September 2008
20 posts
Apache Week. Apache in the military →
This article suggests that the rejection of encoded slashes by Apache is a security feature: to protect vulnerable CGI scripts.
Sep 26th
Page 3 - Server Limits for Apache Security →
Discusses the introduction of AllowEncodedSlashes as an Apache directive. The article is suggesting that it was introduced as a way of disguising the web server. I’m guessing that the ‘encoded…
Sep 26th
Wondering what the pic of Obama outside no. 10 was doing in the advertising space on the Southern train I got home. No caption, just pic.
Sep 24th
#169 (Unable to use processing-instruction() xpath... →
My question/bug report about hpricot not, or so it would appear, supporting the xpath processing-instruction() node test.
Sep 17th
About to shower after another 10k practice run. Oh, and my nipples are bleeding. Good huh.
Sep 13th
Found the —no-ignore “svn st” switch just as I was about to write about my svn-ignore script. Now I have to think of something else to do.
Sep 13th
Just added reevoo to getsatisfaction. Waiting to be confirmed as an employee…
Sep 13th
Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or... →
Tom told me about this: It’s how I managed to transfer some iTunes purchased music (it wasn’t appearing in my list of purchases in iTunes) from my iPod back to my laptop.
Sep 11th
Can anyone recommend some Mac software to copy iTunes purchased music from my iPod back to my computer?
Sep 6th
Attempting to load Hacker News results in... →
I found this after working out what I needed to do for myself: if you load a fluid.app and the target URL is unavailable (because, for example, you don’t have an internet connection) then the next…
Sep 5th
You Look Nice Today | A Journal of Emotional... →
Amusing podcast by, among others, Merlin Mann. Mentioned on the stackoverflow podcast. It’s funny and full or ‘facts’ too.
Sep 4th
EyeConnect →
Great software for sharing my iTunes library with my Intempo GX-01. Installs as a very clean preference pane on the Mac. Although only a 30 day trial it would read as though I can keep using it in…
Sep 3rd
Radio Pop →
I wanted to try it out. I got signed in with openid very easily but then couldn’t listen to anything because, I’m assuming, I don’t have a real audio plugin installed. So, I tried to follow a link to…
Sep 3rd
XBMC Media Center // →
In theory this would allow me to stream my iTunes library to my Intempo GX-01. Unfortunately, it was far too bloaty for me to even try…
Sep 3rd
TwonkyVision UPnP MediaServer →
Commercial software that allowed me to stream, via uPnP, my iTunes library to my Intempo GX-01. Unfortunately, it looks shit and a bit too complicated for my needs.
Sep 3rd
Nullriver Software : Products : MediaLink →
Nice and simple Mac preference pane that enables uPnP sharing of an iTunes library. Unfortunately, although my Intempo GX-01 radio could see the tracks in my library it couldn’t play any of them;…
Sep 3rd
Allegro Media Server - UPnP Media Server →
More uPnP software. It did the trick although it’s not great to look at. I think it also shares other media over uPnP which means it’s probably a little too much for me. Oh, and it’s commercial…
Sep 3rd
Funambol Mobile 2.0 Messaging Powered by Open... →
I haven’t looked in any detail but a friend referred to it as a mobileme equivalent.
Sep 2nd
IT Conversations | O'Reilly Media RailsConf | Kent... →
Entertaining talk by Kent Beck.
Sep 1st