Category Archives: Technology
Coolest Facebook hack yet
So this link below on failblog shows the opposite of epic fail when it comes to Facebook”s new layout. You can post some pictures to your profile, and basically make a huge collage. Very neat. Check it out.
http://failbook.failblog.org/2010/12/15/funny-facebook-fails-how-to-hack-the-new-facebook-layout/
Installing Windows 7
Windows 7
This weekend I had Che install Windows 7. I had to walk him through certain areas, and I sent this to him before hand. It looks like this article helped him out tremendously, so I””m linking to it.
http://stuff.seans.com/2008/11/07/windows-7-install-screenshots/
Windows Security
In a security review of some Windows machines here at work, I ran across a good article about hacking, which included a video on using several good tools to validate security on your publicly facing windows machines, which require RDP (Remote Desktop / Terminal Services) port to be open.
The video shows you how to us tsgrinder, and several other tools. Check out the video here
Classic ASP code for server variables and form variables
During my testing and working on something at work, I found some nice variable display info that can be used when trying to debug/troubleshoot some classic ASP code. Stuff I usually can’t find when I need it. So I’m posting it here.
<TABLE BORDER="1"> <TR><TD><B>Server Variable</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B></TD></TR> <% For Each strKey In Request.form %> <TR> <TD><%= strKey %></TD> <TD><%= Request.form(strKey) %></TD> </TR> <% Next %> </TABLE>
Also,
<TABLE BORDER="1"> <TR><TD><B>Server Variable</B></TD><TD><B>Value</B></TD></TR> <% For Each strKey In Request.ServerVariables %> <TR> <TD><%= strKey %></TD> <TD><%= Request.ServerVariables(strKey) %></TD> </TR> <% Next %> </TABLE>
Outlook 2007 Stationery Location
So when I first started using Outlook years ago, I never really liked the default stationery that people used. I’m sure some of you remember how some of these things looked. Like this one…
I hated those. So I was always a ‘text’ guy. As the years went on, I started using a stationery. I think it was Outlook 2000 at the time. So from 2000 to Outlook 2003, and then Outlook 2007, and soon Outlook 2010. I never remember the location of the .html file for the stationary. It seems that a.) is changes with each version b.) I can never find the version information that I need at the time and c.) the directory you put it in is always hidden… thus, I’m putting the location for stationery for Outlook 2007 here so I don’t forget.
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Stationery
There, now I’ll remember.
Securing a WordPress 3.0 site
Ensure you have the most recent version
Upgrading to the version 3.0 (as of the date of this article) will address many security vulnerabilities, including the protection of your wp-content/plugins directory, and your wp-admin folder. These directories in 2.x versions had security issues and as such were prime targets for attacks. Also be sure to upgrade all of your plug-ins, where applicable. Regardless of how many WordPress sites you may be running, or how hard it may be to upgrade 10′s or 100′s of them, it’s better than having all of their content deleted and thus having to do reinstallations anyway.
Quick mysql_connect php script
The below script is a quick PHP script that connects to a mysql database to test connectivity.
<html> <body>
<?
$host = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
/* Connecting, selecting database */
$conn = mysql_connect($host, $username, $password)
or die("Could not connect");
/* select the database */
mysql_select_db("user") or die("Could not select database <I>user</I> Database<br>");
?>
</body> </html>
PHP script to send email
Very simple php script that sends email. I use this from time to time to test the functionality of sendmail and php.
<?php
$email = 'email@email.com';
$email_address = 'email@email.com'';
$name = 'Michael';
$subject = 'Subject line here';
$message = 'This is a test email';
$headers = 'From: ' . "$email_address rn" .
'Reply-To: email@email.com' . "rn" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
if (mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers)) {
echo '<b>Mail was sent successfully.</b>';
} else {
echo "Mail was undeliverable. n<br>";
}
?>
