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New Fake Courier Service Scam Site: gnetcex.com GNet Express

August 22nd, 2010

GNet Courier Express Scam

Here is a new website that has been set up to perform a “courier service” type scam. Find out more about these types of scams here - http://hygen.net/blog/malaysia/global-express-services-ltd-online-scam.html

Gnet Courier Express also operates out of Malaysia and uses the usual fake British loverboy bait theme…

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mysqldump: command to backup a database on another remote server

August 12th, 2010

MySQL: mysqldump command tip!

The mysqldump program is often used to getting a data dump of a local database for backup reasons or just for moving a database from one server to another. To make this even easier, mysqldump can accept a remote host as an arguement. This means that if you are logged into server A you can get a backup of server B immediatly without having to login to server B and then transfer the file manually vis FTP or SCP etc. Just use this command:

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The Importance Of Server / Web Host Location

July 14th, 2010

You may have heard of the importance of the geographical location of your servers when running websites. What you may not realize is just how important it is, especially to Google.

Firstly you need your servers to be geographically close to your target audience so the load times will be faster because packets of data won’t have to travel so far and can avoid more bottlenecks in the network. So the closer the server to the user, the better the speed and service.

Secondly, search engines take the geographical location of your servers / web hosts into account when ranking your sites. If your site is hosted in the US then you will get more US traffic and less from the rest of the world, likewise if it’s hosted in Japan then you can expect more Japanese traffic and less from elsewhere.

To illustrate the importance of server location check out these images. They clearly show a shift in traffic sources when the web server moved countries from Malaysia to the UK…

Server usage by country 12/2009

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Setcookie() Path Problems / Gotchas In PHP

April 22nd, 2010

Cookie Problems With PHP?

“The path on the server in which the cookie will be available on. If set to ‘/’, the cookie will be available within the entire domain. If set to ‘/foo/’, the cookie will only be available within the /foo/ directory and all sub-directories such as /foo/bar/ of domain. The default value is the current directory that the cookie is being set in.”
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Use JQuery To Automatically Set IFrame Height

April 21st, 2010

Auto Adjust IFrame's Height With JQuery

It’s a fairly common problem when developing web applications and using IFrames (inline frames) - the height of an IFrame can’t easily be determined and it’s essentially dynamic as it depends on content and CSS inside the framed page.

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Ubuntu VS Windows According To Dell UK

April 18th, 2010

I was doing a bit of research today to see how the relationship between Canocial (Ubuntu) and Dell is.  It’s great that Dell sells Ubuntu based computers but what’s not so great is what trash they are publishing on their web site.  Here is a quick excerpt: 

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Use Perl Audio Converter (pacpl) To Convert Audio Files On Ubuntu Linux

March 14th, 2010

Running the pacpl program without options

Download and install the Debian package (works for Ubuntu) for the Perl Audio Converter - http://pacpl.sourceforge.net/downloads.html

Then use dpkg -i command to install the package.

From the Perl Audio Converter website:

“Perl Audio Converter is a tool for converting multiple audio types from one format to another. It supports AAC, AC3, AIFF, APE, AU, AVR, BONK, CAF, CDR, FAP, FLA, FLAC, IRCAM, LA, LPAC, M4A, MAT, MAT4, MAT5, MMF, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, MPP, NIST, OFR, OFS, OGG, PAC, PAF, PVF, RA, RAM, RAW, SD2, SF, SHN, SMP, SND, SPX, TTA, VOC, W64, WAV, WMA, and WV. It can also convert audio from the following video formats: RM, RV, ASF, DivX, MPG, MKV, MPEG, AVI, MOV, OGM, QT, VCD, SVCD, M4V, NSV, NUV, PSP, SMK, VOB, FLV, and WMV. A CD ripping function with CDDB support, batch conversion, tag preservation for most supported formats, independent tag reading/writing, and extensions for Amarok, Dolphin, and Konqueror are also provided. “

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Weird Malaysian News This Week - Human Trafficking, Parent Criminals And Lower Crime Rates

March 10th, 2010

I bought a wife half my age for cash but she ran away...

Goh Ping Ming admitted this week to buying a Vietnamese wife from a selection of fresh human meat trafficked from Vietnam - because “she was the most pretty“.

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Orion International - Specializing In Unique Investment Opportunities

February 28th, 2010

Orion International

If you are on the lookout for unique investment opportunities I recommend you check out Orion International. Orion International Ltd specializes in investments in private equity, capital protected investments and capital funds and was established in 2000 by Steve Baker. Orion International’s offices are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Drupal: HTTP request status fails / Drupal Status Page Reports Errors

February 23rd, 2010

Drupal status: http request fails

HTTP request status Fails

Your system or network configuration does not allow Drupal to access web pages, resulting in reduced functionality. This could be due to your webserver configuration or PHP settings, and should be resolved in order to download information about available updates, fetch aggregator feeds, sign in via OpenID, or use other network-dependent services.

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