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Scuttle Spam --How to Stop

I've been a long time user of Scuttle. It's a Web-based social bookmarking system and allows multiple users to store, share and tag their favourite links online. Very recentily I notice a //bot// spamming "cheap auto insurance" and "doctor" links. Due to the 'open' nature of Scuttle, a little tweaking (very little) is nessecary to stop public spam and public registration.

Google Mobile Research Bares All Adult Content

A recent large scale study of wireless search behavior using Google Mobile Search (PDF) has been released. After reading over the multipage study a few key topics stand out. The number one use of cell phone browsing results in porn and other sex images. This brief blog entry will note a few highlighted marks for the SEO buff in all Netizens.

Debian/Ubuntu Apache2 and OpenSSL (https)

In this brief blog entry I will note the steps to basically "enable" OpenSSL encryption using the available Apache2 package in the apt-get repositories. On Ubuntu this has been verified, and the packages are so very similar that Debian testing (plus) should be using the same steps. Any administrator of a computer should always practice security using any means possible. OpenSSL is the available solution in this scenario.

Ubuntu/Debian WPA Wi-Fi w/ Belkin Adapter

In a previous blog entry you may have noticed that I picked up a Belkin Wireless G USB network adapter. Happy with the Belkin quality I went back to my local electronics store and got a Wireless G Notebook Card (F5D7010 v4). So, in this blog entry I will be installing the Wireless card and setting up WPA security.

Easy-Peasy Ubuntu Linux NFS File Sharing

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In this brief blog entry I will note the steps it took for me to use the Network File System (NFS) protocol to share files between another Linux computer. All machines in this lab are either Debian GNU/Linux (unstable) or Ubuntu Linux (breezy badger 5.10 w/ back-port upgrades). After reading countless threads and comments for file sharing they all pretty much suggested SaMBa as the simplest solution. In case you aren't familiar SaMBa software will allow a UNIX machine to act as a file server to Windows clients. SMB is fine if you _need_ to share with DOS but we don't need that here. Another option is NFS.

Changing the Ubuntu Logo in Breezy

After installing Ubuntu v5.1 (Breezy Badger) you are left with the distribution logo on the gnome-p

How-to Install Savage on Ubuntu (Debian) Linux

SAVAGE: The Battle for Newerth is a RTS/FPS game developed by s2games that is available on both Linux and Windows. In this blog entry i will explain how to install the game using Ubuntu Linux (a Debian GNU/Linux deviant).

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