangkok Post about Linux for SE Asia Album software for creating image albums Freeware news servers Tue, 18 May 2004 How to download to disk all current patches for your Windows operating system Mon, 17 May 2004 Website with viruses available for downloading More about the terminal server concept More handy howtos for Apache .htaccess file Thu, 13 May 2004 More good Apache rewriting links Tue, 11 May 2004 Hardware mods to Nintendo Gameboy Advance How to catch someone who steals your PC/laptop Tue, 04 May 2004 Alternate Data Streams in Windows NT/2000/XP NTFS How to fix Internet Explorer starting up with only title bar Sun, 02 May 2004 Setting registry key permissions to prevent trojan installs How to find what Perl modules are installed on your system Thu, 29 Apr 2004 Providing Macromedia Flash content on a webpage with Ming Wed, 28 Apr 2004 Slashdot discussion on what software to add to a new Windows install Tue, 27 Apr 2004 Free editor software instead of Notepad Interesting site rates search engines Mon, 26 Apr 2004 Speed up blasted Acrobat 6 Tips on using the Unix command line -- syntax for "locate" utility Tips on using the Unix command line -- Fixing a broken shell Tips on using the Unix command line -- Acting on a list of files Sun, 25 Apr 2004 Updates available for Windows 2000 How to put paragraph separators in "reg_sz" Windows Registry text fields Sat, 24 Apr 2004 Small free download for photo editing Reasons to avoid Microsoft Where to find Internet Explorer updates at microsoft.com Fri, 23 Apr 2004 Website for old versions of software Wed, 21 Apr 2004 Microsoft SQL Server available as free download How to find out when people do a search on your name in Google Tue, 20 Apr 2004 Perl tip: using modules on a server where you are not root Thu, 15 Apr 2004 The Nokia Ngage gets phased out by a new model Tue, 13 Apr 2004 Using datacenter-style racks Some hosting services which include shell/ssh access Mon, 12 Apr 2004 Hidden info in pdf files, and other properties of pdf files Sun, 11 Apr 2004 How to set up Win 2K or Win XP to use ntp Fri, 09 Apr 2004 Good Slashdot article about network sniffers and other test eqpt Tue, 06 Apr 2004 Getting laptops to work with Linux Good overview of setting up Linux networks with dumb clients Paranoia like mine Fri, 02 Apr 2004 More info about the eMobile SIM-usb adapter Wed, 31 Mar 2004 Some progress with SIM-usb adapters Tue, 30 Mar 2004 Putty setup -- some tips Sat, 27 Mar 2004 Madboot -- free bootable floppy or CD for recovery or automated installs Sun, 21 Mar 2004 SalvageNTFS, free NTFS data-recovery tool Fri, 19 Mar 2004 Download for SIM-USB adapter does not work Thu, 11 Mar 2004 Virtual dedicated servers The e-Mobile SIM card reader with USB interface Mon, 08 Mar 2004 Nice website with links to Linux distributions Sun, 07 Mar 2004 Good Slashdot article on Spyware Sat, 06 Mar 2004 Ecommerce for small companies Maybe IE6 SP1 does not squelch your security settings Tue, 02 Mar 2004 Adobe Reader 6.0 now contains spyware Mon, 01 Mar 2004 Use links intended for PDAs for faster browsing Sat, 28 Feb 2004 Field Programmable Gate Arrays for funand no profit Wed, 25 Feb 2004 Windows never lets you see certain file extensions Sun, 22 Feb 2004 Interesting trick used by spammers Wed, 18 Feb 2004 Pesky spam via Google Sun, 15 Feb 2004 Booting a PC from a USB memory device "Bart's Preinstalled Environment" (BartPE): Boot a CD to Windows Wed, 11 Feb 2004 How to install English-language help files on a Thai version of Windows 98 (W98) Installing Windows 98 (W98) on an old laptop Tue, 10 Feb 2004 How to boot your PC off a USB disk Thu, 05 Feb 2004 What to do when Google shows you a link but the website blocks you Wed, 04 Feb 2004 Who really made your laptop? Tue, 03 Feb 2004 The three common PC case screws described Mon, 02 Feb 2004 References on using .htaccess in Apache Fri, 30 Jan 2004 Funny new spamming trick by "www.pornwizzard.com" Thu, 29 Jan 2004 Another interesting bug in IE Wed, 28 Jan 2004 