Date: 06/02/06     Keywords: no keywords

Have you solved it finally?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/simple-question-for-all-ioc-aka-dependency-injection-users/

Date: 06/02/06     Keywords: no keywords

Top 10 reasons not to use coding standards: 1. Coding conventions are hard to remember. Why would you, the superstar programmer, have to remember coding conventions? As a superstar you should be allowed to code-as-you-will and leave it to the minions to clean it up after you. 2. Coding standards gives manager’s / clients yet another reason [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/10-reasons-not-to-use-coding-conventions-standards/

Date: 06/02/06     Keywords: blogging

Jonathan Schwartz is probably the highest profile individual to blog as CEO of Sun Microsystems, a Fortune 500 company. But that is not what this article is about. It is instructive to note how he leverages his blog to communicate with share-holders and Sun customers. Jonathan was blogging before he became CEO of Sun and he [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/corporate-blogging-meet-fortune-500-blogger-suns-ceo-jonathan-schwartz/

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: java

This is the top 10 best things about Scott not being the CEO of Sun Microsystems (as said by Scott himself at JavaOne) : 10. He doesn’t have to apologize for “stuff I say to Wall Street.” 9. He’s no longer on the most-overpaid CEO list. 8. He gets to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/top-10-best-things-about-scott-not-being-the-ceo-of-sun-microsystems/

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: no keywords

Work anywhere from a portable inflatable office. Even the most rugged road warriors occasionally needs some privacy. If time is scarce - and budgets are tight - one option is the “Office in a Bucket,” an inflatable structure that can be stored in a plastic bucket that also contains the device that supplies the air. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/portable-inflatable-office-in-a-bucket/

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: no keywords

Sun Microsystems announced plans to cut up to 13 percent of its work force, in its first major restructuring effort under new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Sun said it will cut between 4,000 to 5,000 employees over the next six months, which represents an 11 to 13 percent cut in its global work force of 37,500. Sun [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/sun-microsystems-announces-layoff-of-4000-5000-employees/

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: web, apache

The common symptom of the problem is that Apache web server suddenly fails to load as a service (on windows) or even from command line. The error message from log is as follows: FATAL: emalloc(): Unable to allocate -2103443420 bytes [Thu Jun 01 23:57:21 2006] [crit] master_main: create child process failed. Exiting. In my case the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/apache-web-server-suddenly-fails-to-load-with-emalloc-error-solution-php_exifdll/

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: php, templates

List of files changed in WordPress 2.03 in comparison with WordPress 2.02 for those planning on selective upgrade: wp-admin/admin-db.php wp-admin/admin-functions.php wp-admin/admin.php wp-admin/cat-js.php wp-admin/categories.php wp-admin/edit-comments.php wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php wp-admin/edit-form-ajax-cat.php wp-admin/edit-form-comment.php wp-admin/edit-link-form.php wp-admin/edit-page-form.php wp-admin/edit-pages.php wp-admin/edit.php wp-admin/import/mt.php wp-admin/inline-uploading.php wp-admin/link-categories.php wp-admin/link-import.php wp-admin/link-manager.php wp-admin/list-manipulation.js.php wp-admin/list-manipulation.php wp-admin/moderation.php wp-admin/options-discussion.php wp-admin/options-general.php wp-admin/options-misc.php wp-admin/options-permalink.php wp-admin/options-reading.php wp-admin/options-writing.php wp-admin/options.php wp-admin/page-new.php wp-admin/plugin-editor.php wp-admin/plugins.php wp-admin/post.php wp-admin/profile-update.php wp-admin/profile.php wp-admin/templates.php wp-admin/theme-editor.php wp-admin/themes.php wp-admin/upgrade-schema.php wp-admin/upgrade.php wp-admin/user-edit.php wp-admin/users.php wp-comments-post.php wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php wp-content/plugins/wp-db-backup.php wp-includes/cache.php wp-includes/capabilities.php wp-includes/classes.php wp-includes/comment-functions.php wp-includes/default-filters.php wp-includes/functions-compat.php wp-includes/functions-formatting.php wp-includes/functions-post.php wp-includes/functions.php wp-includes/kses.php wp-includes/links.php wp-includes/pluggable-functions.php wp-includes/registration-functions.php wp-includes/template-functions-general.php wp-includes/template-functions-links.php wp-includes/vars.php wp-includes/version.php wp-login.php Enjoy!

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/list-of-files-changed-in-wordpress-203-wrt-wordpress-202/

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: security

The new features / fixes are: Small performance enhancements Movable Type / Typepad importer fix Enclosure (podcasting) fix Bugtraq reported issue & backporting of security enhancements from 2.1 (nonces) Misc. fixes etc.... List of files changed in WordPress 2.03 wrt. 2.02 for those planning on selective upgrade.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-203-released-changed-files-from-202/

Date: 06/01/06     Keywords: software

Assume Foo Bah distributes a software which uses (plugin) API from a GPL’ed software. However this work is not distributed or packaged with the GPL’ed software. It is independently downloaded by the users of GPL’ed software to add functionality to their GPL’ed software. Is Foo Bah’s software required to be under GPL? GPL license states that [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/a-gpl-license-question/

