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My Weather Station setup
As you already know, I love all kinds of gadgets. When it comes to weather, simply having a reading of outside temperature isn't nearly enough for me. I've had a weather station running for a while,...
View ArticleBlog upgrade to S9y 2.00 and HTTPS
Last weekend I went for Serendipity software version 2. This caused lot of downtime as the upgrade didn't go smoothly. I also made the entire server almost choke to a crash as my .htaccess /...
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Exporting a website certificate
This one was a tough one for me. Not technically, but mentally. I wrote about Java 1.7 update 51 breaking Cisco ASDM and how to fix it. Two separate users had the same problem, they didn't know how to...
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Goodbye Maxthon
I have a policy of running a lot of different browsers on my computers. The idea is to gain experience of what works and what won't. When doing web development, any run-of-the-mill developer gets a...
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iPhone (cell) Field Test mode
A reader of this blog contacted me and wanted me to take a look at his Huawei E5186. During the meeting he showed the Field Test mode of his iPhone. I haven't done any iPhone hacks, and had never heard...
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First B593 s-22 exploit: Setup FTP to get /var/sshusers.cfg
I have a new version of B593_exploit.pl published. See this article about previous info.This version has s-22 FTP hack added to it. u-12 has the classic FTP USB-share flaw where it is possible to...
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ZTE MF910 Wireless Router reviewed
I had a chance to setup a modern 4G/3G/2G router. Of course I took pics and share the details here! This is what a ZTE MF910 looks like:Pretty much the first thing that comes to my mind is: "It's a...
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SHA1 Certificates being used By Finnish financial organizations
I was browsing news feeds and read an article about Danske Bank not using SHA-256 certificate (article in Tivi, in Finnish only) in its online bank. "So what? Big deal, huh. Nobody else does either."...
View ArticleFinnish Pre-paid Data Plans reviewed
As I test different network equipment regularily, I need SIM-cards and data plans for them. All of these are generally available and affordable, just go to nearest R-Kioski and get one.Elisa...
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Huawei E5186 (prototype) reviewed
As I mentioned earlier, a reader of this blog got a Huawei E5186 and I got to test drive it. The model is still in prototype and the semi-official rumour is, that it will be released Q2/2015. As usual,...
View ArticleHuawei E5186 AJAX API
As I wrote in my E5186 review, there is a very good API for accessing the box.All responses start with a <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>. API-calls have <response> as the root...
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Official PHP-packages from Parallels
Last year I spent couple of days tinkering PHP-packages that will work on my Parallels Plesk Panel box. To my surprise, my box failed to auto-upgrade itself. The reason was: "Exception: Failed to solve...
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HighPoint RocketRAID 620 Linux driver
I've had my run of bad things with Intel soft-RAID earlier. The constant RAID-verify -runs made me want stop using it. As its my Windows-box, I just wanted something that is hardware-based, reasonably...
View ArticleBack to blogging
Some of my avid readers have been dropping me comments on some of my posts asking what's going on. Actually couple of persons contacted me outside this blog and asked the same.On August I wrote:It's...
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Storix - Story of Anthony Johnson
EpilogueThis story is so unbelievable, I have to share it with all of you. It has Hollywood material in it: it's a story about a hard working man who succeeds and then gets dealt bad cards. As the...
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OS X El Capitan upgrade from USB-stick
Now that OS X El Capitan or version 11 is out, I'll do a refresh for the USB installation instructions.The thing is ... the upgrade free, but it's big. The amount of downloading needed is easily 6+...
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Suomen yritystietopankki SYTP - Anatomy of an Invoicing scam (Finnish)
The mailman brought me a nice and official looking letter. I didn't recognize the sender from the envelope, so I just opened it as anybody would do. It was in invoice from a Finnish company I've never...
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Apple ID Scam: Part 3 - Your Apple ID is on Hold
One of my honey traps got one interesting one. Typiacally the junk is 419 scams, and with all the variations, twists and quirks, they offer very little worth reporting. I have written posts about Apple...
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OS X El Capitan upgrade - Afterwork with Verisign certificates
I previously wrote about upgrading OS X El Capitan. After doing couple of boxes I ran into a SNAFU.If you don't see anything in that page, that's correct! There is nothing there. It would be a safe...
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GNU Parted: Solving the dreaded "The resulting partition is not properly...
On the other day I was cleaning out junk from my shelfs and found a perfectly good WD Caviar Black hard drive. Obviously in the current SSD-era where your only computer is a laptop and most of your...
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