[Updated]How to install Vuze/Azureus on Ubuntu 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivatives 1

[Updated]How to install Vuze/Azureus on Ubuntu 14.04 and other Ubuntu derivatives

Vuze bitTorrent client is a mature piece of software with killer features (unfortunately it’s written in java -and i hate java btw :D ) ! Let’s count some….   Built-in: Fast Start Extension: enabling new peers to quickly start downloading despite their lack of pieces to trade UPnP / NAT-PMP: The Vuze client automatically configures […]

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HowTo – [Deluge torrent server] (aka seedbox) Install XMPP Notify/Control plugin on Ubuntu

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Deluge SeedBox Series

Deluge is one of the best torrent clients I’ve ever used and configured. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to install and configure one of its plug-ins (and dependencies), XMPPNotify. XMPPNotify is a control Bot for deluge server via xmpp protocol. It requires twisted.words, twisted.names and wokkel library. Assuming that you already have installed deluge […]

jQuery Tutorials - Hide/protect mailto: links from spam bots and email harvesters #3 2

jQuery Tutorials – Hide/protect mailto: links from spam bots and email harvesters #3

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Spambot Protection

Here is a jQuery snippet that can protect email addresses from email harvesters. All you need to do is to inlcude .mail class to your “mailto:” html links like the example below.

 

line 2: Gather all the elements with the matched criteria line 3: Iterate on these elements line 4: on each […]

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Open DNS servers list

provider:DynDNS 216.146.35.35 216.146.36.36 provider:Comodo Secure DNS 8.26.56.26 8.20.247.20 provider:OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 How to change DNS settings on windows Tutorial in turkish with screenshots Open the Control Panel from your Start menu. Click Network Connections and choose your current connection. On the General tab of the Connection Status screen, click Properties. On the General tab of […]

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[Updated] WordPress Essential Plugins

This is my list with the most essential wordpress CMS plug-ins. In order to find and install these plugins, you can directly search them in WordPress plugin search engine. If I missed something please drop me a line to update the post. Security: UPDATE (26/12/2014) iThemes security (malware scanning via virus total, wp-admin url hiding […]

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SSH as SOCKs 5 proxy

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series SSH Best Practices

Let’s say, for example, that “someone” is traffic shaping our peer 2 peer connections or eavesdropping traffic in general, blocking myfavoritesite.net or any other domain/service… Here’s a really cool antidote: SSH proxy. I think it’s a really nice gesture to give someone the access on something that’s been blocked without his permission. To use ssh […]

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Linux user account with ssh-only permissions

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series SSH Best Practices

SSH (among other things) is a secure way of proxy-ing your traffic, web browsing or accessing a  service remotely  which is blocked by a firewall. In case we want someone else to have that access or securely proxying his traffic etc etc,  we need to provide a user account with ssh-only access to our ssh […]

VLC media player - vlsub has been updated to 0.9.8! 4

VLC media player – vlsub has been updated to 0.9.8!

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series vlsub plugin for vlc

Vlsub is a well-known vlc extension for downloading subtitles automatically in various languages, based on movie’ s file hash or title. The new features and bug fixes applied from previous and current version are: search subtitles for videos file inside an archive Add language automatic detection from os environment Simplified interface Add a success message […]

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Delete your personal info from your photos with Exif tool

When you create an image, take a screenshot, take a picture with your smartphone or your computer etc, that picture is tagged with some metadata which can be used to track your location or your identity. In which file types are these metadata applied? Image files (scanned documents too), audio files. What info are embeded in photos? […]