security
Drupal rsync backup scripts
There are a lot of other backup scripts for Drupal on the web, but I promised somebody I'd post mine in response to this week's episode of the Geeks and God podcast. There are variations based on how the different servers are set up, but here's a basic summary of how I do it.
Notes On Restaging Your Computer
Two years ago, I worked on a family member's computer. It was so messed up that I couldn't fix it, so I reloaded Windows and started over. (This was anticipated, so they'd backed up their data ahead of time.) I saved the email that I wrote, intending to post it somewhere. Here's a copy, updated a little for the two years that passed.
Top 100 Network Security Tools
Nmap author Fyodor has compiled a list of the Top 100 Network Security Tools, as tabulated in a survey of nmap-hackers mailing list members. I remember when the previous lists were published in 2000 and 2003, and each release has led to my discovery of new tools, or reminded me that it's time to go back and revisit some old ones.
FriendFeed
Munin - Trac- From delicious, posted Saturday, January 3, 2009 - 6:48pm.
Using the Drupal API from the command line - ceejayoz- From delicious, posted Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 8:46am.
Searching the Drupal Database by Regular Expression | Proof- From delicious, posted Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 8:45am.
Why we don't call Geek Squad - Ever!!!- From delicious, posted Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 8:37am.
How Common Craft Stopped Doing Client Work, In Plain English- From Google Reader, posted Tuesday, December 30, 2008 - 3:46pm.
recording a screencast- From Gmail/Google Talk, posted Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 12:52pm.
Jim Rogers calls most big U.S. banks bankrupt | Industry Summits | Reuters- From delicious, posted Monday, December 15, 2008 - 1:26pm.
Protect Critical Users | drupal.org- From delicious, posted Friday, December 12, 2008 - 2:52pm.

