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April 6th, 2008 How to overwrite your hard disk with random characters dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda How to overwrite your hard disk with zero characters dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda Replace sda / hda with your hard disk identifier. Either of the procedure requires the system has Linux installed or accessible from Linux operating system.

December 18th, 2005 JRuby is a project to watch for. It implements Ruby on Java virtual machine.

November 5th, 2007 Either Yahoo! Messenger sponsors spammers (not that would surprise me) or Myfreecamhost has found a loophole in Yahoo Instant Messenger. I am daily receiving half a dozen, most likely automated, Yahoo instant messages from various random email id's on myfreecamhost.

August 13th, 2005 Simple way to display quotations in your WordPress blog.

October 18th, 2005 Biblical Curse Generator - Now you would never run out of juicy insults, O thou denizen of the underworld, with this javascript based curse generator. Lets also see how you can make one for your weblog.

May 30th, 2007 We are currently processing huge amount of sensitive corporate data for a Fortune 500 company as the first phase of a project. You have to be very careful in data processing, much more than any standard programming effort.

October 19th, 2005 I have recently added BlogAds to my site on the first right navigation bar. I started getting ads.

November 7th, 2005 On the internet almost everyone asks for your email address. I used to give in good faith and in return I received tons of spam.

November 12th, 2007 I am sick and tired of Yahoo Messenger Spam initiated primarily by Myfreecamhost and now joined by few new initiates too. Everyday, at the most inppropriate times I will get one or more messages from Yahoo Messenger asking me to watch some random female's webcam on myfreecamhost for free (obviously scam).

July 13th, 2007 This is a very interesting presentation (see below) on the technologies used to make Digg, the challenges faced along the way and how they overcame it. I would recommend it to any Web 2.0 startup architects.

February 12th, 2005 I accidentally stumbled upon a site ( spam-guard[dot]blogspot[dot]com ) which exists for the sole purpose of spamming. It is a spam blog or splog! For sometime spammers have targeted blogs, first through comment spam and now increasingly through trackback spam.

September 23rd, 2005 SaveMyAss is a personal assistant that keeps your girlfriend or wife happy by sending her flowers on your behalf. We make sure you never miss Valentines day, her birthday, or your anniversary (again), and you will surprise her with "just because" flowers on a regular but semi-random basis.

July 3rd, 2005 I came across the Giraffe Theme from Urban Design which is unique for several reasons. To my knowledge it is the only theme which comes with an administrative for customizing colors, no of posts and other details: Change colour scheme Change font and font size Change whether to have a full-width lead post, or more traditional two-column layout Change page dimensions Configure number of lead posts, recent posts, random posts, and latest comments Switch logo on or off The theme is innovative in its layout and positioning of content.

August 23rd, 2007 Round robin DNS is a simple way to load balance your servers. You can use it balance the load between multiple web / ftp or other servers.

September 7th, 2005 Doctors commonly view excessive daytime sleepiness as a cardinal sign of disturbed or inadequate sleep. But a new study suggests it could also signal depression or even diabetes or obesity, regardless of whether an individual doesn't sleep well.