Author Archives: Jacob Allred

Protecting Your Server with DenyHosts

Yesterday I noticed my server’s load average was a bit higher than usual. Normally when this happens it mean someone is screen scraping the Fake Name Generator, so I went and started reviewing the logs trying to figure out who it was so I could block them. Disappointingly, I couldn’t find anybody that was scraping [...]
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My First Firefox Add-on

Update (7/16/2010): The add-on got reviewed and approved! Yay! I’ve been wanting to make a Firefox add-on FOREVER, but have never found something worth making that hasn’t already been made (or isn’t way beyond my abilities to make). So I decided I’d start simple and make a search provider add-on for ABA Number Lookup. I [...]
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Accessing the Android Market in the Emulator

Update (7/14/2010): The developer of the Fake Name Generator app has gotten in touch with me and we have settled our differences. He didn’t mean any harm, and I’m quite a bit excited about having an Android app that uses my website. Expect awesome app goodness in the next few days! Google has this awesome [...]
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Eureka! I got VPN working in Ubuntu!

For months I have been trying to get a Cisco VPN connection working with the NetworkManager applet in Ubuntu with no success. I’ve had to resort to using a Bash script that connects using the vpnc command line utility, and then using sed to manipulate the /etc/resolv.conf file so I can use both my name [...]
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Making a Theater Showtime Listings Website

I recently made a Flash arcade site that has been quite a bit more successful than I expected. I also made a word unscrambler site that has been doing pretty well. So I thought, if I can make these sites and earn money off of them even when the market is already flooded with similar [...]
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