[poll id=“3”] Do you develop using web application frameworks? I like the idea of using frameworks to develop. I’ve played around with Ruby On Rails, Symphony, Django and a few others. They generally help simplify code. For example, I don’t waste time on my db connection , presentation layer, form validation codes anymore and I get to spend more time on the functionality of my applications instead. Frameworks also help cut down your development time....
Received my Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron cds in the mail today. Who doesn’t like to receive internatioanl packages with goodies? The best part is when I tell my non OSS friends that the cds were shipped free of charge. You will be suprised to know that many people don’t believe that there are people out there providing wonderfull services not for money but out of passion. Welcome to the world of opensource is what I normally my response would be to them....
Know someone who’s never heard of twitter? I don’t. There are loads of twitter desktop clients out there for Windows. I’m a Linux person so twittering from my command line is just one of the many was I twitter. Linux and OpenSource Blog has published a list for desktop clients for Linux. Might come in handy for you. ktwitter - A simple Twitter script for KDE. twitter.el - Twitter from Emacs!...
When forced to work within a limited budget you are normally forced to come up with alternative cost saving solutions. This was the case for a University which desided to use a Linux powered X-Box to host it’s students web projects. As time passed so did the personnel who knew about the X-Box web server. Without proper handover documents and asset management the X-Box server soon gets forgotten. One day a new guy comes in an sees a X-Box sitting on the shelve all alone and decides to take it home for his kid....
SIRIM’s site has been exploited with malware. The compromised URL is “www.sirim.my/pop_event2.asp?id=685". The URL when accessed downloads malicious software and infects the client PC. If I were you I would not access that link. From what I know many Malaysian sites are still susceptible to cross side scripting and SQL injection attacks. Chances are this is what happened this time. Google has already picked this up and is currently warning users about the threat....