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This week on twitter 2009-06-28

Mihai — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:15:00 +0000

@DominiqueGoh is this about http://dominiquegoh.com/ ? if that in reply to DominiqueGoh #
@DominiqueGoh it seems like it's not loading jquery there in reply to DominiqueGoh #
@DominiqueGoh seems likea plugin or maybe you added some js code in the header but before the part where jquery loads in reply to DominiqueGoh #
@DominiqueGoh you have to move it after the line where jquery loads... in reply to DominiqueGoh #
preparing to switch from gentoo to ubuntu #
is anyone else having troubles with yahoo instant messenger? #
@mihaibrehar thanks, se pare ca nici chiar din web nu mergea la un moment dat in reply to mihaibrehar #
dropbox ... wow! #
Join me on @Dropbox and get 2GB plus 250MB of bonus space! https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE0MTI5OTc5 . I'm using it in ubuntu #
trying firefox-3.5 I really is faster then 3.0 #
@vasiauvi just the general feel in reply to vasiauvi #
@vasiauvi with that test it turns out it's 5 times faster then 3.0.11 ... but the tests didn't have quite the same environment in reply to vasiauvi #

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This week on twitter 2009-06-28

This week on twitter 2009-06-21

Mihai — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:15:00 +0000

back to twitter after two sleepless nights and days of heavy work #
@JoeTortuga Hey Paul, are you still developing the "installable" version of FriendDeck ? in reply to JoeTortuga #
Pligg, the Digg clone CMS, Releases Version 1.0 http://ff.im/45f9m #
ah sorry ... I replied to Paul's comment I forgot friendfeed doesn't have threaded comments #
@JoeTortuga sorry ... I replied to Paul's comment on friendfeed and I forgot friendfeed doesn't have threaded comments in reply to JoeTortuga #
so if I use mobile broadband on ubuntu how do I measure the amount of traffic to make sure I don't go over the quota ? #
@mihaibrehar yeah sure, but when the connection dies ( and mobile does that, you know ?) those values are reset in reply to mihaibrehar #
cool RT: @HughBriss: Haha this is great. Instead of hiding your appliance wires, create an outlet wall to show them off. http://bit.ly/oUfuU #
@AnnePMitchell yes, unless that was sarcasm in reply to AnnePMitchell #
@mihaibrehar yeah that was my first thought, but then I thought maybe someone knows of anything that's already done in reply to mihaibrehar #
A Bulbdial Clock - Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories [pic] http://ff.im/48R0H #
Dev4Press & Expanding Plugins panel [pic] http://ff.im/49ex8 #
Get Your Recipients To Add You To Their Safe Sender List http://ff.im/49ewL #

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This week on twitter 2009-06-21

