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Problem with the webserver
Hi guys. There’s a problem with the webserver this site is on. I don’t know exactly what happened, because they didn’t tell me. My website is intact, but it looks like they haven’t put in mod_rewrite yet, which my website relies on to produce pretty URLs. I don’t know how long it’ll be before mod_rewrite gets put [...]
OT: What not to throw away - old hardware
I’m sure most of you geeks have been through a number of periods when you should throw away some old stuff to get room for new, right? Old computers, old whatever. I won’t even mention the name of a friend who just recently threw out a computer (no, not a PERSONAL computer) the size of a [...]
419 spam getting through spam filters
Today I received yet one more 419 spams. I’ve noticed for a while that they seem to get through my spam filters. After the post I wrote yesterday about stolen passwords, I opened it and looked at the headers. Sure enough: SquirrelMail authenticated user millerb1 I think this is one reason they’re using stolen passwords. In one [...]