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  1. tldr; If you delete an S3 bucket with a subdomain name, you need to delete the DNS record that points to it, or the missing bucket may be recreated by someone else, and used to host bad content at your subdomain.…

  2. Google Chrome is automatically prefetching the first Google result and therefore passing your IP address and search query (in the referrer) to that website's server. It's called Google Chrome prefetch and it's turned on…

  3. I found this on a customer site (for example) customersite.com. Looks like Google Analytics tracking code right? <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ?…

  4. Here's the idea... http://www.4freeimagehost.com/uploads/6e00961aeac9.jpg 1) Create a large cone made of some hard substance. It has a hole in the top, and get lowered over the leak. It's wide enough and heavy so that…

  5. Curious to know if others have managed to create a good life for themselves as a one person company, only to have the rest of the world think they are unemployed. In my case, this perception is compounded by my disdain…