Category Archives: Free Stuff

Protecting Your Server with DenyHosts

By Jacob Allred | Published: July 13, 2010

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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Open Atrium

By Jacob Allred | Published: March 16, 2010

I’ve recently discovered Open Atrium. I love it! Built on Drupal, this “intranet in a box” is the perfect solution for my company. These are the things I love about it: Works without a lot of configuration, but is still highly configurable in case you need it to do something special. Allows you to define [...]

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Oracle rocks!

By Jacob Allred | Published: February 13, 2010

Curtis, an Oracle employee, contacted me a week or two ago to ask for permission to use data from the Fake Name Generator at Oracle. I freely license the data under both a Creative Commons license and the GPLv3. While these licenses are wonderful licenses for people working on open projects, they leave a bit [...]

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Songbird

By Jacob Allred | Published: December 31, 2009

I have recently become a huge fan of Songbird, a free multi-platform media player based on Mozilla’s XULRunner. If you are anything like me, you may be asking yourself what makes Songbird special or worth your time. Why not just keep using iTunes, VLC, or Windows Media Player? Here are my reasons for choosing Songbird [...]

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Be The Match Registry

By Jacob Allred | Published: October 16, 2009

Just got an email letting me know that I’m officially part of the Be The Match Registry (formally known as the National Marrow Donor Program). I signed up a few weeks back when there was an offer to waive the normal registration costs (the offer may still be valid). After a week or so of [...]

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