lolcode.com Just for fun! The link for lolbash.sh doesn’t work so I copied it here: In a previous article, we talked about enabling .bash_aliases. Now here’s some aliases you can use! # LOL!!1 # additions to .bash_aliases for us lolcats lovers # alias wtf=’dmesg’ alias onoz=’cat /var/log/errors.log’ alias rtfm=’man’ alias visible=’echo’ alias invisible=’cat’ alias moar=’more’ […]
27
Mar
How to add youtube to your Roku device
Posted by Wayno Published in howto, Misc. other devices/things, Skill Level: EasySadly, this trick NO longer works. Even if it was previously installed. Original Article here W A R N I N G ! ! ! DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!! W A R N I N G !!! NOTE: THIS IS AN UN-APPROVED PROCEDURE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR DEVICE. 1. go here […]
25
Mar
two ways to id a web server in Linux (or Telnet in Windows)
Posted by Wayno Published in Browsers, Joe, Skill Level: EasyFirst I will show you the easy way to id a web server. Then I’ll show you how the magic works. 1. first the easy way (Linux): You may need to install curl first. sudo apt-get install curl 2. Then it’s easy! curl -I www.old.pkill-9.com (that’s a capital I (eye)) and you will get output […]
24
Mar
This is one of those things, I sort of take for granted. It was asked on #ubuntu (irc.freenode.net) bash aliases What’s an alias you say? An alias is a short form of a long command string for the bash terminal. so how do you make it work? 1. edit the file .bashrc (using like gedit) […]
19
Mar
Subnet masks are absolutely one of the most confusing things I have ever encountered. It is likely, you have also experienced a considerable amount of confusion as well. Subnet Mask Explained So let’s define: What is a subnet mask? I liked this definition which I will use from wikipedia.org on subnet masks. A subnetwork, or subnet, is […]
7
Mar
how to install and configure the locate command to find files
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Easy, UncategorizedIn the previous post I showed you how to use the find command. Find works on any Linux system. But it does require some effort. I’ll show you another way to find files by name, with the locate command. The first thing we have to do, is to install the command. It does not come […]
7
Mar
This is a n00b question I am asked a lot. Several ways to do this. Easy way is to use the find command (search your directory) The general format is: find path -name expression find -name ‘potato*’ Yields: ./potato_head.jpg ./recipes/potato.txt ./recipes/potato.wp ./wp51/recipes/potato.txt ./wp51/recipes/potato.wp The period (dot) at the beginning says the file is located in […]
3
Mar
How to enable Closed Captioning in Hulu Plus with Roku Box
Posted by Wayno Published in UncategorizedAgain NOT Linux How to enable Closed Captioning in Hulu Plus on a Roku Box It isn’t immediately obvious on just how to enable closed captioning content with Hulu Plus, on a Roku Box. Let’s use the latest episode of House MD (Season 7 Episode 14 Recession Proof.) You will only have about 2 seconds […]
2
Mar
HDMI connections and Analogue (analog) Closed Captioning
Posted by Wayno Published in Skill Level: Easy, Uncategorized, videoNothing to do with Linux! This information will be useful to those of us that are in the deaf/hard-of-hearing community: At this link: Find a DVD Recorder that does Closed Captioning I learned that Analogue closed captioning is NOT necessarily passed along an HDMI connection. Although analogue captioning seems to function fine with my TIVO […]
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