Travis Pastrana jumps rally car onto a barge, kick ass.

in the configuration file for your virtual host and between the tags you can insert the following lines of code to protect a folder.

AuthType Basic
AuthName “Members Only”
AuthUserFile /path/to/htpasswd
Require valid-user

After you have added that you can save and exit the config file. We now need to create the htpasswd file. from the linux command prompt type in htpasswd -c /path/to/htpasswd username the htpasswd program will prompt you for a password.

Reload apache /etc/init.d/apache2 reload and you are done.

If you are surprised by the pick for 2009 ESPN.com fighter of the year, well, you haven’t paid attention to boxing for the past 12 months.

It’s Manny Pacquiao, the biggest no-brainer selection since, well, 2008, when Pacquiao was also the obvious pick.

In fact, the pound-for-pound king and icon of the Philippines has claimed fighter of the year honors in three of the past four years, as he concluded yet another tremendous campaign in 2009.

In 2008, Pacquiao raced up the scale, winning titles at junior lightweight, with his tight decision against Juan Manuel Marquez, and at lightweight, with his battering of titleholder David Diaz, before going to welterweight and pounding Oscar De La Hoya into retirement.

Read the full story here: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/columns/story?columnist=rafael_dan&id=4774025

Dropbox is the best internet app of 2009!!! it synchronises files between your computer and their server and allows files to be shared to the internet or with other dropbox users. Great for simple cross platform file sharing.

To sign up use this refferal link and we both get an extra 250Mb https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTE1NzUyMzY5

Celebs. Then and now!!.

Windows/Linux: The Facebook Chat for Pidgin plug-in connects the popular open-source chat application Pidgin with the new Facebook Chat instant messaging service. Facebook integration is one of the marquee features of Digsby, an up-and-coming IM app with an emphasis on social networking sites, but if you’re a part of the majority who still prefers Pidgin, this plug-in will bring you the Facebook integration you want and you won’t need to change horses to get it. The Facebook Chat plug-in is free, works wherever Pidgin does. Want to beef up Pidgin even more? Check out the 10 must-have Pidgin plug-ins. 

Source:

Facebook Chat Plug-in Integrates Facebook with Pidgin – Chat – Lifehacker.

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