Introduction NAT loopback is what your router performs when you try to access your external IP address from within your LAN. For instance, say your router forwards port 80 to a web server on your LAN. From an outside network, you could simply visit your external IP address from a browser to access the web …
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Mar 22 2013
DD-WRT Guest Wireless
Introduction If you’ve done any amount of work with routers, you know that it doesn’t take long to start craving consistency. And more advanced functionality that the cheap home interfaces simply don’t grant you. This is the point where you usually break down and start research things like Tomato, OpenWrt, and DD-WRT, just to name …
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Mar 01 2012
Using VirtualBox to Host a VPS
Oracle’s VM VirtualBox is a virtualization program that allows you to run another operating system from within your native operating system. Though it is most commonly used to run fully functional operating systems such as Linux or OS X from within Windows 7 (or vice versa), it can also be used to host a Virtual …
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Feb 28 2012
Secure PHP Login
When perusing the internet for discussions on PHP sessions and cookies in regards to credential validation and user logins, I’ve never been satisfied with the approaches I find. Many of the tutorials are just plain lousy or incomplete. And the others seem to imply that you should only use sessions or cookies and never mix-and-match, …
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Oct 18 2011
Puppy Potty Training
Dante, our little Shih Tzu ball of fluff, is finally fully potty trained (now I’m crossing my fingers that I didn’t just jinx things by announcing that). I can finally relax when the chubby little guy waddles out of the room unattended–I no longer have to chase him down and ensure the door is closed …
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Feb 07 2011
Java: OS X Dock Icon and Name
For as long as I’ve been developing in Java, its lack of native support for OS X has always bothered me. This is more than likely an issue with Apple’s proprietary interface rather than Java, but, for the sake of being loyal to my Master, we’ll pretend the fault is on Java. I don’t want …
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Sep 04 2009
Booting Linux from a USB Drive (on Apple Hardware)
After hours of frustration and failure, I finally set up a USB bootable Linux distribution that worked on both a BIOS-based PC or EFI-based Apple system. Ten minutes later, I repeated the process with a second distribution. I’ve been perusing this fine internet of hours all day, reviewing and attempting to complete step-by-step tutorials that …
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Jul 22 2009
How to Handle Four-Way Stops
Four-way stops, which should be a very simple concept and brief encounter to a vehicle operator, appear to be a maneuver of deadly precision, one that should be approached cautiously and with great hesitation. At least, that’s the impression I get from the majority of American drivers. Some have gone as far as to call …
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Apr 07 2009
Girls Are the Root of All Evil
That’s what we’ve always been told, isn’t it? Last week, in the midst of projects and exams, I began to get a cold. Since Jessica had previously had a cold, I decided to blame her for passing it on. Her defense was that Faith had given it to her, so Faith was really at fault. …
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Mar 05 2009
An Open Letter to Lounge Couples
A disturbing trend seems to be on the rise at Cedarville University: Awkward Lounge Couples. I’m not talking about couples that find themselves in a particular lounge with a few friends just hanging out, I’m talking about Awkward Lounge Couples. Some of you may not find this that unusual, but I, because these Couples can …
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