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Someone looked over my shoulder the other day and was blown away by my MySQL client prompt.
(slap@localhost) [slaptijack]>
The boring default client just acknowledges that you are using MySQL and nothing more. This prompt indicates your username, the server you are working on, and the database you are …
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By default, a BIND DNS server will report which version it is running to anyone that's interested. All it takes is a simple lookup of the version.bind text record in the chaos class of your server. Check this out:
Skadi:~ slap$ dig version.bind txt chaos @localhost
; <<>> DiG 9 …Posted on in Software
It's recently come to my attention that a large percentage of the Slaptijack site has ended up in the dreaded "Google Supplemental Index". This means that key pages are not being served during normal searches. You can see which pages are in the Supplemental Index by running the following search …
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This is just a little humorous anecdote along the lines of frantically searching the house for the glasses you happen to be wearing. After yesterday's somewhat "heavy" post, I thought the mood needed a little lightening.
I've only recently (in the last month or so) begun using Gmail as my …
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I've written before regarding the command-line email client Mutt, and how useful it can be. Unfortunately, Mutt is designed to read a local mail spool by default. If you need to use Mutt to read email from a remote mail server, <acronym title="Internet Message Access Protocol">IMAP</acronym> may …
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Mutt is a text-based email client for UNIX-based operating systems. To say it is highly configurable is an understatement. It can be compiled to support a variety of mail protocols and runs in almost any terminal emulator. Unfortunately, the glory days of Mutt have come and gone. In the days …
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This is a little off-topic for this website, but I had to pass this widget along for any Mac OS X users out there. The MLB Schedule widget from Logan Rockmore Design is a simple widget that displays the 5 day schedule for any MLB team. It will show the …
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XHTML Character Entity Reference
Digital Media Minute's Jim Rutherford has developed an invaluable reference in his XHTML Character Entity Reference. With this reference in hand, I can finally ditch all my little notes about copyrights, trademarks, and cedillas. Here's an explanation of how the page works in Jim's own …
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One of the features of Firefox 2 is Session Restore. By default, if Firefox needs to restart for an update (or crashes), it will restore your session to the state it was in at the time of restart. That means your tabs and windows will be just like you left …
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I recently started using ScribeFire as my blogging client. Here are some initial thoughts on it.
