February 2007 Archives

Now a lot of website owner find some malicious code hide in their webpages. Some are put by hacker.

The codes are also encoded. Webmaster can not remove the malicious code from the original html codes, they are all mixed.

Now, this tools is help you to decode it and find out.

The program name is Windows Script Decoder.

You can download it from official site or download file here.

It is a command line tool. The usage is very simply.

scrdec18 [-cp codepage] [-urldec|-htmldec] [-verbose] [-dumb]

This tool is so good. I used it yesterday. All smoothly.

New CC license has four parts:
Share:
The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work beyond the freedoms given by fair use.

Remix:
Licensor permits others to make derivative works beyond the freedoms given by fair use.

NonCommercial:
The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees may not use the work for commercial purposes without permission beyond the freedoms given by fair use.

ShareAlike:
The licensor permits others to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work. In return, licensees may not use the work for commercial purposes without permission beyond the freedoms given by fair use.

The new thing is Remix, which is allow others to derivative works. When in CC 2.5, ShareAlike is ask others not change works. But in CC3.0 it is just ask keep the same CC license when modify the works.

CC Labs

I like freeware and Open-Source program, just like Phpsysinfo.

I have a Windows 2000 server with php and mysql enabled.
Phpsysinfo will displays things like Uptime, CPU, Memory, SCSI, IDE, PCI, Ethernet, Floppy, and Video Information.

I met a A Warning and Fatal Error when use the latest version, 2.5.3-rc2, which is released on February 16, 2007.
The error shown as below.
Warning: (null)(): Invoke() failed: Exception occurred. Source: SWbemLocator Description: Access denied in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\personal\phpsysinfo\includes\os\class.WINNT.inc.php on line 36

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\personal\phpsysinfo\includes\os\class.WINNT.inc.php on line 44

I searched the Forum and got the answer.
The answer is from the project administrator(bigmichi1).

you need to set up a folder based authentication, so that when you open the site you are promted to enter a user and pass. this is because only special users have the rights to read all required informations, like the administrator user

I went to Burnaby Public Library with my daughters, Grace and Gloria.

I borrowed three books, Windows Server Hacks, Windows Server Cookbook and JavaScript for Dummies. Just three.
Grace, my six years old daughter and her little sister Gloria, three years old, borrowed 21 books. Seven times of mine.

They like reading, both of them.

Sometimes I have to say, Grace, have a rest for your eyes. Or, Grace, go out to play your bicycle.

It is inherited from me, I think. I like reading different kinds of books.

We bought a dictionary for Grace. Each of her classmats has a dictionary from school. The teacher said, the dictionary of school is too easy for her. So Vivian asked which one is suitable. Then we bought this one. Collins Gage Canadian Junior Dictionary at Chapters.

The words on the cover are:
The leading reference for Young Writers

This dictionary is so good, with over 30000 entry words, and lots of full-colour illustrations.
When she reading some book, stopped by a word, she can use this dictionary. She knows how to use it.

She learns so quick.

I am proud of her.

As I mentioned that Google give $10 bonus to new Checkout user.

But the most important things is how can I find the store to use this credit.

The stores listed are for USA user only. They don't ship to Canada.

Anyone use Google Checkout in Canada, please let me know.

Then I can use this $10 before expiring day.

I introduced some FastStone programs before. I used this FastStone Capture so often and I feel this tool is good enough. It is better than some commercial products.

I respected FastStone's work to make it free. Thank you.

First of all, let's see the screen of it.

It can capture screen by:
Active Window;
Window or Object;
Selected rectangle region;
Selected region with freehand;
Full screen or whole monitor;
Scrolling window. -- This is very good feature, you know, some window is very long, and you want capture the whole page, not the one screen. This tool is so good to save your time. Look at the sample below.

Google provide Checkout service last year, I think. More and more online-stores accept this kind of payment.

To promote this Checkout, Google announce a $10 sign-up bonus.

