As a programmer I am fighting with updating my own software from time to time. What should I do regarding bugfixes? What should I do regarding features? How often should I release a new version? Honestly, this is a dilemma: If I release my bugfixes sooner, users are pissed that they need to update again (if they even […]
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WP-BlackCheck 1.8 released
Reviewing my last version I spotted a few lines of code which could be considered as dead and a little bug which hammers the SQL server with a stupid query. As booth things – dead code and bugs – shouldn’t be in a good plugin. I did throw them out and rolled this release for you. To be […]
WP-BlackCheck 1.7 released
After a few month now it’s time to release the next version of my WP-BlackCheck Plugin. The changes made are not big as most of the work is done at the server side of mine. The first thing you might notice is an additional line at the dashboard below Akismet telling you how many spam posts it has […]
How to grant limited access to your server
It isn’t always easy to offer services to other people in the IT field – especially if you want to be sure to limit their access to their files and folders to ensure they cannot break things. To do that, we use rssh, the restricted shell. First of all, let’s start with the installation procedure, which is a […]
Password recovery on a Cisco 1600
While cleaning up my mess here, I found an old Cisco device, an old 1600 series router which I wanted to inspect before considering to throw it away. After some network magic I found the old IP I used but didn’t get over the password prompt to sneak around in the configs. My mood dropped instantly as I […]
LinuxDay 2010 in Dornbirn
Last Weekend was the day of the LinuxDay in Dornbirn, in Vorarlberg. This is one of those events, where a geek like me feels ‘home’ as it is possible to talk with likeminded people like Thomas, someone of the KDE Team or Mark and Miriam of the Amarok-Hackers