Category: Technology

  • 7 Awesome Open Source Cloud Storage Software For Your Privacy and Security

    Cloud storage is nothing but an enterprise-level cloud data storage model to store the digital data in logical pools, across the multiple servers. You can use a hosting company such as Amazon, Google, Rackspace, Dropbox and others for keeping your data available and accessible 24×7. You can access data stored on cloud storage via API…

  • SR-71 Cockpit Overview

    Really nice overview of SR-71 cockpit with some informational data as well!

  • SuHosin + WordPress + CPanel

    SuHosin + WordPress + CPanel

    I recently did some tweaks and ran across a very interesting issue when hardening PHP using SuHosin. All the WordPress sites stopped working. It seems WordPress needs 256MB in order to work, and by default SuHosin does not specify an upper memory limit.

  • Bird of Prey

    Col. Kevin Robbins still remembers the first time he saw the F-22 Raptor. He was driving near the flightline of then Langley Air Force Base when he heard a load roar

  • Resolving SSL Update Network error:14090086 in WordPress

    After a recent upgrade to WordPress 3.5 on a multisite installation, I received an error when using “Update Network” through the GUI. I did some searching via WordPress forums and Google, but did not find anything specific to MU usage. I did find a non-English site which offered a solution, but it required editing the…

  • U-2 Pilots – Above All

    “There are more people who have Super Bowl rings than there are U-2 pilots.” Read the full story here Outstanding photos of the U-2 in action available online also.

  • VMWare tools install for CentOS

    I had enabled the desktop environment for my VM installation and received the familiar pop-up to install VMWare tools. These tools provide outstanding support when working within the virtual machine. Since my VM was a clean install, there were a few system changes which needed to be completed before running the installer.

  • Build your own LAMP Server under CentOS

    I was looking for a development server to test builds on and ran across a few pre-made virtual distros that I thought would help. Unfortunately I was not sure of what was installed in some, and most I ran across were Ubuntu, an OS I am not too keen about. I did a bit of…

  • Securing BuddyPress Password Page

    While working on my first BuddyPress installation, I noticed a serious security issue where members are directed to a non-secure page to change their password or email. The default page is an http page, allowing unencrypted information to pass over the net. This is obviously an issue, especially for your membership who put their trust…

  • Interesting Engineering – Is this a mosquito?

    Although a science fiction concept, still interesting to see a mosquito designed for surveillance. You know what happens to science fiction, eventually it becomes fact. Original post can be found here: Is this a mosquito?