Category: Technology

Bash script for sending SMS using Mollie

I signed up for a Mollie account so that I can send SMS's from my machines. To do that, I needed a bash script, so I wrote one: Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on December 12, 2009, at 14:12 | No comments

LDAP search filter for Thunderbird and Zimbra

When configuring an LDAP addressbook, one thing that has given me a lot of trouble, is the LDAP filter. Here are two I use. Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on December 10, 2009, at 21:12 | No comments

Debian network bridge setup for kvm/qemu

When you run virtual machines, the most convenient network setup is having a bridge between the virtual machine and your normal ethernet network. In Debian, I use the following config in /etc/network/interfaces to have such a bridge: Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on December 09, 2009, at 13:12 | No comments

Making sure virtual machine guests shut down properly on a Debian host

I just installed libvirt and installed a vritual machine with virt-install. I also used virsh to configure it to autostart on machine start. This way, it integrates quite nicely with the host operating system. Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on December 09, 2009, at 12:12 | No comments

Dumping a bunch of MP3s as WAV files

I just used the following command for converting a directory with a bunch of MP3s to WAV. Does someone know a command that is shorter? I find mine a bit convoluted to say the least. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 2 years ago, on December 06, 2009, at 22:12 | 1 comment

Adding a recycle bin to a samba share

People are stupid and remove things accidentally. You can partly mitigate that by adding recycle bin functionality to a samba share. Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on November 23, 2009, at 16:11 | No comments

XTerm configuration

I just created a gist for my XTerm configuration (separated from the rest of my X resources). Here's a snapshot of the current version: Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 2 years ago, on November 18, 2009, at 16:11 | 5 comments

Old Window Maker screenshot from April 2004

While cleaning up old images, I came across a screenshot of an old Window Maker configuration that I ran in 2004. It looks a bit different from my current configuration, but not that different, which just goes to say how little Window Maker has changed in the last five years. The main difference I see in terms of Window Maker capabilities is that Window Maker now has font anti-aliasing support. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 2 years ago, on November 10, 2009, at 13:11 | No comments

Modern self-hosted, open-source web statistics software

I've been using Google Analytics for most of my websites for quite some time. Philosophically, I'd prefer a self-hosted solution though. In the past I've used Webalizer and I still use awstats for my ad-hoc, static website, but these programs are a bit primitive and limited compared to Analytics. Read More »
By Rowan Rodrik, 2 years ago, on October 23, 2009, at 16:10 | 1 comment

Permissions on a samba share

When you mount a samba share without unix extensions enabled, you can set a GID, UID and permissions (on the client machine, at mount time) so you can adjust it to let non-root users use it. Read More »
By halfgaar, 2 years ago, on October 20, 2009, at 13:10 | No comments