Author Archives: ken_fallon

DNS working but not resolving

I’ve had a funny situation on a Solaris 10 box where DNS appeared to be working but domain names were not returning. I was able to configm DNS was working using dig $ dig www.google.com ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> … Continue reading

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Quick and dirty filename cleanup

In a follow on from my last post, I want to talk about replacing spaces with underscores. To do this you can use the tr command. From the man page tr will “Translate, squeeze, and/or delete characters from standard input, … Continue reading

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Bash scripting and files with spaces in them

I’ve decided to post this one as it’s one of those things that I have come across so often but each time I froget the solution. The problem arises when you are trying to script using the for command and … Continue reading

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HPR Episode on dvgrab

The episode I recorded about my last post has been posted on Hacker Public Radio.

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Archiving your DV tapes

I was listening to a podcast about archiving your data and I decided it was time to archive my Digital Video tapes. Good thing I did because although the oldest were only four (4) years old they were giving read … Continue reading

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Use a different email alias for every company you deal with.

I got a email from a chap in dell telling me of a 10% offer on notebooks. This was strange as I had not given them permission to send me promotional emails. To make matters worse me email address and … Continue reading

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Are you interested in recording a radio show ?

Podcasting (on demand Internet Radio) is an excellent way to turn many of those boring tasks we all do into a productive time. Be it mowing the lawn or suffering you’re daily commute if you can listen while doing an … Continue reading

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HPR Episode 140 out :: Device Configuration

Yet another in the LPI Certification. We’ve already covered a lot of this stuff before but no harm to review it again. LPIC topic 1.101.6 — Configure Communication Devices [1] Weight: 1 Objective: Candidates should be able to install and configure internal and external communication devices such as modems, ISDN … Continue reading

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PCI Cards podcast released

Hacker Public Radio has another in the series on the LPI certification. This was recorded last month but due to a mixup it only got released today. I’m changing from the IBM documentation to some produced under the GFDL. GNU … Continue reading

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The Perfect XP Desktop

Start -> settings -> Control Panel Switch to classic view Sounds and Audio Devices -> Sound Tab -> No Sounds System -> Advanced Tab -> Performance -> Settings -> Adjust for best performance Taskbar and  Start Menu -> UNTICK: Lock … Continue reading

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