This week on twitter 2009-06-14

Mihai — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:15:00 +0000

tying to make wp cron work in a plugin #
wcron was not working because my blog had the url set to https , and it seems that fsockopen fails if the certificate is invalid #
I wonder how long it takes for someone on wordpress.org to review my request to include a plugin in the directory... #
social investments with http://MYC4.com ? now you can post them on your wordpress blog with this plugin: http://tinyurl.com/mxed4d #
@joshfraser do they send you any notice if it's accepted or if there are any problems with it ? in reply to joshfraser #
@vladstan out of how many searches? in reply to vladstan #
@sethsimonds the percent really depends on how many you follow and the tools you use in reply to sethsimonds #
@sethsimonds yeah but tools like tweetdeck allow some people ( not me ) to "follow" a huge number of people without actually following in reply to sethsimonds #
@sethsimonds I agree in reply to sethsimonds #
@joshfraser now I see my request approved but I didn't get any svn details yet... I guess it will just take some more time in reply to joshfraser #
@sethsimonds yeah why not buy him a real one ? in reply to sethsimonds #
@problogger I have the same problem. I usually avoid buying the noisy ones but I can't ( always ) control gifts from friends and family in reply to problogger #
the MYC4 plugin is now in the wordpress directory http://tinyurl.com/ltswh3 so you can install it right from your wordpress admin #
FEATURES="-sandbox" emerge -u webmin # that's how you force a buggy webmin ebuild install #
@nonsequitir I'm too lazy to switch in reply to nonsequitir #
@nonsequitir yeah you just emerge and emerge and then you end up having to upgrade/compile 300 packages and fixing problems for 2-3 days in reply to nonsequitir #
@nonsequitir same here but I already switched two other computers to ubuntu so it will not be long till the last one goes in reply to nonsequitir #
#wordpress does anyone really care about how many disabled plugins have updates ? #
Guy #3 http://ff.im/3NJ6U #
Exclusive First Look: SU.PR - Stumble Upon’s New Traffic Builder http://ff.im/3NNug #
Just entered to win an Amazon Kindle from @diyseo http://diyseo.com/twittercontest/ #
Check out: "Just got week 3 of ShoeMoneys Awesome Free Internet Marketing Course" (http://twitthis.com/4rnqxh) #
what's the maximum length a TEXT column can have in MySQL ? #
@mysql_community Thanks, is it just me not seeing it or are those values actually missing from that doc page ? in reply to mysql_community #
@mysql_community ah ok, but then it seems like you got the values a bit wrong. Eg. 256 bytes is not for text but for TINYTEXT in reply to mysql_community #
MySQL Sandbox in Launchpad [pic] http://ff.im/3OmHE #
@nonsequitir I dress almost like that. Does it mean I should start to a Mac ? in reply to nonsequitir #
@nonsequitir cause I'm afraid otherwise they will say I'm an impostor in reply to nonsequitir #
I just noticed that the twitter tools #wordpress plugin doesn't add nofollow to the links in the posts it creates from your tweets #
running #wordpress 2.8 #
using this yahoo pipe: http://tinyurl.com/mhfp7c to convert a youtube playlist to rss and then import it into Miro #
@robertplank tell that to the #followfriday abusers in reply to robertplank #
thinking about trying fedora 11 instead of ubuntu when switching from gentoo #
#gentoo it takes so long to complete an upgrade that by the time it's done I forget why I even wanted to upgrade #
@oldmanuk thanks for the heads up, that installer problem is really a turn off since I just want to replace the os and not repartition in reply to oldmanuk #
Textbook rant http://ff.im/3XB2l #

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This week on twitter 2009-06-14

MYC4 bid Importer plugin

Mihai — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:38:56 +0000

MYC4 is a micro credit platform that enables anyone to invest in small businesses and entrepreneurs in poor countries in Africa. MYC4 enables you to help poor people in Africa ( people that can't get a loan from banks ) get a loan to improve their business.

This wordpress plugin will fetch the details of the businesses in which you invest and create posts on your blog from those details.

By using this plugin you can create exposure for those businesses, enabling them to raise the funds they need more quickly and thus to ensure a shorter way to success.

The plugin was developed after an idea by prof. David Costa of Robert Kennedy College. He runs a blog about microfinance and teaches microfinance as part of the investment management course at Robert Kennedy College.

Download the plugin

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MYC4 bid Importer plugin

This week on twitter 2009-06-07

Mihai — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:15:00 +0000

RT: @vvladescu: RT: @idevelop: the longest poem in the world http://www.longestpoemintheworld.com/ powered by twitter #
wtf? lipses 2 zile si cand ma intor twitter is full of spymaster shit. Unfollowing people... #
HowTo update DNS hostnames automatically for your Amazon EC2 instances http://ff.im/3uylh #
@mihaibrehar /dev/rain: Permission denied in reply to mihaibrehar #
@mihaibrehar /dev/rain: too many clouds open in reply to mihaibrehar #
RT: @chrisgarrett: Ask @problogger your blogging questions, Join Darren and me live - sign up now: http://tinyurl.com/nc7art {Please RT?} #
@HughBriss I got a similar one a long time ago. They were trying to sell .hk domains to me in reply to HughBriss #
Twitter Poetry - real-time social stream experiment http://ff.im/3uYWq #
having troubles in gmail world ... trying to upload some files ... I guess some of them are too big #

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This week on twitter 2009-06-07

