Using electricsheep as a psycedelic background image in Xubuntu
[wp_campaign_2I am the type of person that will change my desktop background image VERY often because I feel that the image never really fits. Suddenly, I remembered that I'd used electricsheep a...
View ArticleAutoadjusting Linux VM Swappiness
I was reading a blog post about adjusting the level of swapping done by the linux kernel, and I wrote a simple shell script to adjust this level, based on the load of the machine.
View ArticleA little tip if you’re using IRSSI and screen
This is a small shellscript I wrote, to ease starting irssi on my VPS: #!/bin/sh if screen -ls | grep -q IRC ; then msn_pid=$(screen -ls | grep IRC | cut -f1 -d. | sed 's/\t//') screen -r -d...
View ArticleImproving randomness and entropy in ubuntu 9.10
Some time ago I read about random numbers and the linux kernel. The problem was (and still is) that the linux kernel uses things like network activity and keyboard/mouse interrupts to gather entropy...
View ArticleDownloading ISO files directly to CD, DVD or BLURAY
I know this sounds kind of impossible, but it is entirely possible, all you need is a computer with enough RAM to buffer some of the download. To download a ISO file (say, Debian’s netinstall) directly...
View ArticleForcing people to like your Fiverr gig!
Getting people to see your Fiverr gigs can be a challenge, like everything else having to do with the internet, getting traffic is the main problem. There are many ways to tackle this problem, one of...
View ArticlePassive cooling for an ASUS WL-500gP
My wireless router was running hot, which might decrease performance, so I decided to do something about it. I ordered some small aluminium heatsinks (link) and today I got them. I opened up my router,...
View ArticleCleaning up after the keywordluv plugin
If you at some point or another have installed the keywordluv plugin on your blog, people most likely started to use it’s functionality when commenting. Keywordluv is great, since it lets people get...
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