How to use NGINX configs to mask URLs. It’s basically a means of “white-labelling” domains to specific web URLs on one server. If you understand what any of this means, this post is probably for you. Also, don’t feck with the sudoers file!
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February 9, 2020 at 12:00 pm | Articles, Portfolio and Work | No comment
Tags: 404 not found, domain masking, how to break a server by faffing with the sudoers file, Linux, NGINX, server tinkering
Note: if you’re looking for code, there’s a link at the bottom of this article where you can get a copy. This article just explains what the code does. About a year ago, Google mentioned casually that they would be getting rid of YouTube subscription feeds1. Earlier this year they…
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July 3, 2015 at 11:00 am | Articles, Portfolio and Work, Projects, Projects, Technology | No comment
Tags: Google, PHP, Please don't hate me for my horrible code, RSS, XML, YouTube
I’ve had a bit of dabbling with reading and interpreting text using PHP recently, specifically for two personal projects: A “translator” that reads in text and converts it to “fake French” (in the style of other silly “translators”). A simple application that reads and organises HTML bookmark files (as in…
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May 15, 2015 at 7:00 pm | Articles, Portfolio and Work, Projects, Projects, Technology | No comment
Tags: HTML, parsing, PHP, Please don't hate me for my horrible code, regex
Facebook did a little thing this week which caused me some concern, as it showed that the people behind Facebook either don’t know or don’t care about how they get in touch with their user base. Facebook (unfortunately) plays a significant role in my life. I was press-ganged by a…
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November 29, 2014 at 11:15 am | Articles, Opinion Pieces, Portfolio and Work, Technology | No comment
Tags: Facebook, Facebook's terms and conditions are notoriously terrible, How not to treat users, UX design
Something dawned on me recently and I wanted to put it down on digital paper because although what I’m going to discuss should be obvious, it apparently isn’t. The Non-Existent “Idiot” User UX, a ghastly acronym that actually stands for “User eXperience”, was one of my favourite modules at university….
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July 19, 2014 at 11:35 am | Articles, Portfolio and Work | No comment
Tags: Building web applications, UX design, Web design theory
