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Mark A. Ziesemer: Respecting the JavaScript global namespace
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2007/10/respecting-javascript-global-namespace.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Monday, October 1, 2007. Respecting the JavaScript global namespace. Here's my plea to all JavaScript developers, whether for web pages, Firefox extensions, or otherwise: Please respect the global namespace. I've not seen a lot written about this, but as fast as new uses of JavaScript are appearing on web pages, and with how many extensions are being developed for Firefox, function and variable naming collisions and conflicts are a real potential issue. Is basically just another variable.
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Mark A. Ziesemer: Fixing Cygwin's user groups
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2007/02/cygwin-getugroups.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Thursday, February 22, 2007. Fixing Cygwin's user groups. Is a great tool for running a Linux. Like environment under Windows. Overall, I'm very pleased with it, though you should be aware of a limitation in how Cygwin handles user groups. Under Windows, Linux, or just about any other operating system that has the concept of user accounts, a user can belong to one or more groups. The problem is that except for the current user, Cygwin only returns a specific user's primary group. Finall...
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Mark A. Ziesemer: Configuring Persistent PPP under Ubuntu
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2008/10/persistent-ppp-ubuntu.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Sunday, October 19, 2008. Configuring Persistent PPP under Ubuntu. This post is the 4th part of my Ubuntu Linux Router Upgrade Project. After my last post, Alltel UM175AL USB EVDO under Ubuntu Hardy Heron. I now have a usable serial device to connect to with PPP. At this point, Jason Costomiris's instructions at HOWTO: Verizon UM175 USB EVDO Card under Ubuntu Hardy. Work perfectly. The only difference is that being on Alltel instead of Verizon, the username is " Modem'sPhoneNumber.
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Mark A. Ziesemer: parent-updates-maven-plugin
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2012/08/parent-updates-maven-plugin.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Saturday, August 11, 2012. I've had the privilege of working with Apache Maven. One of the many plugins I've been using for a while now is the versions-maven-plugin. Specifically to find and report upon any available dependencies (artifacts used by a project), as well as plugins (artifacts used by the Maven build for the project). There are goals. To display the results of these update checks during the build - see " Checking for new dependency updates. Versions Plugin should have a "di...
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Mark A. Ziesemer: Configuring LAN DCHP and Dynamic DNS under Ubuntu Linux
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2008/10/linux-lan-dchp-dynamic-dns.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Friday, October 31, 2008. Configuring LAN DCHP and Dynamic DNS under Ubuntu Linux. This post is the 6th part of my Ubuntu Linux Router Upgrade Project. After configuring routing and NAT in my last post. While the Internet access may be shared, other clients won't know about it unless manually configured, requiring at least an IP address and subnet, local gateway, and one or more DNS servers for proper access. ISC's DHCP Distribution is available as an Ubuntu-maintained package, ". Shown...
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Mark A. Ziesemer: Fixing UPnP/DLNA sharing on 2nd drive under Windows 7
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2011/10/fixing-upnp-dlna-sharing-drive-windows.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Saturday, October 1, 2011. Fixing UPnP/DLNA sharing on 2nd drive under Windows 7. Though I may be a few years late to the party, I finally have a capable Home Theater PC (HTPC) and HDTV setup in my living room. For simplicity for the entire family, it's running Windows 7's Media Center. Uses Simple Service Discovery Protocol. To try to determine what was causing the issue. I found several SSDP HTTP NOTIFY packets, with a URL of something like. 2010-09-30, answers.microsoft.com. In both ...
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Mark A. Ziesemer: Ubuntu Linux Router Upgrade Project
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Mark A. Ziesemer. Friday, October 3, 2008. Ubuntu Linux Router Upgrade Project. As much as I've enjoyed using OpenWrt. For my home networking, I've decided to "upgrade" to a fuller Linux distribution running on a more "traditional" computer rather than an embedded device. Internet via Cell Phone. One factor encouraging this transition is that there is currently no cable or DSL Internet service to my current residence. To remain connected, I'm using Alltel. One such device is the Linksys WRT54G3G. Based o...
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Mark A. Ziesemer: MarkUtils-PacProxySelector for Java
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2009/05/markutils-pacproxyselector-java.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Monday, May 25, 2009. Many computer networks make use of proxy servers. Most web browsers and other networked applications support directing traffic through one or more proxy servers. The typical configuration dialog looks like this, as shown from Mozilla Firefox:. Of the "manual" options, " HTTP. And "SSL" ( TLS. Are the most basic and common, followed by " FTP. Is rarely used anymore - it has already been dropped by Microsoft Internet Explorer, and may be dropped. The solution to all ...
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Mark A. Ziesemer: Thoughts on Google Fiber for Appleton / ISPs
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Mark A. Ziesemer. Monday, March 8, 2010. Thoughts on Google Fiber for Appleton / ISPs. Tonight I attended a public hearing at Appleton City Hall. PDF) regarding the city's consideration to submit a response to Google's request for information on the Google Fiber for Communities. Experiment. (Don't miss Google's project overview. And other linked pages.) Also, please join the Google Fiber for Appleton. And WGBA / NBC channel 26. Unlike many of the comments and hype, I would hope that Google's offering is ...
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Mark A. Ziesemer: Wireshark (not Ethereal)
http://blogger.ziesemer.com/2007/02/wireshark.html
Mark A. Ziesemer. Sunday, February 25, 2007. I've been tackling my to-do list for my wireless router. I needed to check what packets were actually hitting one of my computers on the LAN side. Out of habit, I went to download Ethereal from http:/ www.ethereal.com. I didn't make the above URL a clickable link for a reason. It turns out that development of Ethereal has ceased, and picked up as Wireshark. For some additional details.). Posted by Mark A. Ziesemer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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