After IE6, usernames and passwords in URL’s are no longer enabled by default in Internet Explorer, the reasoning being that saving usernames and passwords in the browser history and referral headers is a very, very bad idea. Still, it’s sometimes needed, especially when dealing with old IP cameras, which is when I last bumped into […]
While public and private keys with decent pass-phrases are an excellent way of logging in securely to a remote system, it’s sometimes simply not feasible. Your Android device which normally does the job for you is out of battery, you are in a remote country with only a wired connection in a shady Internet café, […]
While Windows 7 let you disable UAC by simply typing “UAC” into the search field on the start menu and disabling it from the UAC options that show up, Windows 8 made it a bit more complicated. In short, press Windows+R, type secpol.msc, go to “Local Policies => Security Options” and set “User Account Control: […]
I built a case for my first Raspberry Pi out of an old CD-ROM. Here’s a post about it. Components Plextor UltraPlex 40 Max SCSI CD-ROM (faulty) Asus WL-330N3G wireless client Vanson Twin-USB Power Adaptor (2A, 5V, model SMP-600A005USB) A power cable, a short HDMI extension cable, an audio cable, an IDE cable and some […]
CheckInstall keeps track of all files installed by a “make install” or equivalent, creates a Slackware, RPM, or Debian package with those files, and adds it to the installed packages database, allowing for easy package removal or distribution. Use CheckInstall instead of just running “sudo make install“, as that will likely put files all over […]
You need to install XP SP3, available here for English versions.
My weekend project: A top-down space shooter in Bash Note: Bash is SLOW. This requires an Intel Core Solo or better to run well. Comments welcome. Patches twice as welcome. Link: http://www.dhampir.no/stuff/bash/shellshock.bash Update: Since the name “ShellShock” was used as a nickname for a Bash exploit, this game has received a whole lot of attention. […]
ghacks.net has an excellent article on how to do this. I archived it here.
geirha in #bash on irc.freenode.net had this solution, which I rather liked and wanted to keep for later use: hybrid_getopts.bash
If you want to pause a process while you do something else, like for instance stop a heavy file operation while you’re just moving some stuff around quickly, there are two signals to pay attention to: STOP and CONT. STOP will pause a process (not actually stop it – it doesn’t die) CONT continues a […]