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Preware Ubuntu 11.04 Chroot Script

I’ll need this later.

/1900/preware-ubuntu-11-04-chroot-script - Linux - 0 Comments - 2012-01-23

mysqlhotcopy: error 24

What does it look like when you try to mysqlhotcopy, but don't have a high enough open files ulimit?

/1698/mysqlhotcopy-error-24 - Scripting - 0 Comments - 2011-10-21

For my most recent backup scheme, I needed to lock down rsync over OpenSSH while allowing scheduled syncing. I did it using the authorized_keys command="command" option to restrict access for a specific private key.

/1458/locking-down-rsync-using-ssh - Linux - 0 Comments - 2011-01-21

Makefile for CSS and JS Minify/Compress

I've had an ever-growing need to automate the minification and compression of CSS and JavaScript files on my web server, and while I'd written some rudimentary Makefiles in the past, I finally found time to write a kick-ass general purpose Makefile that can be applied to any project with very little modification.

/1380/makefile-for-css-and-js-minifycompress - Scripting, Web - 3 Comments - 2010-11-02

Ubuntu 8.04 on Linode: Cloning and Upgrading to 10.04

Here are some jumbled notes from my Linode VPS’s upgrade from Ubuntu “Hardy Heron” 8.04 to “Lucid Lynx” 10.04. I wanted to do a test run before such a huge upgrade, and I did so by cloning my VPS to a VMware Fusion virtual machine. Note that I also used Linode’s backup feature before the [...]

/1329/ubuntu-8-04-on-linode-cloning-and-upgrading-to-10-04 - Computers, Linux - 0 Comments - 2010-11-02

Cron Output in Google Reader

I've created a Django app to log cron output, simultaneously reducing the amount of email I get and enabling me to make cron output more verbose.

/1323/cron-output-in-google-reader - Linux, Programming - 0 Comments - 2010-09-30

Bash Completion

It would be difficult to not like bash's programmable completion. It's too bad I've had such a hard time wrapping my head around the programmable completion toolkit.

/867/bash-completion - Scripting - 3 Comments - 2009-06-04

Google Search Options

Google has added some search options to pages, including date-based searches, a variety of ways to find related information, and more options for displaying images with your results. Good stuff.

/827/google-search-options - Scripting, Web - 0 Comments - 2009-05-13

A Vim of a Different Color

After one too many compilation errors due to a missing quote/brace/bracket/etc., I finally enabled Vim syntax highlighting. The rabbit hole: :syn on. These colors suck. Look for themes. 4 bit themes suck. Let’s set up an 8 bit color terminal. Leopard’s Terminal.app fails, install iTerm 0.9.6. iTerm works, but I use GNU screen all day. [...]

/776/a-vim-of-a-different-color - Linux, Mac OS X - 1 Comments - 2009-03-26