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Time
This is a very basic operation on a Linux system, but I have to interact with it so rarely since I run chrony on all my machines. Occasionally, I find a device …
Tmux
InstallationTmux is available in the package manager of most Linux distributions. Install it using whatever is appropriate for your system (e.g. apt install …
Blender Loop Select in Cinnamon
I've recently been playing around with Blender (following this tutorial series). In Part 4 of the Level 1 series, the host Andrew Price is teaching about loop …
Fixing Dark Input Boxes in Firefox
I recently began trying out Cinnamon as my desktop environment and I've been thoroughly enjoying it. The only issue I was having was occasionally a page's form …
Reflashing Cisco Catalyst With XMODEM
One of the Cisco Catalyst 3750 I had to work on recently had it's flash completely wiped. When this happens you can only flash the filesystem using the XMODEM …
Hosting Your Own Private Git Repo
Git was built and developed with the intention of being a distributed reversion control system. Most people now use it with one or another central repository …
SPF and Google Site Verification in Route 53
Route53 doesn't allow multiple definitions of the same name/type pair of DNS entries which is quite a headache. This is the first time I've had a conflict of a …
Timelapse of a Linux Desktop
I have the privilege of working full remote. To stay connected with our other remote workers and the main office we keep a live video conference going all the …
Parsing HTTP Responses in Ruby
Normally handling HTTP responses in Ruby is rather straight forward. There is a native library in Ruby that handles HTTP requests which parses the responses …