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What’s in a name
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.” So says Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Actually, in many parts of the world, people’s names are used and written in a way that probably could surprise Shakespeare. Allow me to explain from my own Chinese…
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Playing with FeedBurner
I registered my site on FeedBurner in late November, but never took the time to make it working properly. The gist of making it work is redirection. To accomplish that, you will need to modify .htaccess file in Apache. I came across a WordPress FeedBurner plugin, which helped me generating the proper .htaccess code. If…
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Rename sa
With SQL Server 2005, you can rename your logins, including sa. To me, this is a HUGE security enhancement. For mixed security environments, many Sql Server attacks take advantage of the sa account, either by brute-force or dictionary attacks. I highly recommend you to rename sa to something that is discreet to minimize attack surface…
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Geocaching fun
It has been almost a year since we started geocaching. So I will write something for rememberence. Geocaching is a modern day treasure hunt. People will hide things outdoors, usually in a forest preserve, a park, a place of historical importance or genereal interest. They will then publish the gps coordinates online. You, as a…
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Failed nbsmtp compile and some Linux and RPM tips
Earlier, I talked about my failed attempt to comiple and install msmtp. I tried to install and compile nbsmtp, and got similar results. Googling revealed that many people would suggest install things from an RPM package. So I searched around and found a msmtp package for Suse, but my web host is on RedHat. I…