I am typically not one to recommend a social network to my clients w/ the exception, of course, of the already established networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, etc. My whole philosophy regarding social networking at this stage of the game is that if you want to build a community, build upon what’s already out there as much as possible (Facebook API, Twitter API) and don’t try to re-invent the wheel. However, I have a … [Read more...]
Crypto Bug Cripples Ubuntu Linux
May 19, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Fortunately we predominately run Centos Linux and aren't affected by the Major Crypto Bug that was announced this week. Apparently it only affects systems with the Ubuntu flavor of Linux running. Here's a snippet I found in PC Magazine outlining the bug exploit. A major problem has been revealed in Debian Linux and derivative packages, such as Ubuntu . Debian revealed the other day that a fix they made back in September 2006 had the … [Read more...]
Book Review: Run Your Own Webserver
January 20, 2008 By Leave a Comment
My partner Stephen ordered us all a copy of this book shortly after we started Pleth. It took me a while to finally get into it because my first thought was that it was going to be a light read but it really wasn't, parts of it were filled with some really good info. There is also a CD-Rom with the book that contains the Fedora build and also a handy wall chart. if you are thinking about getting your won web server, this might … [Read more...]
Plesk 8.3 Released for Linux/Windows
December 26, 2007 By Leave a Comment
I just got back in from the holidays and was going through all of my technical announcements, etc. and found a notice in my inbox that the awaited release of Plesk 8.3 has been released. We are currently running 8.2. I am not for sure when we are going to be doing the upgrade but I am sure it will be once it has been out for a little while. By doing this it enables us to make sure we don't deliver any third party products to our … [Read more...]
Log Monitor
June 5, 2007 By Leave a Comment
This is a pretty cool app for monitoring log files. I am kind of surprised that someone hasn't thought of this sooner, and maybe they have but this one looks pretty cool. Link to Log Monitor - The Code Project - Files and Folders … [Read more...]
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