DeckerD: Drew's Personal Corner of the Web » Programming

Clearing (but not deleting) log files

Drew — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:22:26 +0000

Sometimes, as a Systems Administrator, or SysAdmin, there are times we need to clear out the log files, without actually deleting them. As a smart Sys Admin, you normally wouldn't need to do this, but as I am currently involved in supporting customers and their Linux machines, I run into some pretty neat stuff (neat as in special). I've had a few issues where someone actually runs out of disk space on / (root filesystem) due to the /var/log directory being full. First off, you might run the Read More »

Case Project: Validating Google Site-Flavored

Drew — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:46:36 +0000

According to Google, Google Site-Flavored's search delivers web search results that are customized to individual websites. The only problem with the output of their code is messy, very messy. Let's fix this and make it more standards compliant. I will always hold Google's algorithms and services very high. They offer many free searches and services that, by far, out-do other companies; not to mention that they have created standards that have brought other companies (Microsoft and Yahoo! to Read More »

Styling “Simple” AJAX

Drew — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 03:46:15 +0000

AJAX - "Asynchronous JavaScript + XML". "Not a technology - several technologies". That's probably why I like it so much, its a little bit of everything, to make one thing. Raj over at his website, wrote a short, yet easily understandable way to understand the very basics of AJAX. I liked it so much, that when I tried it out, I truly felt as if I was really getting the hang of it. I strongly suggest that you read his post before reading on with mine. Possibly being able to create my own Read More »