RESOLUTIONS : 2011 : February Update
Here come the monthly updates on my 2011 resolutions. Lose the gut. Continuting to follow the diet in Tim Ferri’s book. I seemed to have plateaued in...
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Overheard : Comment about perception
Comment by Mark Horstman on his recent podcast regd managing a massive workload increase We don’t see the world as it is, we see it as...
HOW TO : Setup Global Redirect in Lighttpd
If you have ever managed a web application, you know you have to take it down at times :). And you usually want to show an...
DID YOU KNOW : Valentine's Day in Japan
I was listening to NPR on my way to work today and heard this interesting snippet about a Valentine’s Day tradition in Japan. Apparently, all the...
HOW TO : Dowload content from Oracle Metalink (Support) using wget
The usual process for a DBA to download files from Oracle Metalink (support) site is Login to Metalink from his/her workstation Download the file Upload the...
HOW TO : Capture HTTP Headers using tcpdump
Quick how to on capturing HTTP headers using tcpdump on a web server (running Linux). On the web server, issue the following command [bash] tcpdump -s...