Author Archives: bill
AutoNav now will select posts by category, tag, or author
My AutoNav Graphical Navigation and Gallery Plugin now will let you select posts not just by postid, but also by category, tag, or author: postid=”category:17″ posts in a numeric category or categories postid=”category:-17″ posts *not* in a numeric category postid=”category:cakes” … Continue reading
Die Shapes and Radially Staggered Bonding
Over ten years ago I put aside my copy of the HP Journal, December 1996 edition for later reading. I would like to relate some thoughts I have recently had on an article in it. As pin counts of integrated … Continue reading
Resolving Akismet on large existing WordPress sites
I recently enabled Akismet on a client’s WordPress site that had been running, and accumulating spam, for quite awhile. Apparently there were so many spam messages (over 17,000!) that Akismet would hang with some kind of unreported out-of-memory condition. There … Continue reading
PostgreSQL connections
If you are using an application that needs PostgreSQL connections on your LAN, don’t forget to add, or replace, in file postgresql.conf – listen_addresses =’*’ Otherwise, postgres will bind only to ‘localhost’ and won’t be accessible from your network. You … Continue reading
Controlling backscatter spam in Mailman
By default, Mailman — which is installed by default in Virtualmin as your mailing list manager, exhibits some nasty behavior, being open to sending “backscatter” spam. This means that the Bad Guys send fraudulent messages “from” the email address they … Continue reading
Setting up Zonet 2102 print server on Ubuntu Linux
For setup of the Zonet ZPS2102: The default IP is 192.168.0.10 … in the Add Printer dialogs, choose Network Printer, then enter the IP address, the queue (default is: LP1) and choose the model. The Device URI, when you are … Continue reading
Anti-virus and anti-spyware recommendations
Here are our currently recommended software packages: ComboFix Super Anti Spyware Malwarebytes Avast
Subversion 1.6 on Debian (Lenny)
See the instructions at http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
Grace Hopper Quote
A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge. We’ve tended to forget that no computer will ever ask a new question. — Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
What’s a blog?
Blogging is where you write an article or two every day, and it really does have to be at least one a day, about an issue. Usually blogs attempt to develop a community of readers, all of whom get to … Continue reading →