Date: 10/18/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: web

Online self-publishing house Lulu has announced the Blooker Prize - first-ever literary award for "blooks," books based on blogs or Web sites. The Lulu Blooker Prize (www.lulublookerprize.com) is the first contest to honor blooks, a hybrid literary form that has evolved in recent years from web sites, particularly the web sites known as blogs. "Blooks are [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/the-blooker-prize-worlds-first-literary-prize-for-blooks-books-based-on-blogs-or-web-sites-announced/

Date: 10/18/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: php, java, web

Biblical Curse Generator - Now you would never run out of juicy insults, O thou denizen of the underworld, with this javascript based curse generator. Lets also see how you can make one for your weblog. If you like modern curses better - php based random North Korean insult generator should be your staple diet, [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/get-insulted-menu-biblical-or-north-korean/

Date: 10/18/05 (Security)    Keywords: browser, web

Commentary--Check Point's Dean Ocampo says most people remain unaware of just how vulnerable their Web browsers remain.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/What%27s+lurking+in+your+PC%3F/2100-1009_22-5900194.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/19/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: software, java, web, apache

With its latest release of the software, Apache announced that Geronimo 1.0-M5 Java application server has passed all the compatibility tests and has gained official J2EE1.4 certification of the Java server software standard. Apache Geronimo 1.0-M5 is completely integrated with the Tomcat Web server and includes a developer preview of web management console submitted to [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/open-source-java-application-server-geronimo-passes-java-2-enterprise-edition-14-certification/

Date: 10/19/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: asp, virus, antivirus, web

A worm is being propogated via Instant Messengers (MSN and AOL affected).

I received this message today:
LOL!! http://home.earthlink.net/~xxx/picture007.com
Real link removed for your protection.

I downloaded the file, McAfee VirusScan 9 didn't detect a virus, but it's a good thing I ran it through multiple scanners before I ran it.

Bottom line is, if someone sends you a link to a .exe or .com file, especially if its an unknown contact, you better damn well know what they are sending or else its most surely a virus.

Details @ McAfee - http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_136497.htm


This is a report processed by VirusTotal on 10/19/2005 at 01:48:51 (CET) after scanning the file "picture007.com" file.
Antivirus Version Update Result
AntiVir 6.32.0.6 10.18.2005 no virus found
Avast 4.6.695.0 10.18.2005 no virus found
AVG 718 10.18.2005 no virus found
Avira 6.32.0.6 10.18.2005 no virus found
BitDefender 7.2 10.19.2005 no virus found
CAT-QuickHeal 8.00 10.18.2005 (Suspicious) - DNAScan
ClamAV devel-20050917 10.18.2005 no virus found
DrWeb 4.32b 10.18.2005 no virus found
eTrust-Iris 7.1.194.0 10.18.2005 no virus found
eTrust-Vet 11.9.1.0 10.18.2005 no virus found
Fortinet 2.48.0.0 10.18.2005 no virus found
F-Prot 3.16c 10.18.2005 no virus found
Ikarus 0.2.59.0 10.18.2005 IM-Worm.Win32.Kelvir.DT
Kaspersky 4.0.2.24 10.18.2005 no virus found
McAfee 4607 10.18.2005 no virus found
NOD32v2 1.1260 10.18.2005 a variant of Win32/Oscarbot
Norman 5.70.10 10.18.2005 no virus found
Panda 8.02.00 10.18.2005 no virus found
Sophos 3.98.0 10.18.2005 no virus found
Symantec 8.0 10.18.2005 no virus found
TheHacker 5.8.4.125 10.18.2005 no virus found
VBA32 3.10.4 10.18.2005 no virus found



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X-posted to chipzone, computergeeks, & computerhelp

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/799827.html

Date: 10/19/05 (Apache)    Keywords: php, database, web, google, apache

Ok, i am a little new to apache, so go easy on me.

