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Regions

I recently tried playing a DVD on my somewhat new laptop to no avail. Was the first time since I got this laptop that I even tried. Hell, the shitdows8 install that was on here when I bought the laptop...

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Script for mysql backups

Here is my quick mysql backup script that I have used for a couple of years. Posting it here for reference sake... #!/bin/bash ## if run daily (say, via cron) you will end up with a tar file that...

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Now with Bitmessage

I'm (just now) checking out bitmessage. Seems pretty cool and really damn easy to use. As usual when installing new things, I consulted the Arch wiki first and installed the pybitmessage-git package...

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So does everyone else

I ran to the grocery store after work to grab a couple of things. My wife wanted a bag of ice so, that was on the list. I get the few items that I needed and paid for my stuff, ice included. Once I got...

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StartSSL SHA256 Certs

This is mostly a FYI (and for myself to remember) post. If you use StartSSL to provide your certs (the free certs, class1), you may want (at least eventually) to update your StartSSL intermediate certs...

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I rock

A couple of nights ago, after having a couple of beers, I found myself messing around on namecheap.com. I came across a domain that I just had to get. "Damn you namecheap." As I didn't have a plan for...

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Damn.

I seem to have forgotten about my blog again. Need to fix that.

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Fastmail Roundcube connection settings

Years ago, when I first started using Fastmail for my email provider, I had set up Roundcube to access the account. At the time, I had used Postfix for the actual connection. Sometime between then and...

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Diaspora* Too many open files

For a little while, I have occasionally noticed that my pod will not send emails out when it's supposed to. If I navigated to the Sidekiq monitor in the admin area, and reprocessed all of the Dead jobs...

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Posting to Diaspora* via API

In the land if Diaspora*, the news of the work being done on the API yesterday was huge. The lack of a proper API has been a thorn in the side of many people. But, it's finally happening, the API is on...

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Podwrapper v1.5.1 (...errr make that v1.5.2)

EDIT: I found a bug and fixed it with v1.5.2, the links below have been changed to point to the new version. I released v1.5.1 v1.5.2 of my podwrapper script and until the WIP D* API is further along,...

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Plugging the pumps - BashScriptVille Part III

Crossposted from my soon-not-to-be-existing pump: link I think the time has just about come for me to shut my personal pump down (io.jpope.org). I'll likely migrate back to my pump.jpope.org account...

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Cork

The pumps have been plugged. If you were a user of pump.jpope.org and you'd like to have your data, let me know. I have all the data in an archive but, will be sending it to /dev/null in the near...

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Night Sweats - Midland Theater - KC, MO

Still feeling the Night Sweats show from last night. Think it's safe to say, Son of a Bitch, give me a hangover! But hey, I can't complain really, when you have backstage access, and access to the...

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mkgif

Earlier today, I posted this post: Listening to Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells currently. The gif in that post I created from a video taken with my phone using ffmpeg and I really wasn't happy with the...

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