One of the most common validation checks is the simple check for data type. Validating by data type involves checking the user's input to make sure it is an integer number, a monetary amount, or some other type comparison.

The person who invented the concept of shared libraries should be given a raise… and a bonus. The person who decided that shared library management and naming conventions should be left to the implementation should be flogged.

When building shared objects for plugin usage, like the case for NSS I noted, PAM plugins or extensions for languages like Ruby, Python, Perl, Java… you don’t need static libraries at all, so a shared object is enough!

The lack of a grammar checker is a pet peeve of many OpenOffice.org users. But there is a solution for those who are in desperate need of grammar checking capabilities in the productivity suite.

Buck-Security is a security scanner for Debian and Ubuntu Linux. It helps you to harden your system by running some important security checks. For example, it finds world-writable files and directories, setuid and setgid programs, superuser accounts, and installed attack tool packages.

I have totally gone off the deep end…Spam has made me so mad I have gone on a personal goal to cut the Spam on my servers to 0%…realistic, probably not. Die trying…yep that’s me.

The best Linux gmail checker is named CheckGmail. Now why am I raving about a gmail mail checker? You ask, how different can it be from the other gmail checkers, because don't they all do the same thing, notify you when you get mail?

Did you know vim had a spell checker? Me neither. Goodbye OO.o Writer, hello sane keybindings!

The Binary Analysis Tool allows developers to audit and analyse their code to search for GPL violations or other potential legal issues