I have an database based website that uses id's to call each page e.g http://www.somesite.co.uk/index.php?id=1

now this i all very nice, but i find that url a little long for me, so i would like to be able to make it into something like http://www.somesite.co.uk/1

now i know this would have implications like if i wanted to sent to a folder past the root, like http://www.somesite.co.uk/images/1.jpg so it would have to have exceptions setup to.

now i have been told that this can be done with a mod_rewrite, but i have spend days pouring over documentation, google hits etc and i have yet to manage to do this. is there anyone out there who has a any clue's?

Thanks for any help

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/apache/26263.html

Date: 10/20/05 (Security)    Keywords: software, browser, security, web

With release 8.0.4, Netscape is now up to date on security patches with the underlying Firefox Web browser software.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Netscape+update+fixes+Firefox+bugs/2100-1009_22-5902868.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/19/05 (MySQL Communtiy)    Keywords: php, database, web

howdy...

i have a fun one for you. i've written a user-driven database web-programthat uses PHP to create pages on the fly according to variables that draw information from the database. as it stands now, none of the "profile" pages actually exists, they are created via GET method - http://thepage.com/page.php?email=bob@thepage.com

now, what i'd like to do is offer my users the ability to use a static URL for example http://thepage.com/bob instead of http://thepage.com/page.php?email=bob@thepage.com. the first method i tried goes as follows.

i altered the htaccess to redirect all 404 requests to a file containing a script that pulled the last part of the URL "/bob" and used it as a variable to send as GET, thus creating the page. the reason i did this, theoretically it would handle ALL variations of http://thepage.com/bob that anyone could dream up and rely on the database to fill in the blanks. however, i was unable to make this work. i was able to complete the redirect portion by using a fixed redirect URL but i was unable to pull a GET variable from the URL and have it sent to the newly constructed page.

any and all suggestions are very welcome, especially if i am simply wrongheaded in my approach and there is a better, more efficient way to accomplish the same goal. thank you all for yout time and advice. take care.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mysql/71027.html

Date: 10/19/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: web

I have a client that wants to be able to update her calendar on her website..and most likely other things later. How does Contribute work? Do I and the Client both have to buy it so that I can set it up to only let her access certain pages and she has to buy it to make the changes? Do I only have to buy it??? Anyone know how it all works??? I appreciate it! Thanks!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/258869.html

Date: 10/20/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: html, web, google

I didn't know it could be done - have gmail email downloaded into t-bird. I thought they were web only.

Apparently, I was wrong.

The instructions are available here:

http://itly.blogspot.com/2005/02/thunderbird-gmail-configuration.html

I thought I'd post this, because there are probably others of you who didn't realize this was possible.

(EDIT)
Or, as ernestsewell has helpfully pointed out, there's official instructions here:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?ctx=%67mail&hl=en&answer=12103

I guess this is just to remind people that it's possible then ;).. I think I'd tried it before, and couldn't get it to work. The part I missed was the requirement for SSL.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/331336.html

Date: 10/20/05 (Web Development)    Keywords: html, web, hosting

So, there is a project I've been hinting at in this space.  I'm close to launching it, and I need help in finally choosing a web hosting service for it.  I need a host that will provide me with a page I can load up with a few links and a moderate number of pictures at first, then some streaming video or .avi movies, say up to ten minutes long, later--not much fancy content, in other words.  I would also embed a LiveJournal community or two in the page.  So, low on graphics, but able to handle very high traffic without crashing, exceeding bandwidth allotments, or costing me a fortune.  Essentially, I want low start-up costs with infinite scalability.  If the New York Times mentioned my site on its front page two days in a row, I would want to be able to handle the slashdot effect no prob.  Some tools to help the beginning htmler would be nice, too.

(Please don't bother telling me these aren't realistic expectations for a startup website.  I've thought this through thoroughly, and if it all crashes down, I can fall on my face without anyone else's help, thank you.)