This week on twitter 2009-05-31

Mihai — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

hmm maybe regfly is not so bad after all, they did have that "close my account" button so thanks @regflydotcom for making it easy this time #
moved email accounts from courier to dovecot. I wish tunderbird had a "subscribe to all subfolders" button #
@mihaibrehar deja nr tau de card se vinde pe irc in reply to mihaibrehar #
I wonder if spammers remove an email address from their list if the mail server responds with a "no mailbox" message... #
... if they do and we lie to them for some time we might get rid of them ... #
Just added myself to the http://wefollow.com twitter directory under: #programming, #email, #linux #
RT: @AlexVolocaru: List of official Twitter accounts for ESPs, email marketing agencies/bloggers http://idek.net/Caj (via @MarkatEMR) #
RT: @StephanieSAM: Why would you pay ANYTHING for dirt? So asks the author's 13-yr-old daughter. #emailmarketing http://bit.ly/799Wk #
RT: @swhitley: RT @mtlb: Ashton Kutcher, Martha Stewart, Oprah, Kirstie Alley, Tila Tequila, Ryan Seacrest, Dane Cook #notfollowingfriday #

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This week on twitter 2009-05-31

This week on twitter 2009-05-24

Mihai — Sun, 24 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

http auth needs an improvement. The server needs to be able to tell the client when to stop sending the credentials #
@vvladescu yeah but some people still like the http auth dialogs...what can you do? in reply to vvladescu #
@sergiubiris La Multi Ani! Sa Traiesti si la fel si Crocodilu #
@swhitley you let the sender know you got it, maybe they have to send it again to the right recipient in reply to swhitley #
11 Striking Findings From an Eye Tracking Study http://ff.im/32UNg #
@Twilert how do I delete my twilert account ? #
The Value of Play III: Children Use Play to Confront, not Avoid, Lifeâs Challenges and Even Lifeâs Horrors... [pic] http://ff.im/38APu #
RT @vladstan: 6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline http://ow.ly/8igo #
RT: @PaulKinlan: I propose an #unfollowthursday where you unfollow people ready for #followfriday gems #
http://www.calicowebdev.com/blog/show/23 [pic] http://ff.im/39DoI #
Check out: " ShoeMoneys Awesome Free Internet Marketing Course" (http://twitthis.com/4rnqxh) #
@mihaibrehar sigur firma asta se numeste AdSCAM in reply to mihaibrehar #
@divinewrite I'm not a big fan either, I subscribed mostly to see how it is in reply to divinewrite #
@adiPintilie "fallow" asta e noul slang pentru follow ? in reply to adiPintilie #

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This week on twitter 2009-05-24

This week on twitter 2009-05-17

Mihai — Sun, 17 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

@unmarketing they should definitely not automate auto-dm or auto-reply, the rest is fine #socialmedia in reply to unmarketing #
does anyone know how to make video work on inspiron 1501 ubuntu 9.04 ? http://ff.im/2QTtB #
Flash Tutorial | swfObject help when placing a div over flash object | BrianYerkes.com [pic] http://ff.im/2Rdh3 #
Diamond mining is backbreaking labor done by the poorest earning less than $1/day...while the people at the top make... http://ff.im/2SfS4 #
Rock, Pebble, Sand Time Management [pic] http://ff.im/2Sjgu #
DKIM and DomainKeys patch for qmail | Brandons Blog [pic] http://ff.im/2SE8j #

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This week on twitter 2009-05-17

Qmail TLS + SMTP Plugins on FreeBSD

Mihai — Fri, 15 May 2009 09:25:46 +0000

Problem

One of the worst problems in qmail is that it accepts messages for non existent users and then sends back a bounce to the sender. This is the perfect setup to be exploited by a spammer. I'm using the qmail-tls port configured with vpopmail on FreeBSD.

Solution

There might be some patches that make qmail use the vpopmail command line tools directly to check if a user exists before accepting messages but I either didn't find them or thought that using the SMTP Plugins patch is more elegant and gives me more flexibility (It might be slower but this was not a high traffic server so I didn't care).

The SMTP plugins patch adds hooks at all STMP stages and the plugins can use those hooks to accept or reject a message based on the data in the smtp statements sent by the sender.
I used the Qmail-SPP - Vpopmail check user Script written by Werner Maier.

The only problem was that I had to patch the source code for qmail-tls with the qmail-spp patch and there were quite a few rejects because of the other patches applied by freebsd ports system.
I managed to adapt the code to make this patch work and here is how I did it...

