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Ali Kuru's weblog posts about web services, web development, social media and networking, hosting, blogging etc.
22
Aug
Limiting POST requests to WordPress with Hiawatha

Limiting POST requests to WordPress with Hiawatha

I use Hiawatha for orphaned WordPress sites. It is an open source webserver with a focus on security.
3 min read
13
Jul
Running Node.js on Wheezy

Running Node.js on Wheezy

Node.js repos for Wheezy are quite old and maintainers’ choice of changing main node application name from “node” to “nodejs” seems to confuse some scripts.
1 min read
04
Jan
Easy way to automatically post your tweets to LinkedIn

Easy way to automatically post your tweets to LinkedIn

It’s still possible to automate sharing your tweets to LinkedIn via third party services, like IFTTT.
2 min read
02
Dec
Feature request: "Incognito mode" for Google Web History

Feature request: "Incognito mode" for Google Web History

Search history is on by default for new registrations and most of the users never realize that Google is recording every search they make.
2 min read
02
Aug
Idea: Can Twitter be used for targeting patients in healthcare?

Idea: Can Twitter be used for targeting patients in healthcare?

Although this sort of targeting has the potential of proving itself very effective, it also has another aspect: it might spook your customers out.
2 min read
16
May
How Gmail works?

How Gmail works?

According to Google, magic happens through sophisticated and ultra secure data centers, with the help of overweight engineers :)
1 min read
11
May
Inspect web pages in 3D with Firefox!

Inspect web pages in 3D with Firefox!

If you are interested in learning HTML and CSS, you should try Firefox’s 3D inspection. You can see how browsers implement the code, in a fun way :)
1 min read
27
Apr
Is Twitpic distributing malware through advertisements?

Is Twitpic distributing malware through advertisements?

An ad on Twitpic, which tells users that they've been tagged in someone else's photos, redirects them to an executable file named “etype_setup.exe”.
1 min read
28
Mar
Google to launch third-party commenting system

Google to launch third-party commenting system

Google is about to launch a third-party commenting system that is very similar what’s been offered by Facebook.
1 min read
31
Jan
Importance of online advertising finally overtook importance of the content

Importance of online advertising finally overtook importance of the content

Who said “the content is the king”? It seems like that era has been finished already.
1 min read