Here are the services that have been recommended to me so far:

http://www.uplinkearth.com/
http://dreamhost.com/
http://www.micfo.com/
http://www.fatcow.com/fatcow/index.bml

Any opinions?  Any others I should consider?  Reasons for one site over others would be very helpful, as opposed to just naked suggestions.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdev/259102.html

Date: 10/20/05 (Opera Browser)    Keywords: software, css, web

jkshfkaasdywe!!!1

Opera 9 preview is availiable for download from today. check it out

I'm using it now and it fixes for just about everything that was even remotely wrong with Opera before.

Rich text editing now works (try it updating LJ); flash doesn't overlap things it shouldn't; IMAP is actually useful; support for XSLT/webforms/CSS3 selectors; even more configurable (opera:config)... the list goes on.

It completely blows Firefox out of the water.

Seriously, you want it.

(if you do download it, be sure to back up everything - despite being very stable, this is still technically pre-beta software. Use at your own risk!)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/opera_browser/47076.html

Date: 10/21/05 (Open Source)    Keywords: blogging, browser, web

Do we need it? Is a replacement browser the way forward for Web 2.0 applications? Should blogging be done inside your Web client, or is that something for a server? Is this trip really necessary?

Source: http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=475&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog

Date: 10/22/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: web

I use and test my web applications and blogs primarily on Firefox these days. I do however occassionally look at Internet Explorer. Mostly they are nearly identical with few known differences. This time after I uploaded a new logo for this blog I was in for a nasty surprise. My logo looks awful under Internet Explorer. [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/transparent-is-gray-to-microsoft-internet-explorer/

Date: 10/22/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: web

Here are some amazing AJAX powered Web Services ranked as I like them. The list includes online word processor, spreadsheet, calendar, wiki and chat client. TiddlyWiki - An amazing web application. It is "a reusable non-linear personal web notebook". In plain english it is a wiki which is contained in a single file, doesn't require any [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/free-high-quality-ajax-web-services-web-2-applications/

Date: 10/21/05 (Web Technology)    Keywords: rss, browser, web

Flock is based on Firefox and includes automatic RSS feeds, photo and bookmark sharing, and other next-generation Web technologies.
Images: The Flock browser's debut

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/New+browser+gives+taste+of+Web+2.0/2100-9588_22-5905922.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 10/22/05 (HTML Help)    Keywords: web

Hi. I'm trying to set up my web site for my online art portfolio. I have an idea for a gallery, but I can't figure out how to get it to work (I've been looking stuff up for hours!)

Here was my idea:
I've made little thumbnail pictures for my drawings. Each one links to the full drawing itself. However, when it's clicked/the mouse goes over it, I'd like the full size image to pop up. (Like this!)
I checked "View Source", but I still can't figure out how to get it to work.

If anybody could tell me how to do this, I'd really appreciate it!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/htmlhelp/2179351.html

Date: 10/22/05 (Java Web)    Keywords: web

I send GMail account invitation to anyone who asks for it. So when I received yet another request for GMail invitation today I wasn't too surprised. The message was innocuous and definitely not from a bot. Habitually I check the websites of whoever comments on my site. This wasn't an exception. Imagine my surprise when I realized the [...]

Source: http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/no-good-deed-goes-unpunished-with-spammers/

Date: 10/22/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

Hi. I'm trying to set up my web site for my online art portfolio. I have an idea for a gallery, but I can't figure out how to get it to work (I've been looking stuff up for hours!)

Here was my idea:
I've made little thumbnail pictures for my drawings. Each one links to the full drawing itself. However, when it's clicked/the mouse goes over it, I'd like the full size image to pop up. (Like this!)
I checked "View Source", but I still can't figure out how to get it to work.

If anybody could tell me how to do this, I'd really appreciate it!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/1001267.html

Date: 10/22/05 (WebDesign)    Keywords: web

I am really confused about the W3C Markup Validation Service (http://validator.w3.org/). What does it mean to be "validated"? I tried it on my website (http://www.garish-light.net) and five errors were detected.. Thanks in advance for your help =)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/webdesign/1001062.html