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Author Archives: ken_fallon
Initial ssh connections slow – Is GSSAPI to blame ?
I’ve had several occasions in the past where the initial ssh connection has been slow to setup. Once you’re logged in then the connection is fast. I’ve always looked to dns resolving issues for these type or problems. Either disabling … Continue reading
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HPR episode on using a squid proxy server locally
This month my HPR episode featured using a local squid proxy. You might want to to run your own proxy server to provide yourself with a secure web connection when you are out and about by tunneling your traffic over … Continue reading
Converting an entire spreadsheet to text files.
I have often the need to convert spreadsheets to text. The file -> save as trick is fine but will only save one sheet at a time. Often I get a spreadsheet with multiple workbooks and need to export the … Continue reading
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Taking screenshots of your home movies
So by now you are finished Archiving your DV tapes and also finished converting your DVDs to mp4 (h264) . So now you have a big hard disk full of movies and you have no idea what’s in what video. … Continue reading
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HPR: thisrunslinux.org
My HPR episode for October was released today. This one’s all about 3:30’s idea to get video material to promote linux. It’s still in very very soft launch beta so if you want to offer help or suggestions please have … Continue reading
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I spoke to Dave !!!
In episode 91 Dave Sexy Yeats announced his first ever call-in show. Fortunately this was at a time that I should be awake I thought it would be too good an opertunity to miss. For some reason my land line … Continue reading
faster: a bashpodder plugin
I’ve been asked to supply the script that I use to speed up podcasts. So here it is: #!/bin/bash # v0.3 20080919 https://kenfallon.com if [ -d “${*}” ]; then cd “${*}” ls -1 2>/dev/null | while read FILE;do FILENAME=${FILE##*/} sox … Continue reading
HPR Episode 3 tips posted.
Three bash tips from HPR 185. Progress updates with a bash loop, speeding up podcasts and copying directories with tar. Continue reading
DVD to mp4 (h264) conversion
Following on on from what’s becoming a mini series on data archiving from the Linux command line, I want to talk about backing up DVD’s via the command line. I’m not going to insult your intelligence with the lecture about … Continue reading
Finding the leaves in a tree
I often have deep directory trees where I am only interested in the deepest layers and not the supporting sub directories. An example of this might be a music collection where you have moved all your albums into directories based … Continue reading