2014 Automated and encrypted backups with duplicity
If you don't like ending up like the plane in the header image (Jeff Sheldon, Unsplash) you should probably make sure you do have a good backup and restore …
Read the post2014 Calculate total filesize of multiple torrent files
Quick script which lets you check if you have enough storage space to download all these sweet Linux distributions you already grabbed the .torrent file for. …
Read the post2014 ScreenUpload: Automatically upload screenshots with scp
There are a lot of scripts and applications out there acomplishing the same task, most of them are probably more polished than what I came up with, but there …
Read the post2014 Backup ZNC Logs automatically
This is a short script to automatically backup the ZNC logs from multiple remote servers to a local directory. If you want to run it on a system which isn't …
Read the post2014 Setting up a new Munin slave node
Filing this away for future reference. Install munin from package sources apt-get install munin-node Add master node to allowed IPs vim …
Read the post2014 Nginx, Wildcard SSL and Subdomains
I just setup SSL on all my *.notmyhostna.me domains and here's how I did it. Buy certificate First you need to buy a wildcard certificate, I bought one from …
Read the post2014 Atlas of the Conflict
The Atlas of the Conflict is a beautiful book containing over 500 maps and diagrams providing both a great overview and very detailed information about the …
Read the post2014 Mass renaming files - now with more Vim!
As it happens you sometimes end up with a bunch of files which you would rather rename to something else and it'd be pretty sweet to just rename them like you …
Read the post2014 Recover photos from storage devices
Today I got asked if I could recover some photos from an accidentally formatted CompactFlash memory card. I knew about TestDisk already because I used it in …
Read the post2014 Have you ever heard of Austria? - Kangaroo!
Sometimes I interview people on IRC and one of the questions I'm asking is: Have you ever heard of Austria? If you have, what are the first three words that …
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