First I built the original freebsd port:

cd /usr/ports/mail/qmail-tls
make config # pick up the options you want here ... I needed tls, smtpd-auth,vpopmail and a few others
make
make install

This will also install the files and then after we apply the spp plugin we just copy the modified file ( qmail-smtpd )
Next step if to download the qmail-spp plugin into /usr/ports/mail/qmail-tls/work and apply it.

cd work
tar -xzpf qmail-spp-0.42.tar.gz
cd qmail-1.03
patch -p1 < ../qmail-spp-0.42/qmail-spp-smtpauth-tls-20060105.diff

This will give you some rejects but don't worry because you'll fix them with my next patch : Qmail-tls-spp-FreeBSD patch-0.1 (4.73 KB)

patch < qmail-tls-spp-freebsd.patch
make
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/svscan stop
cp qmail-smtpd /var/qmail/bin
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/svscan start

At this point qmail-smtpd should have smtp plugins working and we can set up the vpopmail user verifier script.

cd /var/qmail
mkdir plugins
fetch http://www.maiers.de/qmail/vpopmail_check_recipient.sh
chown root:qmail vpopmail_check_recipient.sh
chmod 755 vpopmail_check_recipient.sh

Now edit vpopmail_check_recipient.sh and make sure the correct paths to vpopmail directory ( /home/vpopmail on freebsd ) are set in the script.

To test it, connect to smtp and try to send a message to an nonexistent account, you should see a reject message instead of the usual "ok".

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Qmail TLS + SMTP Plugins on FreeBSD

This week on twitter 2009-05-12

Mihai — Sun, 10 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

liking the new design of http://freshmeat.net . Ok maybe it's not new but it's the first time I see it #
Thinking about business models http://ff.im/2BG2Z #
RT: @danzarrella: If u have a bunch of followers, but r following more people than r following u. I assume u just followed-to-get-followers. #
Twitter Connect for WordPress | Shannon Whitley [feedly] - http://bit.ly/UoPDC
(via... http://ff.im/2D6OS #
if you're forking in perl with DBI and MySQL, make sure you connect in the child process or you mess up the parent's connection #
I just realized I can safely unsubscribe from the loud news accounts ( like @mashable, @techcrunch , @chrispirillo ,... http://ff.im/2D8C7 #
RT: @dacort: Oooh, Twitter new follower emails now include followers/following/updates information. #
@AnnePMitchell they're not so bad. I like more info about the new followers. I was hoping I would get the bio too in reply to AnnePMitchell #
@problogger maybe he consults experts #
@scour your email news can be categorized as spam because you offer no easy way for me to unsubscribe. I'm not talking about invitations #
looking for a good color picker for jquery #

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This week on twitter 2009-05-12

Comparing float values in PHP

Mihai — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:06:18 +0000

I had to learn this the hard way. It seems in php 27.64 is just not quite 27.64 , but something close to it ( that's what some people say here anyway: http://www.php.net/ternary ) .

And that's why the following code wouldn't echo the text "dude" as you might think it should:

 
< ?php
function t($amount){
$amountdue=10.00+2.88+2.88+2.88+9.00;
 
echo "amountdue: $amountdue, amount: $amount\n";
if($amountdue == $amount) echo "dude\n";
else echo "but still no match\n";
}
$amount=27.64;
t($amount);
?>

Run this script and you should see:

amountdue: 27.64, amount: 27.64
but still no match

That's the dumbest thing I've ever seen. A similar code written in C gives the good results. Isn't php written in C? They should have copied C's good behavior.
If conversion from float to string gives the right results, why not use the same results when comparing float values?
So if you're having this problem it seems this will work:

 
if((string)$amountdue == (string)$amount) {

The fact that php can't compare float values reliably and that you have to resort to this to make it work just makes php look bad.

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Comparing float values in PHP

This week on twitter 2009-05-03

Mihai — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Sleek Javascript Calendar (Date Picker) for Mootools http://ff.im/2oqSe #
The hacking business model - Askmonty.org [pic] http://ff.im/2ouS9 #
can anyone show me which is better mootools or jquery, and why ? any comparison article ? #
@rahsheen I do this regularly. I also unfollow those that abuse the #followfriday thing in reply to rahsheen #
@corvida bad move in reply to corvida #
@matt_kruse thanks, the graph says a lot, but it seems there are still some big names using mootools. Or that's what they claim anyway in reply to matt_kruse #
trying firebug 1.4 and not liking the new interface... I think i'll go back to 1.3 #
@anutron I love the "With Frameworks, What Matters Is Hidden Deep Inside" but if I have to dig in before I make the decision I lose time in reply to anutron #
geolocation and improved privacy... little contradiction in the new firefox don't you think ? #
@nonsequitir I doubt that is actually patching. I guess they just replace a lot of files in reply to nonsequitir #
A million blind squirrels http://ff.im/2tByH #
Mechanics vs. intent http://ff.im/2wnjz #
trying to download a custom jquery ui but I just get an empty (0 bytes ) zip file #
Jeditable with jQuery UI Datepicker - Stack Overflow [pic] http://ff.im/2wrff #

