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Apr 14
Laundry rebuild part 1
A part the laundry rebuild report – mostly for the pictures.. Ceiling Floor
Apr 07
The updated coffee bench surface
New coffee bench surface In the last two weeks I have fixed up the coffee making bench with a new file surface… Here is some pictures of the process and of the final product. Overall I am very happy with the results, and the bench actually looks good and is very usable:
Feb 03
Note to self: configuring extra IP routes on a BiPAC 5200S RD ADSL2+ modem
This post is a sort of a “memo to self”, so I don’t have to look too far for a solution next time I need to do this. Sometimes one needs to add extra routes to the modem via the command line. The Billion modems have a relatively arcane command line interface built into them. …
Feb 01
mysql backup script goodness
The VRL bolg server now has a new backup script that does: dump of all of the databases from a mysql instance sha256 checksumming of db backups sha256 checksumming tarballs of multiple db backups gpg encryption of the tarballs once they are assembled deletion of backup files and other files older than 14 days
Dec 23
The keg of true soltice cheer…
I have found a 5 litre Keg of true solstice cheer: This is the “Jolly Miller” from the Gundaroo Cider Company… I am looking forward to this
Oct 10
recent events
Things that happened recently: Reorganisation at work. Seriously thinking of finding another job. Working on some new business stuff. More photography stuff. ohh… I also have ticket for the Linux.conf.au 2013 here in Canberra. All of these topics deserve a larger post, but with now I have to get a coffee and food into me, …
Aug 25
converting music file formats
Today I needed to convert a whole pile of flac and MP3 files to ogg, and to rename them to match a certain naming convention. 2 small shell scripts and about an hour or runtime later, it is done. I will post the scripts here in the next few days