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Tech Tip: Automaticaly Organize Your Photos by Date

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:20:02 +0000

Now that summer is over and your digital camera is full of pictures,
how do you get them organized?
At the command line of course!
The script provided here automatically organizes them into
sub-directories by date.

Making a Crossover Cable from Scratch

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:03 +0000

More Bash Redirections

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:02 +0000

Everybody’s seen redirection in bash commands, that’s pretty common,
but bash also allows you to define redirections when you define functions.
This causes the redirections to be evaluated/executed whenever the function is called.
This feature doesn’t really give you any new features, just another
way to express existing features.

Copyright Control

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:00:02 +0000

Copyright law is “interesting” to say the least — and incredibly contentious. For some, it is an evil that stifles progress. For others, it is all that stands between them and bankruptcy. As with anything, the nature of copyright is not black and white — there are not just shades of gray, but a whole rainbow of copyright colors.

Tech Tip: Meld for Visual Diffs

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:40:03 +0000

In diff tool speak, a visual diff tool is a GUI application.
Meld is such a tool: a tool for
displaying differences between files (and directories) and also for
merging the differences.
Meld is programmed in Python.

Add Bookmarks for Changing Directories in Konsole

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 10:00:04 +0000

7 Steps to Better Tables of Contents in OpenOffice.org Writer

admin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:40:03 +0000

Like other word processes, OpenOffice.org Writer makes creating tables of contents (ToCs) quick and easy. Unfortunately, it also works with unaesthetic defaults and allows you to make choices that complicate your work flow rather than improving it.

Fortunately, Writer is also flexible enough to allow you to produce useful, aesthetic ToCs if you follow a few basic steps.

Economics and virtualization stunt Linux server growth

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:20:05 +0000

Linux server adoption has decreased somewhat in 2009, according to a recent SearchDataCenter.com survey. Virtualization and the economy are the chief reasons.

End Users Meet Year End

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:20:04 +0000

There are a plethora of opportunities for geeks to meet and greet one another throughout the year: linux.conf.au, Linux Congress, OSCON, Linux Plumber’s Conference, LinuxCon, the list goes on. There is one, however, where the focus is purely on the customer, so-to-speak — the end user. The conference in question, aptly named the End User Summit, is quickly drawing near, and the Linux Foundation is wondering who wants to be there.

More on Using Bash’s Built-in /dev/tcp File (TCP/IP)

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:20:04 +0000

If you saw yesterday’s Tech Tip and were looking for more
on using TCP/IP with bash’s built-in /dev/tcp device file then read on.
Here, we’ll both read from, and write to a socket.