Category Archives: Misc

Friendster can’t even send email

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Brian Pontarelli

I’m surprised that Friendster is even still around, but today I got an email from their CEO and it had the entire MIME body in the message. These guys can’t even figure out how to send email. X-Campaign-ID: 8002 X-Campaign-Type: … Continue reading →

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Restoring a SubVersion repository from an old backup

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

I have recently gone through the exercise of restoring a medium sized SubVersion repository from an older backup and wanted to share my experience with everyone. First, the problem: The problem After you restore the older backup, if any work … Continue reading →

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Locking down a shared MySQL database server without firewalls, routers, etc.

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

I’m setting up a shared database server in a data center and I don’t have any direct connections between the machines that are local (i.e. meaning they only connect between boxes and don’t let external traffic in), no firewalls, no … Continue reading →

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Mozilla Thunderbird image in signature

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

Adding an image to you HTML signature in Thunderbird requires a slight HTML hackery. You need to locate the image on disk and add the IMG tag with the src attribute using the file URL of the image: Linux: <IMG … Continue reading →

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