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Index of pages filed with the "Software" tag (listing records 11 to 20 of 29):
- Firefox Search Plug-in for Koders.com
(Date: Thu 18-Nov-2004 | Comments: 2 | Permalink)
I have created my first search plug-in(s) for Firefox. The plug-ins add search options for Koders, a search engine for source code. Koders enables developers to easily search and browse source code in thousands of projects hosted at hundreds of open ... (continue reading) - Blocking the Referrer Spammer
(Date: Mon 15-Nov-2004 | Comments: 13 | Permalink)
I have mostly passed under the radar of the Referrer Spammers, but my invisibility spell has gradually depleted. This past weekend (13-14 Nov, 2004) my access logs recorded 187 hits from referrer spammers. I'll admit that 187 hits isn't a lot, but I usually ... (continue reading) - The SmoothWall
(Date: Thu 4-Nov-2004 | Comments: 2 | Permalink)
I've just installed a SmoothWall Express 2.0 firewall at the edge of my LAN to replace an aging WinGate 4 proxy server. SmoothWall is an advanced, open source firewall distribution based on the GNU/Linux operating system. Along with the firewall, SmoothWall ... (continue reading) - Unix Shell on Windows
(Date: Thu 21-Oct-2004 | Comments: 6 | Permalink)
Our Shapeshifter application servers all run some variant of Unix. Whilst working on the servers I spend most of my time in the BASH shell. On my Windows XP desktop computer, I spend a large portion of my time using the DOS shell. The problem is that ... (continue reading) - Remote PC Viewer / Controller
(Date: Wed 20-Oct-2004 | Comments: 4 | Permalink)
A large part of my job involves travel to clients and resellers in order to perform presentations, training or technical support. It's a considerable drain on time and resources. For example, if I have to give a presentation in London, I'm going to lose ... (continue reading) - Essential Firefox Extensions
(Date: Thu 9-Sep-2004 | Comments: 17 | Permalink)
There is no doubt that Firefox is one of the best web browsers on any platform. Along with one of the fastest rendering engines around, the browser boasts such eminently usable features as integrated search, popup blocking, tabbed browsing and more. However ... (continue reading) - Windows 2000 Server Has Pissed Me Off for the Last Time
(Date: Tue 31-Aug-2004 | Comments: 4 | Permalink)
I returned to the office after my week's sojourn in Paris only to find that one of my file-servers had died in my absence. It seems our building suffered a direct hit during an electrical storm and, in accordance with Murphy's Law, I had a single server ... (continue reading) - Perl Development Environment
(Date: Tue 17-Aug-2004 | Comments: 10 | Permalink)
"A craftsman is only as good as his tools," claims the familiar adage. Of course, it depends on how you define "good". In the field of computer programming, "good" could refer to the quality of the programmer's code, or it could refer to that same programmer ... (continue reading) - Working with Meteorological Data
(Date: Mon 9-Aug-2004 | Comments: 4 | Permalink)
I am always impressed when I see real-time data on a website. I am even more impressed when such data is used imaginatively. Thus Dunstan Orchard's panorama and weather information have long intrigued me. Out of curiosity, I investigated the possibilities ... (continue reading) - SpellBound with Firefox
(Date: Thu 5-Aug-2004 | Comments: 6 | Permalink)
I recently discovered SpellBound for Firefox via Ryan Brill's "Blogmarks". SpellBound is a port of the spell checker user interface from Mozilla's Composer that enables spell checking in web forms. SpellBound is one of the most useful and well-implemented ... (continue reading)
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