Simple is Beautiful
A recent post by independent blogger Richard Stiennon on ZDNet http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=311 on the system calls involved when viewing a simple […]
What Are My Favorite Sites Running On?
I have read from many sources that the majority of the websites are running on Linux and UNIX like operating […]
Samba File Server Using a Parallel External Hard Drive
I have a DataStor parallel port external hard drive enclosure bought in 1997 and a laptop computer (Pentium MMX 133, […]
Browser Impersonation
Sometimes it is necessary to impersonate a certain browser type.
Enable Mouse Scrolling in FreeBSD 6.2
After I installed FreeBSD 6.2, I found out that my wheeled Microsoft Mouse does not support scrolling any more.
BASH Text Coloring Settings for FreeBSD
By default FreeBSD (in my case, the most recent 6.2 version) installs sh as the standard shell.
HTML Encoded Captcha Not Necessarily More Secure
I read an article linked from http://www.omgili.com/captcha.php on SlashDot that illustrates an alternative way of generating Captcha to prevent spam […]
Flash Drive Stress Test
One of the shortcomings of flash drives is that the read/write cycles are limited and many sources suggest that flash […]
2Wire Gateway “Router behind Router” Problem Update
About half a year ago, I mentioned that I had some problems of running VMWare while using 1701HG Gateway.
LCD Vs. CRT – Dell’s False Advertising
So why should you buy an LCD instead of a CRT monitor? Well, an LCD is flat, lighter, more power […]
Hyper-Threading and Dual Core Performance Comparison for Computational Intensive Applications
Download MPThreadBench.zip There is no doubt that Hyper-Threading can, under certain circumstances, boost application performance.
Using X509 Certificate with Web Service in ASP.Net – Update
In one of my previous posts, I described in detail for using X509 certificates with web services.
How to Reclaim “Lost Space” After Repartitioning USB Flash Drive
I have a 64MB USB flash drive and was experimenting putting different file systems on it. But when I removed […]
A Possible Remote Desktop Security Issue
I use Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Connection tool to connect to remote servers all the time, mainly to conduct administrative tasks.
IE7 Incapable of Handling Large Web Pages?
It seems that I have not had much luck with IE7 recently.