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Logging into your Server via RDP

This article addresses how to connect and log in to your Windows Server via RDP using Windows' Remote Desktop Connection client. Starting the Client : To start Remote Desktop, click Start – All Programs – Accessories – Communications – Remote Desktop Connection Now, enter the IP address...

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Using cURL to get all links in a webpage

The code below finds all links in the href attribute of anchor tags of a given page url. [php] <? $request_url ='http://log.xmodx.com'; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $request_url); // The url to get links from curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); // We want t...

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Google DNS vs OpenDNS

Slow DNS resolving is one of the major causes of browsing slowdowns. The DNS services provided by the ISPs were often crappy and erratic and OpenDNS had emerged as the de-facto alternative. OpenDNS was not without its faults. Though it was rarely erratic, the performance was not blazing fast. Also ...

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