Older blog entries for hacker (starting at number 374)

Super-sizing your PuTTY and UNIX’ifying your Windows machines

If you use Putty to SSH or telnet around from your Windows machine(s) to your UNIX or Linux machines, you’ve probably yearned for some added functionality. One of the biggest requests from anyone using Putty, is tabs! Tabbed Interfaces for Putty There are several projects which provide a multi-session or tabbed interface for Putty. Here [...] Related posts:

1. SOLVED: Sharing TweetDeck settings across multiple Windows and Linux machines
2. Snapshot backups of EVERYTHING using rsync (including Windows!)
3. Solution to prc-tools on AMD64 and other 64-bit machines

Syndicated 2010-11-02 19:51:49 from random neuron misfires

Another Good Idea Implemented Poorly (this time, from Case-Mate)

I’ve been looking around for a GOOD case for my BlackBerry Bold 9000 and 9700, and ran across a few that were pretty durable. I like the cases at Seidio and they’ve never done me wrong for my Palm OS devices, batteries and accessories. Then I found… the Fuel and the (new) Fuel Lite, from [...] Related posts:

1. Meebo; A good idea, poorly-implemented
2. FIXED: There was a problem reading data from the server and BlackBerry App World must exit. Error type: 100002
3. Free unlock codes from AT&T! How? Just ask them for it!

Syndicated 2010-11-02 19:04:14 from random neuron misfires

MilkSync for Microsoft Outlook is here!

The folks at Remember the Milk have finally come out of beta on their “MilkSync for Outlook” plugin (only for Pro users, sorry to all you non-subscribing users, but you can upgrade to a Pro account). It does exactly what it claims to do, and does it well. I highly recommend installing it, if you’re [...] Related posts:

1. External tools to search Microsoft Outlook 2007
2. HOWTO: Repair your Outlook PST file from the commandline
3. SOLVED: How to Delete RSS Feeds Folder from Outlook 2007

Syndicated 2010-10-31 23:38:59 from random neuron misfires

SOLVED: Sharing TweetDeck settings across multiple Windows and Linux machines

I’ve been using TweetDeck for quite some time on Linux, after I managed to get getting Twhirl working on Linux under 64-bit Adobe Air. TweetDeck is a lovely app, graceful and very useful. It has its minor visual and UI bugs, but it’s the best I’ve seen out of the other hundreds of Twitter apps [...] Related posts:

1. Cleanly installing and running Adobe Air and TweetDeck on 64-bit Linux
2. Striving for a Double-Decker TweetDeck
3. SOLVED: Windows 7 networking in VMware Workstation and ESXi

Syndicated 2010-10-28 16:11:16 from random neuron misfires

Techniques for slowing down/stopping external attacks on your Apache server

I’ve been running an Apache server for over a decade, serving up hundreds of websites over the years, and one thing remains constant: abusers attacking Apache, looking for a way in, or a way to DDoS attack your server so others can’t get to the content you’re providing. We don’t call these people ‘hackers‘, ‘crackers’ [...] Related posts:

1. Go hack your own Apache server
2. Palm Open Directory Server (PODS)
3. Graphing an active SPAM attack in progress

Syndicated 2010-10-26 15:01:35 from random neuron misfires

SOLVED: Reflashing your Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N to the stock firmware

This problem is discussed at great length on many forums, but almost every solution proposed does not work as described. Let me explain… The Buffalo WHR-HP-G300N as shipped from Buffalo Wireless comes shipped with a Buffalo-specific, modified version of the Open Source dd-wrt project. Their version of the firmware has some advanced features not available [...] Related posts:

1. More Novatel MiFi Hacking: Exceeding the 5 connection limit
2. SOLVED: Java Plugin in Firefox on 64-bit Windows Server 2003
3. SOLVED: How to Disable Ctrl-Q in Firefox

Syndicated 2010-10-25 23:06:09 from random neuron misfires

More Novatel Hacking: Exceeding the 5 connection limit

I’ve finally done it! I managed to get past the 5-client restriction on the Novatel MiFi 2372 I recently purchased from Amazon. First, some background information: The Novatel 2372 I have had some minor issues, and I was looking for a way to get at the firmware, or updated versions of the firmware, so I [...] Related posts:

1. Distracting hacking, BBC development, Palm stuff Distracting Hacking
2. Linksys Quality Control
3. pilot-link 0.11.2 and abusive Web Spiders

Syndicated 2010-08-27 05:16:49 from random neuron misfires

SOLVED: Firefox high CPU load with plugin-container

If you’re like me, you use a lot of tabs at once in Firefox… a LOT (50+). Even with a few tabs, the new Firefox with the Plugin Container tends to sit there chewing up CPU, grinding core temperature higher and higher. In my case, it ran my CPU up to over 200F, before I [...] Related posts:

1. SOLVED: Java Plugin in Firefox on 64-bit Windows Server 2003
2. SOLVED: How to Disable Ctrl-Q in Firefox
3. Firefox Tricked Out (and firewalled ports)

Syndicated 2010-08-27 02:43:46 from random neuron misfires

Striving for a Double-Decker TweetDeck

I’ve been a long-time user of TweetDeck, and have posted here before describing how to get it cleanly installed on Linux, but one thing that always irked me was the hard-coded, horizontal nature of the UI. I run a large resolution on my laptop (1920×1200), but even with 8 searches, I’m running off the right [...] Related posts:

1. Cleanly installing and running Adobe Air and TweetDeck on 64-bit Linux
2. Happy Geeks are Productive Geeks
3. IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad tp_smapi patch for Debian and Ubuntu systems

Syndicated 2010-08-11 15:19:14 from random neuron misfires

SOLVED: Calendar Printing Assistant for Office 2010

I installed the “Calendar Printing Assistant” for Office 2007 in a VM, and was very impressed with the output. Slick and lots of choices. I recently upgraded to Office 2010, and have been tinkering with the conversion of my Office 2007 daily usage in a VM to the Office 2010 usage in a VM, but [...] No related posts.

Syndicated 2010-08-05 02:01:35 from random neuron misfires