Archive for September, 2009
Browsing errors: пщщпду or пщщпдуюсщь
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
пщщпду and пщщпдуюсщь is the typed equivalent of google and respectively, google.com with a russian keyboard layout. In most of the cases this occurs accidentally and you shouldn’t be surprised to see another page, instead of Google’s homepage. Go to Google.com
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Ubuntu hacks: Extend visual effects in compiz. More settings, more fun
Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
If you want to work on a fancy Ubuntu operating system, all you have to do is enable Extra visual effects from Appearance preferences (System->Preferences->Appearance preferences->Visual effects). However, by default you will get only some basic visual effects. To get access to all extra visual effects (including the Compiz Desktop Cube and more), you will [...]
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OS Hacks: Installing Mac OSx 10.6.1 on Toshiba Satellite A300
Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
Unfortunately not all Toshiba A300 models are supported by Mac. The only thing that you will not find is the kext for the graphic card (in case it’s integrated Intel chipset). If your card is nvidia, you have more chances of finding a kext for your video card. I suggest you visit hackint0sh.com for more [...]
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Web news: Mashable hacked? or WordPress vulnerability
Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
I’ve just noticed a strange issue on Mashable.com . If I go page by page, starting with page nr 1 till page nr 5, when I hover my mouse on the other page links, some strange text is appended to the url. I don’t think my machine has been hacked or virused, as I work [...]
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Webhit: Find reviews/testimonials written by real people. Share your opinion about different topics
Posted on 12. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
Trustler has added a nice feature yesterday. It is now possible to add @mentions when posting a status message, which will be automatically treated as a review message. The @ operator means “about” and is mandatory for a post to be treated as a review message (instead of a status one). Even more, a # [...]
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Web hosting: Website hosted on Hostmonster is slow? It’s because CPU is being throttled
Posted on 07. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
Hosting problems with Hostmonster? Website inaccessible? Hostmonster has got powerful servers, but in order to avoid overloading and hardware failures, they have recently implemented a new way of dealing with high traffic websites hosted with them. They won’t suspend such websites, but instead will throttle the CPU for these accounts, so the website looks like [...]
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Define notions: What is CPU Throttling/Processor Throttling?
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
CPU throttling/processor throttling is the process when the CPU tries to avoid overheating and getting damaged. So if the temperature of the CPU exceeds some specified limits, the system will throttle down the CPU, allowing it to cool down and avoid damage. This process may also take place when the computer is idle or no [...]
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Web news: Social website toolbars that help your visitors better interact with your online product
Posted on 05. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
I’ve noticed many website owners have started implementing bottom toolbars on their pages. Even though I don’t really like how they look, they seem to offer some good features for visitors. The installation of such toolbar is pretty quick and simple and it shouldn’t take more that 5 minutes. Here are some benefits you’ll get [...]
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WordPress: Best SEO iTranslator for WordPress, get free traffic from fully automated plugin script
Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
I’ve just decided to publish my translation plugin for WordPress. It has helped me a lot to get free traffic, so I think other people might find it also useful. == Description == Best SEO iTranslator for WordPress is a translation plugin, fully automated, that will help you get new traffic and at the same [...]
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WordPress 2.8.4: Not ready to be installed with PHP 5.3 ?
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
I’ve just tried to install WordPress 2.8.4 on my testing machine (PHP 5.3). Right on the installation page a dozen of errors filled my screen, something like: Strict Standards: Declaration of Walker_Page::start_lvl() should be compatible with that of Walker::start_lvl() in /opt/lampp/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/classes.php on line 1214 This is not a big issue and it doesn’t interrupt the [...]