Javascript one-liner to check the actual URL you're looking at Tue, 27 Jan 2004 Perlmonks.org -- good free site for perl info Sun, 25 Jan 2004 Excellent overview of the whole sorry .PNG problem The IE URL bug, revisited Sat, 24 Jan 2004 High-fidelity portable digital recording My proposal re software patents Thu, 22 Jan 2004 Mixing Suns and PC hardware Newsflash: Microsoft secretly providing security software to Apple Fri, 16 Jan 2004 Getting your mail at an Internet cafe Mon, 05 Jan 2004 Good discussion on Knoppix and system maintenance Sun, 04 Jan 2004 Another guy who thinks like me about software contracts Thu, 01 Jan 2004 Good references for Unix/Windows shell programming Tue, 30 Dec 2003 Format of Open Office files Sun, 28 Dec 2003 Video hardware that works with Linux Fri, 26 Dec 2003 Cute list of MySQL "gotchas" Thu, 25 Dec 2003 How to handle intruders Tue, 23 Dec 2003 ISP's could be even worse than they are today Tue, 16 Dec 2003 Interesting bug in Internet Explorer Wed, 10 Dec 2003 Formmail is usually buggy and insecure Recovering a Windows system up to W98 Tue, 02 Dec 2003 Interesting product for publicly accessible computers Interesting argument for why companies actually release their code in GPL Sat, 29 Nov 2003 Using Netcat to phone home Tue, 11 Nov 2003 Privoxy -- an interesting alternative to Proxomitron Fri, 07 Nov 2003 Improving security on standalone W9x systems Sat, 01 Nov 2003 Microsoft products and security Thu, 30 Oct 2003 Easier backups Apple's "Netboot" feature for securing public terminals Website gives full instructions for creating bootable W2K CDs Wed, 29 Oct 2003 Cool site has software to build a recovery disk Long filenames considered harmful Sun, 26 Oct 2003 Free downloadable technical books Sat, 25 Oct 2003 Interesting new idea on spam protection Thu, 23 Oct 2003 X10 declares bankruptcy -- what to do? Wed, 22 Oct 2003 Spammers have "pink contracts" with "reputable" ISPs Tue, 21 Oct 2003 How do you build a datacenter? Why do you need to do so many reboots in Windows? Sat, 18 Oct 2003 Finally a mini keyboard with a trackball Good overview of creating your own Linux distribution How safe are password systems provided by applications? Wed, 15 Oct 2003 How to copy files securely and quickly between machines Tue, 14 Oct 2003 Good Slashdot discussion on how to store media like CDs Mon, 13 Oct 2003 Good overview of current voip (voice over ip) situation Microsoft upgrades silently make your IE setup insecure Fri, 10 Oct 2003 Obscure bug when setting colors in IE Backups and security Wed, 08 Oct 2003 Website with command-line tools for Windows Sat, 04 Oct 2003 Programming Perl/Tk Thu, 02 Oct 2003 Try browsing to www.doxdesk.com to detect browser infestations Mon, 29 Sep 2003 Sample code for use on an internal webpage Sat, 27 Sep 2003 IBM used to be the Big Blue Meany Wed, 24 Sep 2003 Various Perl stuff taken mostly from my jumbled "Links" folder Mon, 15 Sep 2003 Useful bookmarklets How do you protect your network from internal attacks? Thu, 11 Sep 2003 When you enable "Windows Update", what really happens? Mon, 08 Sep 2003 Spyware-detecting site Thu, 04 Sep 2003 How does peering work? Fri, 29 Aug 2003 Setting up a local Windows Update server Fri, 22 Aug 2003 Using procmail to automatically delete email with virus-ish attachments Sun, 17 Aug 2003 Small and/or cheap PCs Mon, 04 Aug 2003 Using Javascript for those damn popups on exit Sat, 26 Jul 2003 Setting up Windows 2000 to provide NAT service Fri, 25 Jul 2003 New Windows security problem in all versions of Active X Keyloggers and other dangers and practices at Internet cafes Sun, 20 Jul 2003 The weird "res://" URL Mon, 14 Jul 2003 Setting up the Proxomitron Very cool exploit in IE allows arbitrary javascript to run Very interesting page showing the number of domains in various ip ranges Sat, 12 Jul 2003 Upgrading the software installed on a Linux system is hard Fri, 11 Jul 2003 Pesky trojans Tue, 08 Jul 2003 Hacking/antihacking site Sun, 06 Jul 2003