A list of the best geek webcomics I’ve come across on ze interwebs. Some of them aren’t exactly geeky, but fun nevertheless.
1. XKCD
2. Dilbert
3. Joy of Tech
5. Geek Hero
6. Oatmeal
11. Real Life Comics
12. Foxtrot
Leave your suggestions and recommendations in the comments.
This tutorial will explain how to password protect your directories using .HTACCESS and .HTPASSWD
You may want to protect your web directories from listing content publicly if they contain your private content. This is the easiest way to protect your directory using password authentication.
First of all, create a new text file and rename it to .HTPASSWD and enter this text
user:password
Next, create another text file and rename it to .HTACCESS and enter this text
AuthUserFile /home/user/domain/path/folder/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName “Login Details”
Require valid-user
Upload both the .HTACCESS and .HTPASSWD files to the directory you want to password protect. Now if you try to access that directory, it will prompt you for a username and password.
You can add more users to the .HTPASSWD file if you want to. If you want to use the same .HTPASSWD file for protecting another directory, you can just reference it again in your .HTACCESS.
Update: 15/07/10
Opera Mini 5.1 is now available on the Android Market. It is the best mobile browser and the new version now supports larger displays and has features like tabbed browsing, password manager, bookmarks and Speed Dial.
To download and install Opera Mini 5.1 on your Android smartphone, just go to the Android Market app, search for Opera Mini and install it.
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The latest beta of the very popular Opera Mini browser – v4.2 is now available for Android users. From the initial reports, it seems just as able and fast as its Java counterpart that runs on millions of cellphones. This is the first 3rd party browser for the Android platform. There are reports that the Opera Mobile browser may also be ported to Android in the near future. Well, being a fan of both Opera and Android, this development is very exciting for me. The guys at Gizmodo have done a small review of Opera Mini on Android.
Finally, Apple may regret its decision of not allowing Opera Mini on the iPhone. Who cares.. Android IS the future. Read the rest of this entry »
I stumbled upon this cool piece of Javascript today. Using this, you can visually edit (WYSIWYG) any website online using just your browser. Of course, the changes won’t be saved and this trick is pretty useless, but it may come handy to impress your n00b friends.
Just navigate to any site you want to visit, copy this line of JS code into the address bar and press Enter.
javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0
javascript:document.body.contentEditable='true'; document.designMode='on'; void 0
The whole site turns editable and you can screw it up as you want. You can use it to test the look of your website and edit it fast without any softwares and without having to tinker with the source. A few n00bs I showed it to even thought I hacked the site. Whoa!
WHOIS check
Using a WHOIS check, you can find out detailed information about a domain – the registration / expiry date, the owner’s details, the registrar details, the nameservers it uses etc.
http://whois.net
http://whois.sc
Using a reverse IP check, you can check out the other sites hosted from the same IP / server. Generally in shared hosting, many sites are hosted on the same server. Using this tool, you can find out who your virtual neighbours are. Read the rest of this entry »
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