Date: 05/31/06     Keywords: spam

I made a small change in commenting policy. I am experimentally blocking comments from “open and insecure proxies”. This is to prevent the deluge of comment spam I have been getting lately on this blog (over 3000 per day). If you find yourself unable to comment on my blog please email me at angsuman[at]taragana[dot]com and [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/change-in-commenting-policy/

Date: 05/30/06     Keywords: linux

Sun Microsystems is getting support for its Sparc-based Niagara servers from Canonical, the Linux distributor of Ubuntu, the companies said on Tuesday. The free Debian-based Ubuntu distribution of Linux, launched in 2004 by South African dot-com billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, has already attracted millions of individual desktop users. But with the “Dapper Drake” release of Ubuntu set [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/ubuntu-linux-to-support-sparc-based-sun-niagara-servers/

Date: 05/30/06     Keywords: microsoft, google, ebay

New York Post confirmed that Microsoft has been involved in top secret discussions to buy eBay. Apparently Microsoft wants to merge eBay into its MSN portal as part of its “war” against Google. Talks have slowed down of late because executives on both sides are a little worried that there might be a few anti-trust issues [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mirosoft-plans-to-buy-ebay/

Date: 05/29/06     Keywords: software, security, virus, antivirus

Symantec’s antivirus software, which protects some of the world’s largest corporations and US government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data, delete files or implant malicious programs, researchers from eEye Digital Security said. Symantec is investigating the issue. The reported threat to computer users would be severe, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/symantec-anti-virus-software-exposes-computers-to-hackers/

Date: 05/29/06     Keywords: no keywords

I don’t like it very much but one of my colleagues do. What do you think?

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/hos-is-this-for-simple-thoughts-logo/

Date: 05/29/06     Keywords: spam

I briefly reviewed my corpus of 4569 comment spams in my Akismet queue. Of them over 53% of the spam has been contributed by Top 100 spamming IP addresses. Here is the list of top 100 IP addresses of spammers: 212.0.138.30 83.149.74.179 66.186.173.166 209.128.101.244 210.93.13.77 203.115.1.134 82.160.4.68 213.237.161.9 69.45.68.245 217.219.128.69 195.175.37.71 125.243.207.130 61.5.146.74 61.219.84.212 201.0.4.148 218.188.0.178 61.19.242.37 195.175.37.70 125.244.22.130 195.13.59.228 125.246.186.66 125.247.129.130 202.82.19.173 70.60.165.154 83.138.56.246 65.66.55.12 62.2.219.18 63.219.4.74 69.19.14.12 82.234.138.4 70.88.104.170 125.245.203.22 200.237.79.194 82.127.20.220 217.219.224.69 59.120.112.141 125.240.200.194 219.93.174.105 84.204.232.115 200.76.36.195 80.255.63.30 200.65.127.163 140.127.139.248 213.149.96.214 125.246.109.67 196.200.181.3 85.18.252.145 80.53.207.66 200.122.153.34 125.244.125.131 200.225.194.49 217.219.221.5 62.111.171.159 202.175.58.10 125.241.53.228 43.253.80.135 195.39.134.26 208.50.69.80 212.52.139.94 66.192.30.22 82.138.62.154 80.76.63.72 222.228.173.153 201.209.249.45 208.34.72.8 193.220.51.5 62.50.80.2 132.248.103.131 196.32.134.38 200.188.219.164 61.108.37.2 199.104.191.20 200.55.42.230 201.28.15.226 66.160.176.201 68.109.225.171 200.32.72.202 69.65.134.7 222.151.204.242 203.133.33.170 202.69.192.50 195.77.157.10 200.237.79.193 125.243.145.2 196.40.31.234 210.212.254.2 200.122.153.10 125.245.19.253 200.250.84.155 220.110.189.242 195.39.170.102 83.16.148.52 203.169.251.29 200.65.0.27 61.155.112.174 202.88.129.254 205.160.32.38 210.124.165.54 200.149.78.243 125.246.213.195 Feel free to add them to your IP filter / block list. It indicates that, even [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-comment-spamming-over-50-contributed-by-top-100-ip-addresses/

Date: 05/29/06     Keywords: google

I used Mamma Media Solutions as alternative ad with Google AdSense. To summarize my experience: Not worth it. I earned pennies (.16 to be exact) this month and similarly last month with around 4500 impressions provided this month. However you slice and dice it, it isn’t worth bothering my viewers with. So it goes. No more [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/mamma-media-solutions-experience/

Date: 05/29/06     Keywords: no keywords

WordPress Plugin Cheat Sheet WordPress Theme Cheat Sheet by Sean Hickley of HeadZoo

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-plugin-theme-cheat-sheet/

Date: 05/29/06     Keywords: spam

Akismet is a spam prevention plugin from the WordPress author, Matt Mullenweg. It uses collective wisdom in filtering spams. Essentially you, blog owner, help it learn by marking comments as spam. It then uses the knowledge to filter spams from other blogs and your too. There are two major problems with this approach. First it can [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-death-of-akismet-wordpress-spam-prevention-plugin/

Date: 05/27/06     Keywords: no keywords

The free book on complete eye care - Better Eyesight Through Natural, Herbal and Yogic Methods has been updated to provide commenting support. Now you can add comments and share your experiences in using the book on each page. Looking forward to hear about your experiences. We have all benefitted from using this eye care book.

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-book-on-complete-eye-care-updated/