I’m not sure where I got the following file (a quick Google didn’t reveal much) but it is incredibly useful. It takes “short” form data…
Having found nothing online that helped, here is my attempt at rolling-year calculations based on certain criteria. This could be used for personnel data (days…
Using my script and a DRC meter (see here) I conducted a comparison between my original mp3s and new high-quality mp4s received from iTunes Match….
Two interesting companies/FOSS to keep an eye on. They should simplify the use of your own servers to store files and keep things in sync,…
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc837974(v=office.12).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc793964(v=office.12).aspx
This tests to see if a cell is ALL UPPER CASE. If so, it replaces the cell with “UpperCase”. If not, it replaces the cell…
To solve issues with broken pipes etc when connecting to remote boxes. Very useful, especially when installing things or running long commands. From http://serverfault.com/questions/19634/how-to-reconnect-to-a-disconnected-ssh-session: GNU Screen allows…
Update – for the results of this on my iTunes library see here. This script uses DRC-Meter to compare the dynamic range compression of your ‘old’ mp3s…
curl -s http://countdown.tfl.gov.uk/stopBoard/55335 \ | tr ‘}’ ‘\n’ | grep 220 | head -n 3 \ | sed -n ‘s/^.*estimatedWait":"\([0-9]* min\).*$/\1/p’curl -s http://countdown.tfl.gov.uk/stopBoard/55335 \ |…
Just use the following command: softwareupdate -i -a This installs all available updates, but doesn’t restart, so that might need to be done manually. The…
For files: $ find /home/user/demo -type f -perm 777 -print -exec chmod 755 {} \; For directories: $ find /var/www/html -type d -perm 777 -print…
To transfer a folder full of many small files it is quicker to do the following, rather than zip/tar and scp. tar czf – folder/…