Software

Ali Kuru’s weblog posts about computer and mobile software.
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
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
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
06
Apr
Android Market searches are getting better with filters

Android Market searches are getting better with filters

Looks like Google is trying to improve the search experience with filters on the Market.
1 min read
04
Apr
Need to recover files? Try TestDisk and PhotoRec

Need to recover files? Try TestDisk and PhotoRec

You probably know that files still remain on the filesystem in a masked state, even if you think you permanently deleted them.
2 min read
02
Apr
Issues with the 4th release of Firefox

Issues with the 4th release of Firefox

Only thing preventing me is its lack of native proxy management, particularly SOCKS support.
1 min read