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HPR: Shot of hack:BSOD on Kubuntu

Some of the guys complained that my 22″ analogue clock screen-saver was a bit boring. So I thought that I would pull the fake blue screen of death screen-saver one on them. The screen saver … … BSOD – shows … Continue reading

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HPR: Shot of Hack – Changing the time offset of a series of photos.

The problem: You have a series of photos where the time is offset from the correct time but is still correct in relation to each other.   Here are a few of the times that I’ve needed to do this: … Continue reading

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HPR: A private data cloud

In this months Hacker Public Radio show I talk about setting up a secure ‘private data cloud’ solution where I use rsync over ssh to backup my data to a remote location. Continue reading

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How to install Checkpoint ssl extender vpn (snx) under Debian/Kubuntu

I have released an update to this blog post: See CheckPoint SNX install instructions for major Linux distributions Another in my series of 6 months from now posts. There is a Linux client for Checkpoint’s ssl extender vpn. The binary is … Continue reading

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HPR: Bash Loops

I have been thinking about doing a small episode on bash loops for some time after I heard the guys at the The Linux Cranks discussing the topic. Well I found some time to record the show on my way … Continue reading

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HPR – cron

In this months Hacker Public Radio is on cron. First let me list out some good introductions to the topic: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk.CGI/man-cgi?crontab+5 http://unixgeeks.org/security/newbie/unix/cron-1.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron Virtually the entire show was taken from these links so rather than repeat myself here I … Continue reading

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Connection points in Visio

I like to use the connection line tool when creating interrelationships between shapes in visio drawings. The advantage of this is that you can move shapes around and the line will stay connected to both. Although the line ordering will … Continue reading

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Say Thanks.

I was preparing to write up the scrip/show notes for my next HPR on the way home from work tonight. Rather than listen to a technical podcast I decided to put on some background music. As luck would have it … Continue reading

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User Agent switching for Google Chrome

I’ve been giving google chrome a test run and so far I am undecided. It appears to be faster than Firefox but I’m not sure that it’s as fast as konqueror. One thing I noticed was how animated the whole … Continue reading

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The JakAttack is back

It was an ordinary day. A day like any other when suddenly… As I was transferring my ogg casts to my ogg player I realised that there was a new JakAttack episode. The show is by Jon Watson and his … Continue reading

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