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Car Paint Damage (Chips, and Pits)

Jordan — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:52:36 +0000

I’m working on my car to try and get some of the paint chips and pits out of the paint. Here are some pictures of the problem area’s.

I’ve been looking online at a couple of solutions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVkJT_hL6Zs&feature=related

OtterBox Defender Series iPhone 4S Warranty Pictures

Jordan — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:56:34 +0000

The OtterBox Warranty Department asked that I provide them with pictures of the problematic OtterBox I purchased. Here they’re, as you can see the bottom iTunes Port cover has a small rubber line that is suppose to fit into the hard shell case, mine was defective upon receiving it. It worked fine for a while then just stopped working completely.

Why DomainPeople’s New Domain Manager Sucks

Jordan — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:41:03 +0000

DomainPeople upgraded their Domain Name Manager, which now doesn’t allow the creation of Name Servers based on your domain name. So you’re required to submit a ticket to create/update your Name Servers based on your Domain Name. I’m so glad I moved to Hexonet, because I have direct access to this.

UPDATE: If you read the comments below, Andrew has pointed out that DomainPeople has added an option for “Register Nameservers” which should then allow you to register nameservers based on your domain.

Configuring MySQL for Low Memory VPS

Jordan — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:06:52 +0000

I’ve found the following configuration helps when you’re trying to squeeze out as much memory from a VPS as possible.

[mysqld]
port = 3306
socket = /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock
skip-locking
key_buffer = 16K
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_cache = 4
sort_buffer_size = 64K
read_buffer_size = 256K
read_rnd_buffer_size = 256K
net_buffer_length = 2K
thread_stack = 64K

# For low memory, Berkeley DB should not be used so keep skip-bdb uncommented unless required
skip-bdb

# For low memory, InnoDB should not be used so keep skip-innodb uncommented unless required
skip-innodb

# Uncomment the following if you are using InnoDB tables
#innodb_data_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/
#innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
#innodb_log_group_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/
#innodb_log_arch_dir = /var/lib/mysql/
# You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 %
# of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high
#innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M
#innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M
# Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool size
#innodb_log_file_size = 5M
#innodb_log_buffer_size = 8M
#innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit = 1
#innodb_lock_wait_timeout = 50

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash
# Remove the next comment character if you are not familiar with SQL
#safe-updates

[isamchk]
key_buffer = 8M
sort_buffer_size = 8M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 8M
sort_buffer_size = 8M

[mysqlhotcopy]
interactive-timeout

Apple TV XBMC sources.xml Location

Jordan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:11:36 +0000

/private/var/mobile/Library/Preferences/XBMC/userdata/sources.xml

Pasword Protected Sub Directories Missing on Index Listing with Apache2

Jordan — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 09:14:38 +0000

If you’ve setup a folder that allows listing of the directory index, you will be presented with that directories contents. Folders and files will be show and you can navigate through each folder. However, if you’ve password protected a sub directory, it will not show up in the listing. This is because its considered to be protected and the user should not be able to access it.

To override this option you must place the following into your root .htaccess file, not the one protecting the folder.

IndexOptions +ShowForbidden

httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_autoindex.html

Simple Apache Expires Setup via .htaccess

Jordan — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:39:29 +0000

If you’ve used Google Page Speed then you’ve probably seen “Leverage browser caching” as one of the items on the Medium Priority list. And it’s a real simple fix if you’re running Apache. Just create or edit your .htaccess file for the site you want to enable it on and input the following.

<IfModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive on
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 years"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 years"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 years"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 years"
ExpiresByType text/js "access plus 1 years"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 years"
ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 years"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 1 years"
#ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 days"
IfModule>

And Viola, you’re now telling Web Browsers not to grab Images/CSS or Javascript unless otherwise required.

Eletronics Purge – For Sale

Jordan — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:08:45 +0000

Big Ticket Items

Apple Mac Book Pro (A1278) – Intel Core 2 Duo – 8GB Memory – 500GB Drive (Seagate Monmentus) - MB990LL/A - MacBookPro5,5 - A1278 - 2326*

www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=A1278

Bought in December 2009 – No Apple Care. Couple of scratches from wear and tear. Otherwise is good condition, and original box + cd’s and power adapter.

$1000 OBO.

The Garmin Running Package. (Brand New and Never Used.)

Garmin Forerunner 305 w/ Heart Rate Belt + $130
Garmin Foot Pod $50
DigiFit Connect iPhone Ant+ Dongle — $35

Random items.

PC133/100 Ram and Cobalt RaQ’s — vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/bnc/sys/2534795562.html

Nokia HF-510 – $40

Cracking Secured (WEP/WPA) Wireless Networks with Backtrack!

Jordan — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 02:44:02 +0000

I’ve always been asked, “is my Wireless Network secure?” and usually reply with “As long as you’re using WPA with a strong password”. However I wanted to test that out and do some penetration testing.

I looked on the supported devices section of a popular distribution called “BackTrack” that seems to have everything you require to penetrate 802.11 wireless access points.

www.backtrack-linux.org/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Drivers

I’ve picked up a NetGear WG111 and a Linksys WUSB54GC, I’ve yet to test either to see if they’re going to work. And in work I mean actually be able to inject packets, as that’s the main reasoning behind it.

I will be using this guide I stumbled upon online via Google search.

ryanunderdown.com/linux/cracking-wep-using-backtrack.php

Bitcoin Miner

Jordan — Fri, 27 May 2011 06:22:39 +0000

Purchased 2x Sapphire 5830′s and a 1000W OCZ refurb.