August 7, 2008
Memcached, MediaWiki, and MySQL for optimizing Database
Today, I saw that Hackszine’s Jason Striegel has postsed a blog post about Memcached and MySQL. Well, basically Memcached is an open-source software for your web server that allows you to cache almost any MySQL query. In other words, it caches your MySQL queries. But to do this, you do need to check the Memcached cache before doing the act ... More
June 26, 2008
DIY - How to Make your own Lunchbox Linux Firewall!
As an avid fan of Linux operating systems ever since I took Minix class, which Linux was born from, I love to hear about cool little DIYs on making a Linux firewall out of a lunch box. The greatest thing about Linux operating systems in comparison to Windows or any other operating systems is that it can be easily custom tailored to do one thing wh ... More
May 28, 2008
Linux Server Hacks - How to increase Plesk Q-mail Maximum E-mail Attachment size of 2MB!
Well, recently I had one of my clients that I host their e-mail system on my web server ask me if they can send more than 2MB for their e-mail attachments. To do this on a Plesk system, you need to create a new file for the Q-mail. Plesk defaults to 2MB for e-mail attachments. Goto this directory: /var/qmail/control make a file called “datab ... More
May 11, 2008
Data Browser allows you to manipulate MySQL database in a Snap!
Here’s a desktop based data browser that allows you to manipulate MySQL database in a snap. The most amazing part is how quickly you can bring in any RSS feeds from blogs/social network sites as a database table, almost as fast as my finger snapping. Watch as David, the CTO of the company, explains how it works. Download latest version of ... More
February 28, 2007
IP in Your Email, get your external IP and send it to any email
Here’s a cool blog I came across on our new wagg.it site. It’s a custom application that will send email containing current external IP address to a specified email address automatically at set intervals. Why do you need this? I used to work as a network administrator at a company and had issues with DDNS (dynamic DNS) addresses where ... More
February 22, 2007
Zedomax Server Upgrade Complete!
Noticed we haven’t been posting as much lately? We got a server upgrade (now we got more servers) over the last couple days to handle more traffic and make the website load faster. Finally, we are ready to go at full speed again without being slowed down by mysql and web server. We now have different servers to handle the mysql and the web ... More
February 5, 2007
DIY HACK - The Orb - mini ITX hack project
Download latest version of Flash to view video!. Click Here to View in Full Screen Mode Check out this cool orb that has a mini ITX that serves as a HTPC, Fileserver, and HTTP Server! Cool space looking design, maybe a grill was used here… You can make your next media PC like this and put it next to your TV and let your friends admire it. ... More
December 8, 2006
Web-server enabled Christmas Tree that you can play with
Here’s a cool Christmas tree you can play with that is web-enabled! christmas-lights, christmas-tree, Consumer, Consumer, Cool, Cool, Entertainment, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gadgets, web-server, Zedomax ... More
December 5, 2006
DIY HACK - Control a web enabled Xmas tree
Here’s a cool Christmas tree that can be controlled using a web server over the internet! A few students at The University of Advancing Technology got into the Christmas hacking spirit this weekend and surprised the campus attendants on Monday morning with a TCP/IP enabled Christmas tree. The tree has been the centerpiece of holiday decorat ... More
