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Coding vs. Problem Solving 11 Apr 2011 | 08:05 pm
It would seem that I love writing programming code. There are several languages I like to use most notably C, PHP and Perl. I've also learned to use various languages specific to some application like...
Random Rename file with md5 Hash [Scripts] 30 Jun 2010 | 05:06 pm
Sometimes I find it handy to randomly rename files with md5 hashes. Don't you ever feel like you need to do that? This script involves a line of PHP so to use it make sure you have PHP installed on yo...
bz2 Compress a Folder [Scripts] 30 Jun 2010 | 04:57 pm
I use a ton of bash scripts when I'm working at my Mac or at a Linux workstation. It's time to document these things. This is a real simple one. It expects a single parameter and it expects that para...
Stopping Terrorism 6 Jan 2010 | 08:49 am
Somehow I don't think that stopping people from taking pictures is going to stop terrorism or really have any effect at all. I realize of course that it's very difficult to analyze each and every prec...
Convert Video Files to DVDs at a Terminal in Linux 12 Aug 2009 | 02:37 pm
So you've got a pile of videos you've snagged from the Internet or maybe you've been making your own videos with your own camera but you want to throw them onto a DVD for viewing on your DVD player. O...
Use Your SSH Server to Create a SSH-tunnelled SOCKS proxy 12 Aug 2009 | 02:13 pm
If you're out and about using untrusted networks (your favorite WiFi hotspots, someone's unsecured WiFi as you randomly drive around looking for a connection, etc) you might not want to be doing your ...
Linux Counter-Rant (featuring a sub-rant) 11 Aug 2009 | 08:22 pm
Now that some time has passed since that rant I posted (see last post) I'm feeling a little better. Photo editing and management support is really annoying though. I haven't made any ground on what I ...
Linux Rant 20 Jun 2009 | 06:43 am
Really the biggest issue I have with Ubuntu Linux right now is photography support. it's scattered and kinda sucky. photography has a workflow to it. you have your app to import and organize your phot...
Radical 1 Apr 2009 | 09:25 am
So if this works I'll get a new tweet, a new blog post and my Facebook will be notified. I'm so "connected". More SSH fun soon...
Setup an SSH Server and Client on Windows or Linux 27 Mar 2009 | 03:30 pm
SSH (secure shell) allows you secure shell access to a server from a client across any network (local or Internet) with the comfort in knowing that your information is secure (even your password used ...
