johnk
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Root Shell Called Web Shell by oRb
I came across this in the uploads. Missed it for a long time. Should I start posting some other web shells I’ve collected?
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How to Add a REST API to an Existing Django Project
This is a note I wrote to myself about how to add Django REST Framework to an existing project. It’s in PDF format, for reading. I didn’t have the time to create a real tutorial that builds up the API, or produce a really useful API. The intention is just to outline what parts get…
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Linux Nautilus Trash Folder Stopped Working
The Nautilus Trash feature stopped working, so I could only delete a file completely, rather than move it to the trash. Here’s what’s happening, and how to restore it.
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Lock File Location for OpenOffice LibreOffice when it says File is Locked for Editing
The file is located in the same folder as the document. It’s named .~lock* so you need to make the hidden files visible to see it. The thread.
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Opening a Dozen Email Boxes? Use Mozilla Thunderbird (and Donate)
If you need to read through a lot of email addresses, try Thunderbird. I’ve had over ten addresses in it, and it works pretty well. It also has an RSS reader that I rarely use, but it’s there. It’s my preferred client, and after a lot of use, I finally donated to the project. https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
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My Home Backup System (Triple Backups)
My hard drive is failing, and I’m about to replace it. That means it’s time to check the backups, to make sure they are functional. This short article describes my home backup system. You might find this useful for setting up your own backups.
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Workstyles and Productivity
Inspired by this HubSpot article: How do I like to send and receive information? Brief emails. Verbal communication backed by brief emails. Verbal information alone doesn’t “stick”, but convey’s urgency or lack of ugency.
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Responsive Design + Mobile First = Automated Layouts
I’m shocked at how many businesses still have websites that don’t work in mobile. For the average person, reading web pages on a smartphone is the primary way they read content on the web. Though I’m not 100% on board with “mobile first”, it should soon be the norm. To CSS hackers, “mobile first” just…
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Creating Email Messages with Clickable Links that Add Events to Your Calendar
This was an effort to find the best ways to create email messages that contain event information, so that the user can easily create a calendar item. The stock advice is to use .ics files, yet I don’t see many event publishers using .ics files. Instead, I saw people using well-formatted text, which gets automatically…
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w32tm reports the computer did not resync because no time data was available
I got the message “the computer did not resync because no time data was available” after running “w32tm /resync /force”. I had followed the various howtos out there*, and checked them against each other : as expected, they differed slightly, but none of them worked for me. Well, it turned out that I needed to…
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2024 Election Battlegrounds
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The Purpose of Antisemitism in White Supremacy
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WordPress Admin Emails Not Getting Through to Gmail addresses, Docker Container Based WordPress with BusyBox
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Eviction of Seniors to a COVID-19 Impacted Facility
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Etsy Helps Create Microbusiness Caucus, a Challenge to Labor Organizing
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Google Shuts off Ads on Ukraine War Content, Demonetizing Political Pages
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Gemini-Assisted WordPress Plugin: Corrections 3
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AOC, Gaza; Disappearing Japantowns; Ilhan Omar and Uncommitted
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Gubernatorial Candidate Villaraigosa Should Love Ranked Choice Voting (Upd. Jun. 7)
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Quick Installer for Woocommerce
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Jimmy Dore Coddles Fascists
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Replacing the Washers in an Old 1960s Price Pfister Two-Faucet Shower
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Mass Narcolepsy
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Dead Pages, Alpine, Docker, Cloud
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Protected: What the Heck is Wrong?
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Ghost Kitchens and Food Marketing
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Nationalist Right-Wing anti-Imperialism, Curry, Kare, Colonization
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Professions in Decline, and Some Growing
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Making a Graduated Cylinder Measuring Cup from a Jar
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Umeboshi and Maesil Rot
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Set Up an HP P1102w Printer on Ubuntu Linux
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Claude-Assisted WordPress Plugin: Correction 7
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WordPress error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.
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Meta-Assisted WordPress Plugin: Corrections 5
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Watching COVID-19: The OC
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Trolling and Gloating: Masks for COVID-19
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WordPress Custom HTML Block Strips the LINK and SCRIPT Tags; Workaround with WP-Coder
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Beach Cities IMC
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February Links
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More Little Tokyo Redevelopment, 1969
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Exiting Amazon (Again)
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Dodging
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SARS-CoV-2 on a Fishing Boat, Seroprevalence in Spain
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Kats Kunitsugu in the Kashu Mainichi
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Gin and Tonic, Imperialism, and COVID-19
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Linux Nautilus Trash Folder Stopped Working