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Why You Should Disable the Popup Login Box

telcor — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Long, long ago, there was only one way to authenticate users on a website: HTTP Basic Authentication (oh sure, there was later Digest Authentication, but few people used it). And then Cookies were invented, and the web was yummy. Only it wasn’t, because cookies had privacy concerns along for the ride; and still do. But, cookie-based [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Obtuse error messages: git

telcor — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:10:50 +0000

The error message:

To ssh://user@host/path/to/repository c441eb7..a5705cd master -> master error: failed to push some refs to 'ssh://user@host/path/to/repository'

The error condition:

A hook script that does nothing. Either the script is empty or contains only comments.

Apparently git does not like useless hook scripts. Took me a good 10-15 minutes to deduce that was the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Attracting the Spam

telcor — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:00:41 +0000

Five years ago, I wrote a post entitled “Combating Comment Spam” It amuses me that this post attracts the most comment spam than any other post on this site. The spam ratio is easily 100:1

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Unlocking the OS X screen saver from the command line

telcor — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:26:34 +0000

My OS X Desktop system has a problem. When the screensaver activates, there is a small window, one or two seconds in length, wherein if I depress a keyboard key or move the mouse, the screensaver does not fully activate. However, it does not de-activate, leaving me with an unusable desktop.

The system does not [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Twittergation needed

telcor — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:00:51 +0000

Twitter went from being “why would I use this?” to “hmmm, look how many of my friends are using it” to “why doesn’t this integrate easily with anything I use?”

The closest is via SMS, but that can be costly for how often updates happen. What I would like to see:

1. Better integration with [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

openSUSE More

telcor — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:46:50 +0000

After three months, openSUSE is here to stay. On my home desktop that is. It has totally replaced Kubuntu for my preference. The quality documentation is one shining point for me. Yes, I actually read documentation. The tight integration between applications is another. Kubuntu may eventually reach this level, in a about 6 – 10 [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Poor server management

telcor — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:00:47 +0000

It’s interesting to note how many people operate servers without proper maintenance. Several times a week someone opens a support ticket where the system’s package manager is non-functional. Not only does this cause issues with doing something like installing Apache, but the larger issue is it means the system is not receiving security updates. In [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

OpenSUSE Meanderings

telcor — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:00:52 +0000

At work we debated adding OpenSUSE 11 as an officially supported platform[ 1]. In the past, when doing this, I’ve preferred using the targeted platform exclusively for an extended period. For various reasons, this hasn’t been feasible this time. While testing time has been devoted to it, that doesn’t give one the same familiarity as [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Get Counted!

telcor — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:00:42 +0000

Years ago, I registered my Linux workstation with the Linux Counter project. Each year I receive a reminder from them to update my registration. Which I have, even adding servers and more workstations. Each year I marvel at the usability issues of the site, which (according to my memory) has looked the same for the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

cPanel Home Loaders

telcor — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:00:19 +0000

Last time, we discussed the interfaces in cPanel to manage Programming Language modules, such as PEAR packages. We were left with this problem:

Once the particular module is installed to the user’s home directory, it is available for use in his application. However, the application must be modified, or the environment configured, to inform the [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.