Car Paint Damage (Chips, and Pits)

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. http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/how-to/repair/how-to-repair-chipped-car-paint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVkJT_hL6Zs&feature=related

Why DomainPeople’s New Domain Manager Sucks

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 … Read more

Configuring MySQL for Low Memory VPS

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 … Read more

Pasword Protected Sub Directories Missing on Index Listing with Apache2

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 … Read more

Apache dDoS “killapache” Sends Malformed GET Requests

There is a bug in certain versions of Apache that is susceptible to a dDoS using malformed GET requests. You can find more information about “killapache” at the following site. http://www.pentestit.com/2011/08/25/killapache-ddos-tool-freezes-apache-web-server/   There is no patch, however their is a work around for this bug which is provided below. In Ubuntu or Debian create a new file … Read more

JungleDisk – Server Daemon Not Responding, No Backups, Not cool?

So I noticed that one of my servers wasn’t being backed up via email alerts recently. Usually I’m on top of it, but I noticed recently one less email from JungleDisk (I get completion notices on all JungleDisk Backups). So I opened up the Jungle Disk Server Edition Management and found that I couldn’t connect … Read more

Simple Apache Expires Setup via .htaccess

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 … Read more