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  • Fail2ban on Leopard Server

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    So here I am running my own server — for almost 2 years now. It’s been a real learning experience and I’ve tried to share. My latest add-on has been fail2ban. I got tired of looking into my logs and seeing where script kiddies or bots were trying to take control of my server. Fortunately,…

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  • VoodooPad Pro Blogging

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    Please note that VoodooPad Pro has been renamed to VoodooPad. It’s time to package up all my VoodooPad blogging scripts and assorted web export plugins so that I can Remember what the heck I was thinking. Remember what all these pieces were supposed to accomplish as a whole. Provide some sort of reference to others…

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  • iCal – Exchange Time Zone Fix – Chapter 3

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    I’ve updated the iCal-Invite-Fix script again. This time to allow for adding multiple Exchange servers to the script so that you should only need a single script. The set-up is slightly more complex. As the image above shows there are now only 2 properties, both of which are lists. These lists work together as an…

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  • Importing Mail Message Attachments Into Aperture

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    So I’ve just gotten my new Unibody MacBook and Aperture. Immediately I find myself wanting for a Quick Look > Add to Aperture just like there is for iPhoto. Unfortunately it’s nowhere to be found. Fortunately Aperture is scriptable. Version 1.0 of SaveAttachments2Aperture is now available. It’s currently very simple with little error checking. It…

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  • iCal – Exchange Time Zone Fix – Chapter 2

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    It was a few months ago that I originally wrote the first incarnation of the MailExchange2iCal script. Since then I’ve been in contact with a few users trying to make it work for them and I’ve found a number of peculiarities in the types of email invites sent by Exchange/Outlook. The biggest problem was that…

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  • iCal – Exchange Time Zone Fix – Part 2

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    I’ve come across a problem with the original MailExchange2iCal-TZ-fix script. It seems if the .ics invite was only listed as an attachment or in base64 encoding then the script would fail. I’ve subsequently revised the script to handle this and to more gracefully ask into which calendar you want the event imported. I’ve also fixed…

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