It happens, cron jobs can and will go wrong occasionally and when they do, they love to send alerts to the job’s owner hoping for a little attention. An alias can always be added to the /etc/alias file directing all of the mail for an address to to /dev/null but…
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I recently looked at the server logs for a new site that had just launched and noticed alot of hits by random IP addresses being made to the WordPress login script. Similar to the excerpt below:182.18.209.4 – – [10/Jun/2013:07:33:26 -0400] “POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1” 200 4807 “drinknycity.com/wp-login.php” “Mozilla/5.0…
Read MoreChanging the web root of a cPanel acccount
As a rule I try to avoid cPanel for hosting sites, I find the overhead of the control panel and the limited flexibility too confining for all but the simplest of sites. Occasionally though I need to deploy sites at work though to cPanel servers due to client requirements. The…
Read MoreS3 Video 0.97 Released
A new version of the S3 Video (0.97) WordPress plugin has been released to the plugin repository. This release is a combination of some new functionality along with a number of bug fixes. Some of the bigger changes in this release are: Support for Amazon S3 prefixes. This feature allows…
Read MoreFilling device storage with HTML5 localstorage
A while back I wrote about using HTML5 local storage engine for storing websites data locally on a client device for caching or off line use. The W3 recommendation on web storage recommends a size limit on the amount of data storage allowed per origin. This has currently been implemented…
Read MoreSpeeding Up Google SDK Manager Downloads
I have been doing some work developing Android applications with Phonegap over the last few weeks. Getting the Eclipse and ADT is always a breeze. Downloading the required Android SDK libraries using SDK manager is always a pain though the speeds seem to be terrible, with the required time to…
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I was looking at a Whitehouse petition earlier today asking that Patent trolls be made to pay all costs associated with their lawsuits if they lose when I can across the gem below. Although I do appreciate the site keeping me in the loop on what its about to access…
Read MoreVersion 0.96 of S3 Video for WordPress Released
The latest version of my popular S3 Video plugin has been released to the WordPress plugin repository. After many requests the 0.96 release now allows a user to set a “still” image as a title or splash page for their video. A number of bug fixes have also been fixed…
Read MoreEmpty Directories In Git
Occasionally when working on a code base the application at hand requires a directory for the storage of log files, uploads etc. You often like to keep the directory itself in the repository but you don’t want any of its contents that have a temporary lifespan making their way into…
Read MoreUseful Keyboard Shortcuts For Aptana Studio
The last couple of years I have been using Aptana Studio exclusively as my IDE of choice, after deciding it offered the power of Eclipse in a more user friendly format. I find the standard Aptana theme very easy on the eyes when coding for long amounts of time. Unfortunately…
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