Howto: Editing sqlite database to set default channel for Mumble
In order to set the default channel for your mumble server, from linux command line interface, we would use a tool called “sqlite3“. If you don’t have it installed, simply use “apt-get install sqlite3” or “yum install sqlite3“. Once you got it, you want to edit your mumble server database. In order to open specific [...]
Successfully Blocking Ads (at OS level)
To share back with community. If you never knew how to properly block advertisements stuffed into your face, there is very efficient way to block most of ads served online. It is not really blocking, more of a circumvention: by using DNS and built-in features of our own operating system, we can re-direct ad requests [...]
IPv4 depletion, exhaustion, there is no more.
No more left. IANA has given away last /8 of IPv4 they ever had, today. Few more months till RIR’s exhaust their free address space. Than what? Dual stacked Internet; after this Internet will NOT be end-to-end routable for the long time, if ever. Two protocols, two shows, gets even more complicated – which means [...]
Shell scripting resources
There are good, very good, and less good resources on the WWW devoted to shell scripting. Today, I will share several VERY GOOD links with you. Following e-mail with links has found a way into my inbox. Let me share resources:
Speed Test Nov. 29 2010
Today, I am testing throughput to European speedtest servers. Lets see how they compare to each other; I am expecting anything above 50Mbps, symmetrical; I have set up clean 80Mbps from my machine to the Internetz. Speedtest results show that the widest pipe is from Ulm and Frankfurt, both in Germany, where we can download [...]
Social Spying Made Easy
The latest invention in the world of Social Spying comes as a addon for your favorite browser, Mozilla’s own Firefox. Addon home-brewed by Eric Butler enables you to sniff your immediate neighbors’ activity on Social Network websites, such as Flickr, Twitter, Panoramio, and of course infamous Facebook.