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This week on twitter 2009-05-03

This week on twitter 2009-04-26

Mihai — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:15:00 +0000

I'm set on unfollowing people, it's nothing personal but I want to be fair. Following 400 people is almost like following none #
qmail-channels: throttle outbound delivery queues by domains [pic] http://ff.im/2m0nx #

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This week on twitter 2009-04-26

This week on twitter 2009-04-22

Mihai — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Amazing Perf by 47YO on Britain's Got Talent http://ff.im/25bjj #
How to write to a Perl variable as if it’s a filehandle http://ff.im/25dOx #
RT: @missmcj "I want the old Google search engine, not Google Chrome." from the Chrome help forum http://twurl.nl/qe75ip #
seems like pear.php.net is down #
just got spammed by someone using google's email servers. Message signed with both DomainKeys and DKIM. Thanks google! #
@CommentLuv @db I got twitip id to on 2.7 awhile ago but it would be nice if it would work without having to modify the code in comments.php in reply to CommentLuv #
@JayOatway yeah let's see who's the first to reach 0 followers now in reply to JayOatway #
RT @JayOatway Now that the "twillion followers" race is over, let's do things a bit different this week: #unfollowfriday @aplusk @cnnbrk #
@idela not sure what "home categories" are. The module generates a sitemap that includes a list of categories if that's what you are asking in reply to idela #
@idela I read the message wrong in the first place. The answer is yes, it includes the home and categories in the sitemap in reply to idela #
@idela cause it's in sitemap-pages : http://tinyurl.com/cmz5lv in reply to idela #
RT @sethsimonds: Hey #followfriday fanatics! If you list fewer tweeps per tweet & give a reason why you like each one, it improves your #FF #
@sethsimonds I actually unfollow those that just fill my stream with people they recommend. I call them #followfriday abusers in reply to sethsimonds #
@sethsimonds of course, I'm selective I don't just unfollow automatically in reply to sethsimonds #
@oldmanuk can you actually be sure no one will ever encounter it? I don't think so. in reply to oldmanuk #
@oldmanuk might be good thinking but don't apply it to all of your small hit bugs in reply to oldmanuk #
@idela actually it has a lot more sitemaps depending on the number of articles you have. in reply to idela #
@idela but there's an index and you should only submit the index to google http://www.clickncook.fr/sitemapindex.xml in reply to idela #
@idela it's in the standard spec from http://sitemaps.org and yes google, yahoo, live and ask.com understand it in reply to idela #
#gnome what's the point of hiding the panels if the rest of the windows can't use the space ? #
@db I see it's not working anymore. I think I lost it when I enable threaded comments. I'll let you know if I find some time to enable it in reply to db #

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This week on twitter 2009-04-22

This week on twitter 2009-04-12

Mihai — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:15:00 +0000

@bobbyvoicu se pare ca se refera doar la trafic direct din PPC daca vine de pe o pagina la care s-a facut PPC e ok. in reply to bobbyvoicu #
the new friendfeed looks more like twitter http://ff.im/1X90C #
can I comment on comment and like a like ? dawg! http://ff.im/1X9eX #
What does better mean? http://ff.im/1XbUv #
Blog or News Site http://ff.im/1XbUz #
@GodFodder seems like these days everything has to be EPIC FAIL, ... just FAIL is not enough #
The first question every web site designer must ask http://ff.im/1ZzlB #
@lyndoman do you really think any of those following thousands of people actually look at their twitter stream in reply to lyndoman #
@lyndoman actually you use tweetdeck because it helps you show you "follow" 3k but not actually do it in reply to lyndoman #
smaz - a small string compression library http://ff.im/20PGs #

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