Monthly Archives: February 2004

I know these things are totally random, but imagine getting this fortune as you are contemplating a new venture like I am.

To replace all occurances of “shtml” with “php” inside of all of the *.php files in a directory. $ perl -pi.bak -e ‘s/shtml/php/’ *.php See: hacks.oreilly.com: Global Search and Replace with Perl for more examples.

See: Sistani demands UN guarantee on polls NAJAF: Iraq’s leading Shi’ite cleric demanded yesterday a UN guarantee that elections would be held this year, as the world body ruled out returning to Iraq soon because of security concerns. In a … Continue reading →

For every real comment that I have on this site, there seem to be more than a dozen that are blog spam. Simple problem, simple solution… No more open comments. If you have a response, want more information, or just … Continue reading →

Every single time I rack mount, or for that matter do any work on a rack mount sun server I walk away bleeding. It’s insane. Gary and I used to joke about how we litteraly built this site in our … Continue reading →

To see the 10 largest files on a directory or partition, use # du /partition_or_directory_name | sort -rn | head    – Dru genesis [at] istar [dot] ca From the FreeBSD fortune file.

# cd /oldir # tar cf – . | (cd /newdir ; tar xf -) This is the best way to totally preserve a copy of a directory tree between the current directory and /newdir

Receptionists should be the highest paid employee at every company on the planet. Not only that but the should be smart. Why? Think about it, if someone wants to call your company who do they talk to first? If someone … Continue reading →

My next stop gap business card. Not bad for a non designer.

I bought a Tux this weekend. :) No you don’t get a better picture of it, you have to wait to see me at our wedding.