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Ali Kuru
Ali Kuru's personal weblog about geekery, gadgets and evolving web.

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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
05
Jan
Three more invitations for OnePlus One

Three more invitations for OnePlus One

OnePlus issued me three more invitations several days ago and if you are still searching for an opportunity to buy a One, one of them may be yours.
19
Nov
OnePlus One invitation giveaway

OnePlus One invitation giveaway

I ended up with a spare invitation at hand at the end of the day, which might be yours if you are interested in buying a One for yourself.
1 min read
11
Mar
Don't kill your time with the "Bury the Dead"

Don't kill your time with the "Bury the Dead"

I don’t know whether it’s because I haven’t seen any expressionist drama before, but it felt like a hundred minute long constant pain.
1 min read
17
Feb
It's not Ralph who wrecks it!

It's not Ralph who wrecks it!

I believe a scene ruined the idea behind the whole movie with its flawed message.
2 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
27
May
How to modify backspace behavior of Firefox on Linux

How to modify backspace behavior of Firefox on Linux

Although everything works perfectly, backspace action on Linux seemed to differ from Windows.
1 min read