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Revenge of TikiWiki

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I should’ve expected as much, really. Post a blog entry in the old blog-place saying I’ve migrated to other software and, the next day, the only other person who uses the site can’t login any more. What’s more, none — and I do mean none — of the password reset techniques works. Well, except one: upgrade to the latest development code.

The latest code allows the admin user to reset any user’s password without the need to know their existing password, which is stored as a one-way MD5 hash; something the previous versions couldn’t do, at least not so directly or easily. There was one trick in the old version that worked once before: use a “hidden” URL and a specially-crafted “old password”, and voila! Too bad it didn’t work this time.

I guess if the development code is good enough for the public TikiWiki site (tikiwiki.org…) it should do well enough for me.

Then again, maybe tomorrow the admin account won’t work any more…

Wikipedia

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Made my first contribution to the Wikipedia last night/today by correcting, enhancing and adding to a couple of the pages: one about Yosemite, the other about National Parks which references Yosemite.

Yosemite National Park
National Park

Lots of stuff going around the blogosphere lately about the Wikipedia and how reliable it is (or isn’t, depending on your viewpoint). Probably in a year or two it’ll be at least as accurate as any recent treeware version for non-active entries, assuming publishers of said treeware don’t sue the Wiki out of existence because some people are copying verbatim from the text of their dead-tree version(s).

Personally, I’m not too worried about the Wiki’s authority because no one should rely on a single Internet-based source for accurate information; two or three sources, at least, should be considered good practice, just like with non-Internet-based resources. The people that do rely on Wikipedia for 100% authoritative info are probably the same people who rely on television or print media, both of which tend to get their info from the same one or two sources these days, for accurate information.

A Girl’s Guide to Geek Guys

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This is basically correct, although I’d argue (as those who know me would expect) that a geek is “a nerd with social skills”; what’s described in this article is essentially your average nerd, or something in-between. Nonetheless, the more insight women — that is, potential mates — have about the Geek Species, the better.

Link: www.com…

So, your crush on the bass player from Vibrating Sandbox has finally died a whimpering death and you’re wondering where to go from here. All the sinister dudes are either dating a series of interchangeable high-school riot girls in baby doll dresses and an overdose of manic panic, or permanently shacked up with some bitter old lady who pays all the bills. Which will it be, a wifely prison or a humiliating one night stand? Into this void of potential mates comes a man you may not have considered before, a man of substance, quietude and stability, a cerebral creature with a culture all his own. In short, a geek.

Web browser security test

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Link: Browser Security Test

Test your web browser for common security issues. It can run tests for all known problems or only those specific to the browser you’re using at the time.

If you’re using Internet Explorer (IE), please do the world a favor and run these tests on your machine. NOW. Pretty please. biggrin

And stop using IE! There are plenty of other, far superior browsers available: Mozilla/Firefox and Opera to name two.

Douglas Adams answers, “Why 42?”

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In Article 2b4asr$b7r@syzygy.socs.uts.edu.au, mjcherka@socs.uts.EDU.AU
(Mark J Cherkas) wrote:
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– I am new to this group so bear with this beginners question:
– Why is the answer 42 ?
– Has Douglas Adams ever explained this ?
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The answer to this is very simple. It was a joke. It had to be a number, an ordinary, smallish number, and I chose that one. Binary representations, base thirteen, Tibetan monks are all complete nonsense. I sat at my desk, stared into the garden and thought ’42 will do’ I typed it out. End of story.

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