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date18 November 2008
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How to unban my Google Adsense account

The evil google empire has singled out my website and banned me for no apparent reason what-so-ever.  Those pricks couldn’t handle stroking the big $11 check once every few months for my super duperest blog.
The Google Team is out to get you, how to make them pay in 4 easy …

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date14 November 2008
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Add your public SSH keys to a remote host’s authorized_keys in a single command

[user@localhost ~]$  cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub | ssh user@remotehost ‘sh -c “cat – >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys”‘
You’ll be prompted for the password just this one last time.  This is perfect for running a script that runs several remote commands through ssh.  Here’s a script that checks for your keys and adds them if …

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date12 November 2008
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OpenLDAP + Replica + StartTLS encryption on Fedora in 10 minutes

I wouldn’t do it this way for a production network, but i’ve set up similar configurations for testing in vmware, in a research environment, and in a production environment.  So instead of a step by step, here’s a quick run through… It should clear up some of the missing pieces …

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date7 November 2008
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Simple sockets to talk to a scrolling display using python

I need to talk to a little box that has an ip address and accepts tcp input to send on to a giant LED display.  I’m going to send messages across it as if it were the stock market tickers streaming along, or like the rolling display in Times Square …

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date7 November 2008
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Installing OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and RSYNC on Solaris 2.6 (SunOS)

Yes, I know this is ancient stuff, but I have no choice but to mess with it right now.  Old ultrasparc garbage, weeee!  So here goes the installation of some ‘modern day’ packages so I can work with this old box.  (It hasn’t been touched since 2002, ouch)
First you’ll need …

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date4 November 2008
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The easy way to domination in Saints Row 2

There’s a lot to do in Saints Row 2, so in order to get from mission to mission the quickest, you’ll want to surround yourself with the fastest cars available.  Get to your crib and find the “Customize Gang” area.  You get three gang cars that will randomly appear throughout …

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date22 October 2008
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snmpd sending too much to syslog by default

Why does snmpd try to log everything by default in Fedora? If you’re polling every five minutes or so for MRTG or a commercial product like Solarwinds, you might find /var/log/messages filling up with successful connection messages:
Oct 22 04:00:01 ServerName snmpd[2089]:last message repeated 5 times
Oct 22 04:00:01 ServerName snmpd[2089]: …

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date19 October 2008
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Old books saved from the dumpster

They were throwing out the entire library of old books at work since we’re moving to a new building. I couldn’t believe they weren’t even going to donate them to the library or recycle them. Off to the dumpster they were about to go…

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date19 October 2008
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Toyota Prius finally has the toyota look

The new 2010 Toyota Prius.  This is what is supposed to debut in January at the Detroit Auto Show.  It will have a slightly larger displacement but is supposed to keep the same fuel economy numbers.  So why does it still have a handicapped electric motor?  Is it to allow …

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date16 October 2008
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ICMP type 3 – Destination unreachable messages

Net Unreachable

The sending device knows about the network but believes it is not available at this time. Perhaps the network is too far away through the known route.

Host Unreachable

The sending devices knows about host but doesn’t get ARP reply, indicating the host is …

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