Article Archive for May 2008
Effective Virus Protection
How do you protect your computer from viruses? Most computer users just buy antivirus software, install it, and reboot their PC – done. If only it was that easy. Over the past several years percentage of home and business computers infected with viruses has been steadily growing. Most PCs are sold these days with preinstalled antivirus software. And yet, the number of infected computers keeps on growing…
Tips on dealing with the Bagle rootkit
Normally I don’t concern myself with Windows- related matters. However, the infamous Bagle rootkit and its numerous variations deserve some attention even from Unix sysadmins. Bagle annoyed me and my customers long enough. Essentially, Bagle …
Disaster Recovery Management
You business depends on your computers. Your employees need their databases, emails, files and applications to do their jobs. Imagine that you come to work on Monday and your database server is gone. How? It doesn’t matter. Let’s say it was transported out of your datacenter by the Romulans. Or, perhaps, the sprinkler system malfunctioned, flooded your datacenter and reduces your database server to a steaming, shorted out pile of junk.
Creating print.css for WordPress
Many WordPress theme designers choose to cut some corners with their creations. One of the more important things they skip over is print.css – the stylesheet that controls your blog’s appearance when you print it. …
Migrating email between hosted providers
Recently I ran into a small problem. A customer of mine was moving her site to a new hosting provider. Her old provider was Windows-based and her new provider was Linux-based. The old provider did …
Home Network Configuration Basics
Research shows that majority of everyday computer problems are caused by poor network configuration. That small white Ethernet cable plugged into the back of your PC is where most of your computer-related headaches are coming …
VxVM Recovery Cheatsheet for Solaris
This is a quick-and-dirty guide to recovering VxVM volumes and filesystems on a Solaris server. These instructions are not intended to be an in-depth troubleshooting guide for the Veritas Volume Manager. This is just something …
General Service Request
A formal way to submit a service request is to fill out one of the forms below. Your request will be assigned a number and an analyst will contact you shortly. You must have a valid support contract to submit a service request. Please select a form that appears most appropriate for the problem you are experiencing. If you don’t see an appropriate match, please use the General Service Request.
Highly redundant array configuration
The cost of storage arrays is falling along with the quality of their manufacture. To quote Lev Andropov from the “Armageddon”: “Components. American components, Russian Components, ALL MADE IN TAIWAN!” What in the nineties used …
Improving WordPress Performance
WordPress is a great blogging engine and decent CMS. Unfortunately, most available WordPress themes- even those claiming to be “minimalist” – are bloated and slow to load. Heavy CSS stylesheets, multiple Java scripts, numerous graphics …
Use Perl inside Shell scripts
Perl is a far more powerful programming tool than any shell script. Sometimes you want to borrow some of that power without having to rewrite your entire shell script. There is an easy way to integrate Perl snippets inside your shell script.

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