Our servers are getting ready to be awaken by the masses. As such, we needed to ensure our servers would not simply fall over if we should get a sudden influx of traffic when we open our doors to everyone. When we first released our software, we quickly found that we needed to adjust some… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Geekery
Astalavista.net and Astalavista.com Hacked
The infamous sources for exploits, hacks, etc. Astalavista.net, and Astalavista.com have been hacked. The hacker kept a log of the entire shell session and posted it for everyone’s viewing pleasure. Astalavista claimed to be run by security experts. From http://astalavista.com/faq: >> 03. Who’s behind the site? >> >> A team of security and IT professionals,… Read more »
PHP Solution for AJAX/XHTML Entities Problem with Chrome and Safari
If you’re having issues with getting some AJAX to work in Chrome or the newer Safari versions, then I hope this post will hope you. This issue arose when one of our designers was testing some of the new AJAX I had written in Chrome. It worked fine in Firefox and IE, but Chrome was… Read more »
Professional Technologist
My name is David Drake. I am a father and technologist who revels in creating things and tackling difficult problems.
Appreciator of the outdoors. Enjoyer of good humans, cooking, aromatic coffee, and plants. Actor for many years. Very fond of science; particularly astronomy and quantum physics. Likes to grow things and travel. Commodore 64 tattoo. Fan of PBS, Apple, and The NY Times. Constantly learning and loves to teach.
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