Mac History
Retired Macs Macintosh SE Macintosh LC Macintosh Quadra 660av Powerbook 1400c/166 PowerMacintosh 7500 PowerMacintosh 9500/180MHz dual (upgraded to G3/400) PowerMacintosh G3 (Yosemite) (upgraded to G4)...
View ArticleUp and Running
Well, I’ve upgraded to 10.6.x, which trashed my MySQL install, ripped-out and replaced MySQL by hand, upgraded to WordPress 3.0.x and manually hacked the multisite function to enable multiple domains...
View ArticleI think I need a new server
I’ve been proudly self-hosting dvsmith.net for many years, but a number of recent server hiccups (including a new mystery gremlin that brings Apache to its knees every 22-24 hours) and the absolutely...
View Article2009: NC Democrats Push Anti-Municipal Broadband Legislation, Threatening to...
Originally posted to BlueNC.com back in April 2009. In the meantime, Ty Harrell has resigned due to adultery and questionable finances and Verizon sold its stake in North Carolina to Frontier...
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Dude, You’re Totally Harshing My (Google) Buzz
Absolutely, 100% by accident, I managed to discover that my server had fallen victim to an interesting SQL/PHP injection attack. I began to notice some odd search traffic that resulted in one or two...
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Two shells, a truck and a citrus fuit
dvsmith.net has changed servers. After a couple of very long weeks of practically zero connectivity via my “business class” Road Runner connection, I finally gave up on my principle that dvsmith.net...
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Does iTunes (and iCloud) have a systemic security problem? [updated]
John Gruber doesn’t think so, but my experience and the experiences of countless others seems to show otherwise. Back in late-January of this year, I received a curious email from Apple, indicating...
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Life Amongst the iClouds
I said goodbye to MobileMe (an account I’d had since the heady days of iTools) on Saturday… and ever since, mail and sync on my iPhone 4 has been broken. iCloud complains that no password has been...
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