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emacs-nav – Emacs mode for filesystem navigation – Google Project Hosting

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

Nav is a lightweight solution for Emacs users who want something like TextMate’s file browser, or the Eclipse project view. Unlike these two, Nav only shows the contents of a single directory at a time. Nav can be run painlessly … Continue reading →

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Having trouble getting mod_dumpio to work?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin

Note that it works with a default loglevel of debug, so in your vhost set: LogLevel debug or change the loglevel it activates at

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Managing your passwords with KeePass

Posted on March 4, 2012 by admin

A combination of KeePass (for Windows / Mac / Linux) and minikeepass for iphone, storing the password file on a dropbox share is both powerful and free. Ensure you use a secure master key.

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Experimenting with git

Posted on February 25, 2012 by admin

My first commit to github.com, a simple perl script written to generate an RSS feed from an IMAP inbox, imap2rss.pl. Update: a useful introduction to git.

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Learning Python – Online Resources

Posted on February 24, 2012 by admin

I’ve been working on improving my python, here are some of the resources I’ve been using: Google’s Python Class Learn Python the Hard Way (almost a complete beginner’s guide to programming, but useful for reinforcing key concepts) (More to be … Continue reading →

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The latest generation of my .emacs setup

Posted on February 22, 2012 by admin

My .emacs

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FTP Must Die!

Posted on January 29, 2012 by admin

FtpMustDie – Greg's Wiki. I completely agree.

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How to increase security by marking cookies as ‘secure’ in Apache

Posted on January 25, 2012 by admin

# Fix the cookie path and secure it Header edit Set-Cookie “^(.*)” $1;Secure via xMatters Community: How to increase security by marking cookies as ‘secure’.

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UK Government Betrayal of Open Standards Confirmed – Open Enterprise

Posted on January 10, 2012 by admin

UK Government Betrayal of Open Standards Confirmed – Open Enterprise.

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Linux 3.2 – Linux Kernel Newbies

Posted on January 6, 2012 by admin

Summary: This release includes support for Ext4 block sizes bigger than 4KB and up to 1MB, which improve performance with big files; btrfs has been updated with faster scrubbing, automatic backup of critical filesystem metadata and tools for manual inspection … Continue reading →

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