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- On Demand ssh-add from January 06, 2012
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- Set ssh to only prompt for a passphrase if it isn't in your ssh-agent already, but not before you need it.
- Sophos Holidy Puzzle Walkthrough from December 21, 2011
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- A quick little walkthrough of how I solved the puzzles in the Sophos Holiday Puzzle challenge.
- Diving into the Linux Networking Stack, Part I from March 13, 2011
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- The first post in a series that describes the inner workings of the modern Linux networking stack. This post looks into the low-level driver that connects the hardware to the kernel.
- Performance Monitoring with OProfile from July 01, 2010
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oprofile is a low overhead, open-source tool that hooks into Linux and can keep track of CPU event monitoring information. This...
- The nth Backup Solution from February 19, 2010
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In the past, I had developed my own backup solution. Unfortunately, over time it didn't work out (mainly from changing systems, moving, using a...
- Mozilla Fun from January 22, 2010
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I was just looking at some XML, and saw that the namespace for XUL is
http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul
It looks like someone likes Ghostbusters at Mozilla....
- Technology and Courage from October 30, 2009
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A few weeks ago, Ivan Sutherland came to Washington University to give a talk to drum up interest in a new idea he is...
- RSS Sucks. from September 29, 2009
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I'll admit that I haven't spent too much time working with RSS feeds, but so far I'm unimpressed. All they really seem to provide is...
- Remote Instance of Firefox via SSH -X from July 27, 2009
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Firefox is a pretty decent web browser. However, it can be a bit more clever than I want...
- Archiving your Mail from July 06, 2009
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For those that don't know, I use mutt for my email needs. This provides several niceties such as stripping out all the various formatting...
- A Quick Introduction to Makefiles from February 04, 2009
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Today at the Marquette Student ACM meeting, I gave a short presentation (PDF) about development on Linux. Specifically using Makefiles. As promised I...
- ./configure --enable-study-mode from February 10, 2008
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Well, I'm currently running under the assumption that I have a math test tomorrow. Therefore I should be studying, correct? I assure you I'll get...
- Taking Math Notes on Mac OS X from February 04, 2008
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I'll begin with a story. Last week I was taking notes in my mathematics class when the graphite in my mechanical pencil broke. No big...
- Automatic backups using `cron` and `tar` from October 06, 2007
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This post is an import from a presentation I did in October of 2007. Since I've made this presentation, I've stopped using my own script...
