Archive For March 16th, 2005

Lighttpd, fastcgi, php and eAccelerator

lighttpd is a lightweight httpd server I came across on #wordpress (thanks michel_v!) It took a while but I got it working on a server and it’s rather nice. You can run php scripts through it using the fastcgi interface. Here’s how I installed it on a Debian machine. Lines starting with “#” are commands [...]

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I'm off coffee

I’m off coffee. I was never a big drinker, enjoying a cup with my breakfast and perhaps with my lunch later but I’ve gone cold turkey. I’m off it two weeks now! 3 days into it I got an almost-unbearable headache for an hour but it disappeared and that’s it! It’s still tempting however.. going [...]

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67.39.204.162 = idiot

Right, who’s at 67.39.204.162? Ameritech Electronic Commerce NET-AMER-673600 (NET-67-36-0-0-1) 67.36.0.0 – 67.39.255.255 PPPoX Pool – Rback5 BCVLOH SBC067039204000030903 (NET-67-39-204-0-1) 67.39.204.0 – 67.39.207.255 That’s who. You’re blocked from this server until you reign in your “wani11202″ bot that was drowning us in requests. Feckin’ eejit.

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Cropping with an Aspect Ratio in the GIMP

Cropping with an Aspect Ratio in the GIMP – another easy to follow tutorial by Eric Jeschke, the GIMP Guru! The crop tool in GIMP 2.2 has a handy “Aspect ratio” text box which I’ve used but this method is easier.

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