You'd be hurry to sign-up a new Google Checkout account.
• Sign up by February 15, 2007 and we'll automatically apply your bonus to your first
purchase of $10 or more (pre-shipping & tax) from participating stores.
• Bonus expires March 31, 2007 and can't be used with other Checkout promotions.
• Limit one per buyer only.

Let me show you how to sign up.
1) Enter http://www.google.com/checkout/
You need a Google Account to use this service.

2) Sign in with your Google Account.

3) Fill in the form with your Credit Card information.

4) Now you have the Google Checkout and $10 bonus.

Notice:
China is not on the list of country with service.
When enter post code for Canadian address, put a space in between like this one, V5B 4S5.

You know I received one cheque from ReviewMe. I always think it is an independent Ads service provider.
Just like the email I received from them. They put the signature as below before:

ReviewMe

support@reviewme.com

http://www.reviewme.com

Today I received an email with the following signature:

ReviewMe Publisher Support

support@reviewme.com

ReviewMe a division of Text Link Ads

Now I know actually ReviewMe is a division of Text Link Ads.

Extension reading:
ReviewMe Review from Devlounge

I have a site which is hosted by 1and1. It is down last week about 8 or 9 hours.

I remember that it has a 99.99% uptime guarantee.

So, I send an email to them and get the confirmation to reimburse me 3 month free hosting.

1and1 is a trustworthy company.
Their hosting plan is good enough for me and some other users.

Look, they have a lot of free software for site owners.

If you need some hosting or domain, go there. I recommend 1and1.

To check domain, use the following tool.

Now I upgrade my AWstats from 6.5 to 6.6. All safe.

1) Backup all files in your wwwroot. Just in case.

2) Download the awstats-6.6.zip, and decompress it.

3) Copy the files in wwwroot and replace the old files.

4) Done.

The configuration file is same. I don't need to change anything, just copy and paste.

AWStats is a very powerful log analysis tool.
I still remember last update for AWStats 6.5 half year ago.

First of all, let's see the changes it bring in.
New features/improvements:
- All geoip plugins support the PurePerl version.
- Possible use of vhost in extra section.
- Support IPv6 in AllowAccessFromWebToFollowingIPAddresses parameter.
- Added svn family to browsers detection.

Fixes:
- Remove some Perl warnings.
- Remove lc() on translation strings.
- Not sanitized migrate parameter.
- Not sanitized urlxxx parameters that could be used for XSS attacks.

Other/Documentation:
- Added AWStats version in stdout outputs.
- Updated some language files.
- Updated browsers database.

Compare with the last version 6.5, there is not many changes this time.
I will update my AWstats to-night.

Last weekend, there were reports on a higher probability of an earthquake in western canada.
CBC news said:

Seismic scientists say there is a greater probability of a major earthquake on B.C.'s South Coast in the next week, following a series of minor quakes that have worked their way up from Washington.

But seismologist Garry Rogers of the Geological Survey of Canada added that despite the increased probability of a big quake, the chances are still very low.

Some people heard the news and go to store to buy lots of water and some homeowner and business man go to buy earthquake coverage for their home or business insurance.

Please be noticed, most of insurance company may accept these mid-term changes, but they will retain the additional premium of addition of earthquake coverage, i.e. no refund if such coverage is to be cancelled later.

Do you have the Shaw Digital box, DCT2000? If you say yes, you can use it to control almost all equipment with this controller.

Just program your remote controller and you can throw away your TV's, DVD's. VCR's, and Receivers's remote controllers.
Then you just use one universal controller. You may never ask your family members to look for some controller in your house.

After getting the proper codes from the list below

1. PRESS the button for the device you want to program,(TV,VCR,CABLE,etc.), then RELEASE.
2. PRESS and HOLD the SETUP button until the red LED flashes twice, then RELEASE.
3. ENTER the 4 digit code for your brand.
4. You should receive 2 quick flashes after entering your code.
5. PRESS the POWER button to test the code. (On VCR,LD,and CD players use PLAY)

The code used as below: