Written on: 2005/05/15.

Another cool unix trick...

Remove all blank lines from a text file: grep -v "^$" oldfile > newfile

Written on: 2005/05/05.

My server piped up over 20gb last month, largely due to people hotlinking my images. I've asked people politely not to do this, but now it seems I will have to enforce it.

Written on: 2005/03/16.

Bash can do awesome things: import -window root ~/`date +%Y-%m-%d-[%M-%S]`.png, a timestamped screenshot!

People are really good and butchering plurality. Especially with proper nouns and words that end in S or X. FYI, the plural of Unix is Unices, not Unicies, not Unixes, and not Unix's. So that makes the plural of Linux Linuces, not Lunicies, not Lunacies, and not Loony.

Written on: 2005/03/13.

If you're interested in a bash shell prompt like mine, insert this code into your .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile, or whatever your flavor of UNIX uses to create it:

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