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Installing WordPress Securely on DreamHost
DRAFT After my WordPress website was hacked into, I began to look into all the options and advice for setting it up securely. http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress Step 1: Getting the Latest WordPress Version I like to use the shell for this since it saves on downloading it on one of my computers and then transferring it onto [...]
My WordPress Installation Hacked on Netfirms
DRAFT I was looking over some settings on my website earlier and I just happened to check on my Google Webmaster Tools account where I discovered that something was not quite right. Google’s site crawler was reporting that there were 24(?) unlinked pages on one of my WordPress pages. I clicked through to find that [...]
Discounted Windows 7 Professional Upgrade for Canadian Students Now Available
Microsoft has really opened up to students in recent years, offering their flagship products at a dramatic price reduction. Most MSDN software is even free, including their Visual Studio line of products. Anyways, I’m here to say that Microsoft has already added Windows 7 Professional Upgrade (Wikipedia comparison of editions) to their student discount program. At [...]
Office 2007 Service Pack 2 – Now with more goodness!
That’s a tasty service pack! Microsoft Office 2007 is now at Service Pack 2 and this one’s big. From an updated version of Office 2007 SP1, it was 350.3 MB on my Windows Vista PC. That’s a lot of ones and zeros. What’s great about this Service Pack is that it adds full support for [...]
CIPS Toronto – Discussion on Work-Life Balance
I just returned from my first CIPS Toronto event. After being a member for just under a year, I finally found a meeting time that fit in with my schedule. Since I’m back at RBC for another summer term, it also put me much closer to the location: the Groundhog Pub. Upon arriving at the [...]
Possible Firefox Bug: Cannot open downloaded HTML documents
I’m busy right now and I didn’t have time to look up if this is a bug or not. So here’s a quick record in case I decide to tackle it later on. Environment Operating System: Microsoft Vista Ultimate 64-bit Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is the default browser using Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x Preconditions While doing [...]
OpenOffice.org OpenSolaris Build Presentation
I had to present my work-to-date on the OpenOffice.org OpenSolaris Build project. Here’s the presentation I put together. Download the OpenSolaris Build presentation [in PDF format]
Sun Software Stack
I have a lot of Sun in my computer, but no more brightness than usual. I have installed the following Sun-related software: VirtualBox 2.1.4 on my Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit PC created a virtual machine from an OpenSolaris 2008.11 DVD I had received via mail by Sun for free using VirtualBox had to download Sun [...]
Virtual Virtualization Pains
Since I only have one desktop PC for my use, I was not about to be crazy and re-format it with OpenSolaris for my project. Software and hardware have come a long way from the days where you had to have multiple partitions to boot to in order to use different operating systems. Nowadays, virtualization [...]
Authentication Loop with .htaccess Protected Pages