Hi all,
I like to tile my windows when I’m scripting or simultaneously looking stuff up and trying in another window. Windows 7 has a neat feature for this.
Drag a window to the screen edge and it maximizes to half the screen. Now that is handy, but off course I don’t want windows, I want Linux 
With a bit of scripting, I’ve got almost the same effect, and it gets even better!
Hi all,
I’ve been scripting again.
This time I was playing around with Prowl.
It is an app for the iPhone/iPad/iPod that allows you to send push notifications from almost all applications that you can think of.
So when I was waiting for a ‘make install’ to finish, I though: “Wouldn’t it be handy to receive a message on my phone that tells me the last lines of the make output so I know that everything went ok but I don’t need to wait around to see it?”
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I needed a simple tool to monitor a bunch of hosts for reachability the other day, so I decided to do a little bash scripting to get what I needed. I thought maybe somebody else might need this, so I put it up here.
The script uses fping to see if a node is responding and it keeps track of the results in a numeric format in a logfile if you desire. This allows for an import in e.g. Excel, so you can make some nice graphs.
I’d like to add ping latency timing in a later version.
Click here for download: checkup.sh
Ok, a small update.
I cut the window for the LCD display and soldered some buttons to the PCB of the photoframe.
This will allow me to operate the photoframe when it’s installed in the case.
Ok, so i’m going to HAR2009 this summer and I need a little server to keep me company. I’m planning on buying a 19 inch DJ Amplifier case and mounting al my hardware (switch/firewall/server) in it so I can take it all with me.
I don’t really have the funds at the moment to buy a new 19″ rack mounted server though.
What I do have, is a Compaq Evo 510 desktop computer that I’m not using.
It has a 2,4GHz Celeron CPU with 512MB ram. That’s more than plenty with what I want to do with it.
Only problem is that it isn’t rack mountable…
I also have a broken Extreme Networks Summit 24 managed switch lying around.
I Already casemodded it once by putting in LED lighted fans. However, the switch proved to be unstable so I couldn’t use it any more for my network tinkering.
1 + 1 equals a 19″ rack mounted server 
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I was talking about the Linux commercials a while ago.
The Linux foundation had a contest for a Linux commercial in the mean time.
This is the winning video:
Hit the jump for the runner up and the third place.
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I stumbled upon a couple of these Linux ads recently and wanted to share ‘em. It just needs to be said 
I think Linux is ready for the desktop market, but people need te get to know it.
One thing that frustrates me is that because Linux is free (as in beer), people tend to look down on it as if it we’re a gimmick or a lesser product. People are however happy to pay extra for Apple products because it is different, refreshing and new for them. We need to get the word out that Linux products are not a cheap give away. I actually believe a Linux distribution to be a very expensive product in terms of R&D because so many people are involved and are contributing to the various projects. Furthermore, when using Linux you are encouraged to give back to the community in terms of donating money, helping other users, getting the word out or donating code. The product expects something in return that is more valuable than mere money.
Anyway, read on for the commercials…
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According to the research mentioned in this article, it’s because users are tired of popups and just want to get rid of them. Leaving al the doors open for potential Malware.
Follow-up questions revealed that the students seemed to find any dialog box a distraction from their assigned task; nearly half said that all they cared about was getting rid of these dialogs. The results suggest that a familiarity with Windows dialogs have bred a degree of contempt and that users simply don’t care what the boxes say anymore.
Why it rocks!!!
I’m working on a couple of old laptops from my work that have been donated to our local Scouts so they can use them during the Jamboree on the Internet.
Because all they need is a browser and a IRC client, I decided to go for Linux as the OS for the machines.
These laptops have function keys hidden under the F9 and F10 keys to control screen brightness.
However, these don’t work under Linux. 
A search on the net gave me a link to a GPL program that can set the screen brightness on the m300 series from Compaq. It also works with the E500
Follow the link below for the project page.
