Top 3 Tips for Identifying a Phishing Email

January 22, 2012

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Phishing messages are messages (typically email) that claim to be from a legitimate source such as a well known bank, financial institution etc. Unfortunately, the reality is that many services do send out email relating to account changes and security notices, so it’s not practical (or a good idea) to just ignore these messages. Just [...]

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How to Check if your IP Address or Domain is Blacklisted

July 4, 2011

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There is no such thing as absolute security, so make sure you have regular backups and apply updates early and often. But what if a site you’re responsible for has been hacked? Even after you clean up the damage it’s always a good idea to check to make sure that your site hasn’t been blacklisted. If [...]

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iPhone and iPad Web Icons – Web Clips Explained

May 16, 2011

If you’re interested in giving your iPhone and iPad users a nice shiny (or even not-so-shiny!) icon when they add your page to their home screen, this article is for you. The shiny icons you see when you save a web page to your home screen is called a Web Clip Icon. To add an [...]

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IT Equipment for Queensland Flood Relief

January 20, 2011

If you have any spare IT gear laying around gathering dust, donate it to the Queensland Floods IT Relief Programme. Currently the only drop off point is at 17/160 Lytton Road, Morningside in Brisbane but points in other states should be listed shortly.

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CoffeeSaint Nagios Status Viewer

January 25, 2010

If you run Nagios and are interested in displaying your statuses on a large screen, CoffeeSaint may be worth looking at. I haven’t tried it yet, but will be taking a look in the near future. CoffeeSaint is a fully customizable Nagios status viewer. It grabs the status from a Nagios server and displays it [...]

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twill and CLI Web Testing

October 12, 2009

A while ago I came across twill whilst working on a testing project and thought others may also be interested. twill is essentially an open source web testing tool written in Python. twill allows you to browse the Web from a command line interface. twill supports cookies, forms and most common interactions. Below is an [...]

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Please Help Victims of the Victorian Bushfires

February 10, 2009

If you can afford to do so, please donate generously to the victims of the Victorian bushfires. OurCommunity has several options for donating. www.ourcommunity.com.au/bushfirehelp

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Google Mapplets Talk

August 18, 2008

Thanks to everyone that came along tonight to hear my talk on Google Mapplets at the Adobe User Group. The discussion went beyond Google Maps and Mapplets, but also included Street View and other mashups and location based services. For those who are unfamiliar with Google Mapplets, they are small applications that run within Google [...]

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The 2008 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium – Friday 30th May 2008

May 12, 2008

The 2008 SAGE-AU Victorian IT Symposium is a one day technical conference held in Melbourne. It is organised by the SAGE-AU Victorian Chapter and aims to provide an educational forum for systems and network administrators, system managers, developers and other technical professionals to meet and share their knowledge and experiences. This is the fifth year [...]

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First Melbourne Flex User Group Meeting – OzFlex Unleashed!

May 12, 2008

I went along to the first Melbourne Flex User Group meeting tonight, OzFlex. I must say it was exciting to see the enthusiasm of some of the local developers in building a community that focuses on RIA. The presentation by Matt Johnston walked through a simple AIR application highlighting the native menus and the file [...]

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