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Howto: set up your new unmanaged VPS #
If you've got a shiny new slice over at Slicehost and are wondering what to do next, Guvnr.com has a 20 part series entitled Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) .. The V-P-S Bible. The Guv has clearly put a lot of time and energy into creating this handy guide, and even includes videos of most steps. A few parts could perhaps be condensed or removed altogether (like Part 16: Nginx Control Panel - there is no Control Panel, as the guide explains, though perhaps the information is still useful for nginx newbies Googling for one), but it is far and away the best introduction to setting up your site on an unmanaged VPS.
/nix | Jun 30, 2009
FastCopy and Ycopy #I've been meaning to list Ycopy for years, and Mike Mills has kindly reminded me several times about the super-fast and open source FastCopy:
FastCopy 1.99r3 [100k] {S}+ "The fastest copy/delete software on Windows." Supports Unicode, paths exceeding MAX_PATH (260 bytes), regex filters, and more. 
- Ycopy 1.0d [184k] + Copies files, skipping and logging those that are corrupt or unreadable.
/windows | Jun 30, 2009
Live CD-based antimalware #A mixed bag at best:
- Avira AntiVir Rescue System: must download a Windows-based installer which burns rescue CD directly to disc; reportedly "updated several times a day so that the most recent security updates are always available", but definitions were almost a month old; froze computer completely when Configuration and Updates options were clicked.
- BitDefender Rescue CD: standard ISO image; online update worked flawlessly; confusing interface for selecting scan target (volumes do not seem to automount); detected infections could not be cleaned or removed (this may be due to NTFS mounting issues)
- Dr.Web LiveCD: standard ISO image updated regularly; failed to find anything on a heavily infected system.
- F-Secure Rescue CD (updated version): zipped archive includes ISO image, release notes, and PDF manual; files containing malware are renamed (this behavior cannot be modified); online update appeared to have worked, but reported database version was 2008-11-07_10 (more than 7 months old).
- Kaspersky Rescue Disk: standard ISO image; online update worked flawlessly; drop-dead simple scanning, cleaning, and log viewing. UPDATE 1: This tool seemed to work perfectly, removing all detected infections. However, during reboot, it gave a warning about being unable to unmount a volume, and ended up ERASING THE ENTIRE HARD DRIVE. As always, use this and all tools at your own risk (and joy). Backup. Backup. Backup. UPDATE 2: It appears others have suffered the same fate. Tags: Kaspersky Rescue Disk, NTLDR is missing
See also SOS - Anti-virus Rescue Disks to the rescue and Bootable rescue CDs can fix your damaged Windows. Note that these reviews are from last year; the products seem to have changed rather markedly since then.
Microsoft's Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset, also known as DaRT (and which is built on Winternals Administrator's Pak / ERD Commander 2005), is a bootable CD which includes "Standalone System Sweeper". Definition updates can be found here or downloaded from within the program. It has been the most effective bootable antimalware tool I've found. Microsoft TechNet subscribers can download DaRT as part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP).
/windows | Jun 24, 2009
It's better to green your diet than your car #"Thinking of helping the planet by buying an eco-friendly car? You could do more by going vegan, say Gidon Eshel and Pamela Martin of the University of Chicago... The typical US diet, about 28 per cent of which comes from animal sources, generates the equivalent of nearly 1.5 tonnes more carbon dioxide per person per year than a vegan diet with the same number of calories, say the researchers... By comparison, the difference in annual emissions between driving a typical saloon car and a hybrid car, which runs off a rechargeable battery and gasoline, is just over 1 tonne. If you don't want to go vegan, choosing less-processed animal products and poultry instead of red meat can help reduce the greenhouse load."
Excerpted from a 2005 NewScientist article. Thanks to Mike Mills for sending it in.
/misc | Jun 20, 2009
Brother MFC-6490CW default password #If you have a networked Brother MFC-6490CW and are trying to access the Remote Setup program, the password is "access" (without the quotes). This did not appear in the printed or electronic documentation anywhere, and it took Brother tech support about 30 minutes to unearth. A quick Google search had not turned up anything, but now that the password is known, this Google search returns the correct answer.
/misc | Jun 19, 2009
Editing ISO images #Converting a retail Windows XP ISO image to an OEM version was made even simpler thanks to ISO Master (free for Linux, $20 for Windows). These steps were performed in Ubuntu 9.04:
- Download and install ISO Master via Synaptic Package Manager (search for "isomaster" without the quotes.)
- Launch ISO Master from Sound & Video in the Main Menu.
- Tools > Options > replace "mousepad" with "gedit" (again, without quotes)
- File > Open > select desired ISO image (in this example, we'll use the Windows XP ISO mentioned above)
- Let's edit SETUPP.INI: In the bottom pane, double click the I386 folder, right click SETUPP.INI, and click Edit
- gedit will open SETUPP.INI. Make desired changes.
- In gedit, click File > Save > and then close gedit
- In ISO Master, click File > Save As > type a new filename (it will not allow you to overwrite the original ISO image) and click Save.
/nix | Jun 19, 2009
Convert retail Windows XP to OEM #Unlocking WinXP's setupp.ini explains how to force Windows XP to accept retail, OEM, or volume license keys during installation (as well as how to change the CD's behavior). This is especially useful for installing Windows XP on a computer with an OEM license when you've only got a retail CD handy. Working from a retail ISO image, simply open I386\SETUPP.INI in a text editor and replace the last 3 digits of the Pid with "OEM" (sans quotes). Tested successfully with HP, Gateway, and Toshiba OEM product keys. See also: Editing ISO images and Product IDs (cached copy).
/windows | Jun 19, 2009
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