Monthly Archives: May 2009

Drupal Upgrade Procedure

Drupal is a content management system — you can think of it as WordPress on steroids. I would like to say that Drupal is majorly lacking in its upgrade procedure. The Drupal upgrade procedure is stone age. Security advisories seem … Continue reading

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Best Disk Cloning Software – Freeware

Clonezilla dd – classic! PING (Partimage Is Not Ghost) QTparted – from helix or backtrack other live CD etc. Recovery Live CDs: Parted Magic. SystemRescueCD. Trinity Rescue Kit. Recovery Is Possible. GParted-Clonezilla LiveCD. Ultimate Boot-CD Clonezilla Live

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VLC Update

If you’re not already using the VLC Media Player I highly recommend it.  First and most important it has a great security track record (it’s open source!)  Second it’s bundled with just about all the codecs you’ll ever need (forget … Continue reading

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Spam Gourmet

I’ve just started using Spam Gourmet over the weekend and I can preach enough about it.  The best part is once you sign up you never need to return to their website; there’s no ongoing administration required.  Instead of trying … Continue reading

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Wolfram|Alpha stock projections

Wolfram|Alpha was released to the public this past Monday May 18.  One interesting feature I haven’t heard much talk over is its ability to project stocks two years into the future.  Try it now.  Enter a public company or stock … Continue reading

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Blowfish cracked!?

Blowfish, the encryption algorithm designed by legendary privacy advocate Bruce Schneier, has been cracked — at least according to the popular Fox sitcom “24.”  On a recent 24 episode they claim they discovered a backdoor to the algorithm.  Of course … Continue reading

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