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FTP Notes
Proftpd connections: ftptop – show current connections in realtime in a ‘top’ like format ftpwho – list current connections Restart Proftpd (Parallels Plesk/Cent OS): /etc/init.d/xinetd restart Active vs Passive FTP: A good article on this subject can be found here. MS-DOS … Continue reading
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iPhone turn off auto text resize (html/css)
To stop an iPhone from automatically resizing text on a webpage use: html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; }
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Memory leak Netgear WNDA3100v2 USB Wifi adapter
Version 1.2 of the Windows XP driver has a memory leak – the solution is to upgrade the driver to a later version of the driver. Version 1.3 (driver date: 05/11/2009, driver version: 5.60.180.11) also appears to have a memory … Continue reading
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SRV 2019 Error (The server was unable to allocate from the system NonPaged pool because the pool was empty)
An excellent article on troubleshooting this error can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ntdebugging/archive/2006/12/18/understanding-pool-consumption-and-event-id_3a00_–2020-or-2019.aspx
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Featured image missing WordPress
Add to a theme’s functions.php file: // add featured image support add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
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Apache reset/delete logs
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/misc/howto.html#logreset The correct procedure is to move the logfile, then signal Apache to tell it to reopen the logfiles. Apache is signaled using the SIGHUP (-1) signal. e.g. mv access_log access_log.old kill -1 `cat httpd.pid` Note: httpd.pid is a file containing the process id of the Apache httpd … Continue reading
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Low Power PCs
Low power PCs: Tiny Green PC Raspberry Pi – approx 2 – 3.5 watts Aleutia – approx 10 watts Intel NUC – approx 11 watts LIVA Mini PC – approx 15 watts Asus Eee Box – idle approx. 20w, running approx. 22.7 – … Continue reading
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The Greek Alphabet
Α, α – alpha Β, β – beta Γ, γ – gamma Δ, δ – delta Ε, ε – epsilon Ζ, ζ – zeta Η, η – eta Θ, θ – theta Ι, ι – iota Κ, κ – kappa … Continue reading
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