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2009
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2009
- Ubuntu - rename multiple imgs I wanted to rename a bunch of pictures I had converted to black-n-white: rename -n 's/\.JPG$/_bw\.JPG/' *.JPG The -n option doesn't actually rename, it only shows what files would have been renamed…
- Linux - Add an environment variable to your profile Just something for myself. I had to install maven at the office and had to search again how to add the environment variables to my profile and have them effective immediately, without logging off/on…
- More useful Linux commands How to get some hardware info about your machine? Execute this one: sudo lshw -html > info.htm Source: colleague MV From my colleague BV I got the following interesting site:…
- Recipe for Naan bread I didn't try this one yet, it's on my TODO list. Source: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Naan/Detail.aspx SUBMITTED BY: Mic Naan Recipe RECIPE RATING: This recipe has been rated 715 times with an…
- Sendmail painfully slow on Ubuntu At the office I'm running ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). My machine always took quite some time to boot, mainly due to sendmail trying to do stuff I couldn't care less about. I just get my morning coffee…
- Xampp painfully slow I'm working from my home for a couple of days a week. Right now I'm doing a php project using Codeigniter. It's my preferred php framework. I have been using CakePHP in the past. That one is great…
- Swine flu I'm planning a trip to the south west of the U.S.A. this summer. Everything has been prepared. But with the outbreak of the mexican flu, we may have to rethink our route. It's still 2 months before…
- Generate a password in bash shell /dev/urandom tr -dc _A-Z-a-z-0-9 | head -c8 source: http://funinc.org/w/20080623/generate-a-random-password-in-bash.moo/
- Cruel, cruel world Over the last years, I have watched countless nature documentaries. Unfortunately, the more documentaries I watch, the more I realize that the core of Life is cruel and gruesome. I agree that Life…
- Configure MySQL source: http://www.devside.net/guides/windows/mysql Startup MySQL can be installed as a Service (automatic or manual start-up) or started as a standalone console application. The MySQL server can be…
- WinMySQLadmin - Access Violation I installed xampp on my windows machine last week. When I booted the next time, I got an error popup every few seconds. The error was caused by WinMySQLadmin and was access violation at address…
- Find something that isn't there in Linux and other nifty snippets As I switch often between Linux and Windows, I tend to forget the most basic stuff. A little brain and a lot of garbage in it doesn't help obviously. One of the things I use quite often (and have to…
- The Tegwyn Tales My best friend is creating a comic called "The Tegwyn Tales". I help him with the story line and am hosting his comic online. The idea is to release one page a week. If you're interested, visit the…
- My Facebook Connect experience For one of our customers, we needed to integrate with Facebook. For signing in, for publishing feeds, for adding profile boxes, the works. Facebook has a lot of documentation available, so this would…
- Calaloo Recipe When I was in the UK last autumn, I bought a can of Calaloo. It's a Jamaican vegetable that looks a bit like spinach. This is the recipe on the can itself: Ingredients: 1 Can Jamaican Pride Callaloo…