All posts «« « 18 19 20 21 22 » »» Testing PicPosterous December 8, 2010 Let it snow! - The Big Picture December 6, 2010 via boston.com I am sooooo happy to be back in Mexico where I don't have to deal with snow :) OTOH, there are some beautiful pictures here. Snow can be beautiful, but I think you have to grow with it to really enjoy it. Not my case. Editing sshd configuration files with cfengine3 November 24, 2010 Here's a cfengine bundle that I wrote for editing the sshd configuration file by passing an array with the parameters. Using an array is a very elegant way of defining the values to set. The bundle also restarts sshd after any changes are made, unless the no_restarts class is defined. The first gist contains the edit_sshd bundle itself, together with the set_config_values bundle that actually performs the editing job (this should go into a library file, I have it in my personal version of cfengine_stdlib.cf). The second file is a sample bundle showing how to use edit_sshd. Symphony of Science November 24, 2010 via symphonyofscience.com If you haven't, go see these videos. docco.coffee, Rocco, etc. November 22, 2010 Docco is a quick-and-dirty, hundred-line-long, literate-programming-style documentation generator. It produces HTML that displays your comments alongside your code. Comments are passed through Markdown, and code is passed through Pygments syntax highlighting. via jashkenas.github.com Nice-looking tool for literate programming, with variants for several languages. Want: “GTD Managing Projects” set November 22, 2010 via feedproxy.google.com Pidgin cannot connect to MSN: the certificate chain presented is invalid November 18, 2010 1. Deleted all msn/live/hotmail certificates in the folder 2. went to https://omega.contacts.msn.com using fire fox (https not http) 3. right click > view page INFO > Security Tab > View Certificate Button > Details Tab > Export Button 4. Saved the file to ~.purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers/omega.contacts.msn.com 5. Reconnected 6. Perfect via diarizing.com Like many people, I started getting certificate errors when connecting to my MSN account using Pidgin. The straightforward fix described (delete certificate, reconnect to fetch the new one) didn't work for me with Pidgin 2.7.5 under Windows 7, but this slightly-more-convoluted technique worked fine. Running Shells in Emacs: An Overview | Mastering Emacs November 15, 2010 If you use Emacs as your shell you will have all the functionality that Emacs provides plus you get almost all of the advantages provided by the shell itself, but built into Emacs. This article is only a quick overview of all the shells: I plan on tackling each one, in-depth, later on. via masteringemacs.org Nice overview, I hadn't heard of several of the more advanced shell modes. 2010 World Fencing Championships - The Big Picture November 11, 2010 via The Big Picture Great fencing photos. Make me miss my fencing days. Knight Arts | Random Acts of Culture November 7, 2010 via knightarts.org What do you get when you combine Improv Everywhere with opera? Random Acts of Culture. «« « 18 19 20 21 22 » »»
Let it snow! - The Big Picture December 6, 2010 via boston.com I am sooooo happy to be back in Mexico where I don't have to deal with snow :) OTOH, there are some beautiful pictures here. Snow can be beautiful, but I think you have to grow with it to really enjoy it. Not my case.
Editing sshd configuration files with cfengine3 November 24, 2010 Here's a cfengine bundle that I wrote for editing the sshd configuration file by passing an array with the parameters. Using an array is a very elegant way of defining the values to set. The bundle also restarts sshd after any changes are made, unless the no_restarts class is defined. The first gist contains the edit_sshd bundle itself, together with the set_config_values bundle that actually performs the editing job (this should go into a library file, I have it in my personal version of cfengine_stdlib.cf). The second file is a sample bundle showing how to use edit_sshd.
docco.coffee, Rocco, etc. November 22, 2010 Docco is a quick-and-dirty, hundred-line-long, literate-programming-style documentation generator. It produces HTML that displays your comments alongside your code. Comments are passed through Markdown, and code is passed through Pygments syntax highlighting. via jashkenas.github.com Nice-looking tool for literate programming, with variants for several languages.
Pidgin cannot connect to MSN: the certificate chain presented is invalid November 18, 2010 1. Deleted all msn/live/hotmail certificates in the folder 2. went to https://omega.contacts.msn.com using fire fox (https not http) 3. right click > view page INFO > Security Tab > View Certificate Button > Details Tab > Export Button 4. Saved the file to ~.purple/certificates/x509/tls_peers/omega.contacts.msn.com 5. Reconnected 6. Perfect via diarizing.com Like many people, I started getting certificate errors when connecting to my MSN account using Pidgin. The straightforward fix described (delete certificate, reconnect to fetch the new one) didn't work for me with Pidgin 2.7.5 under Windows 7, but this slightly-more-convoluted technique worked fine. Running Shells in Emacs: An Overview | Mastering Emacs November 15, 2010 If you use Emacs as your shell you will have all the functionality that Emacs provides plus you get almost all of the advantages provided by the shell itself, but built into Emacs. This article is only a quick overview of all the shells: I plan on tackling each one, in-depth, later on. via masteringemacs.org Nice overview, I hadn't heard of several of the more advanced shell modes. 2010 World Fencing Championships - The Big Picture November 11, 2010 via The Big Picture Great fencing photos. Make me miss my fencing days. Knight Arts | Random Acts of Culture November 7, 2010 via knightarts.org What do you get when you combine Improv Everywhere with opera? Random Acts of Culture. «« « 18 19 20 21 22 » »»
Running Shells in Emacs: An Overview | Mastering Emacs November 15, 2010 If you use Emacs as your shell you will have all the functionality that Emacs provides plus you get almost all of the advantages provided by the shell itself, but built into Emacs. This article is only a quick overview of all the shells: I plan on tackling each one, in-depth, later on. via masteringemacs.org Nice overview, I hadn't heard of several of the more advanced shell modes.
2010 World Fencing Championships - The Big Picture November 11, 2010 via The Big Picture Great fencing photos. Make me miss my fencing days.
Knight Arts | Random Acts of Culture November 7, 2010 via knightarts.org What do you get when you combine Improv Everywhere with opera? Random Acts of Culture.