Blocking Referrer Spam with .htaccess files
If you are using Google Analytics on your websites, you may have found a number of sites linking to yours generating a lot of hits. Hits are great, unless its not a user, but a botnet looking to use your site for nefarious purposes. Some of this traffic is from unscrupulus SEO tactics that may lead […]
Your employees live and work in America, why is someone in China accessing your accounting data.
For many small business that operate in America, there is no reason to allow the entire planet access to business resources. Sure, SMTP and WWW traffic can come from anywhere, and you should keep that in mind, but that isn’t a compelling reason to allow everyone in China access to your accounting system, or that […]
Installing VMWare Tools in Ubuntu 14.4 LTS
After installing Ubuntu, update everything sudo apt-get -y update sudo apt-get -y upgrade Install build tools sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-server build-essential Mount VM Tools virtual CD. Mount the virtual CD in Ubuntu sudo mkdir -p /media/cdrom sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom Change to the directory and copy the files cd /media/cdrom sudo cp VM*.tar.gz /tmp […]
Excel 2010 Slow to open
On a couple computers, I had an issue where Excel would take upwards of 45 seconds to open. It would take this long if double clicking on an excel file, or just launching the program directly from the start menu. I found that if I disconnected the network cable, excel would launch instantly. I verified […]
Outdoor Wireless network for Crescent City Classic Timing information
Bourn Technology has been asked to design and quote an outdoor wireless network for the timing information for the Crescent City Classic again this year in partnership with Tomba Communications. The customer was very happy with the network performance last year, but I saw plenty of room for improvement. Last year over 40,000 people passed through the […]
Changing License Key in Office 2013
I had a client purchase 5 copies of Microsoft Office 2013 from a local big box store. The license comes on a card that has to be entered into a office.com account to retrieve the CD Key. On Office.com however, there is no way to tell them apart. Because of this confusion the same key […]
Cassidy Park Wifi
While brainstorming with the staff of the Museums of Cassidy Park on how to attract and connect with younger visitors we came to the conclusion that tablets and smart phones were the interface to today’s youth. Media presented via a smartphone that related to the displays at the museums allowed for opportunities to engage with […]
Extracting Fault Cuts directly from the database, Kingdom SQL
I have come into a situation where a Geologist names his fault cuts as the throw of the fault cut. This was done as a workaround to enable posting both depth and throw on vertical sections. But the unintended consequence is that there may be multiple fault cuts in a single well with the same […]
Finding scattered seismic files in a Kingdom Project
Every now and then, a Geophysicist will run Automatic Gain Control or some other function on a seismic volume in a Kingdom Project. This results in a new seismic file being created. During the process the geophysicists is asked where he would like to save the file, and the program defaults to the last accessed […]
Using Kingdom licenses over the internet
It is possible to allow users to access a networked kingdom license server over the internet thereby enabling users working from home or while away from the office. The license server listens for requests on UDP port 5093, so you can use NAT on your router to redirect those requests to your license server. Once […]