shell-scripts Udemy Course Open For Real This Time I published my Udemy course where you can learn shell scripting in three hours yesterday, but some technical troubles meant people could not enroll. If you're interested still, you can
shell-scripts Learn Shell Scripting In 3 Hours UPDATE 3: It's working now. UPDATE 2: Just wait a while if you want to enroll. Udemy support is doing things. UPDATE: Udemy kidney punched me and you may not
shell-scripts RFP: Design A Simple But Fun Game That Makes Calls To My API I have thought about this type of project for a long time and was wondering if anyone out there already has or wants to create a game in Construct 3,
Four Years Later: Running Your Own Anonymous Email System This post is in reference to a procedure I developed to anonymize your email address, similiar to what Abine offers with their Blur product.I originally thought of this because
dropbox Four Years Later: Symlinks and Dropbox for Backup and Restore Note: This post is about is a homegrown solution to backups/restores I developed four years ago, not the newly-announced Dropbox Backup. I originally developed this method for four reasons:
ascii-planets ASCII Planets: An Open Source Board Game Written In LaTeX I designed my first board game. Really, I just built off of the fantastic work Topi Turunen did with ASCII Empires. It's essentially a re-theme of that game, but I
sampo Introducing Sampo: A Bash API Server For Running Shell Scripts v1.0 of Sampo is an MVP. Written in bash, it is a shell script API server you can run directly in your terminal or via container on Kubernetes. It's
Would You Be Interested In A Shell Scripting Course? I have been writing shell scripts for over a decade now, and I have learned a lot. Would you be interested in a Udemy course on learning shell scripting from
git Git Rebase Struggles Conceptualized With Pikmin If you haven’t already, take a look at my first git rebase / Pikmin blog post about how to learn and use git rebase. That post covers the basics, while
git Git Rebase Is The Pikmin Of Source Control git isn’t easy to learn, and once you do, the git rebase command seems to invoke fear and confusion in many people. But once you learn how to use
hacks Dynamic Profile And Badge Switching Without Shell Integrations In iTerm2 I use iTerm2 for all my terminal work. One very nice feature it has is dynamic profiles. But I usually don’t want to install shell integrations on every server.
ansible How To Create A Custom, Dynamic Inventory Script for Ansible Writing a dynamic inventory script for Ansible can be useful for more than just getting a list of hosts to run a play against. It can also function as a
kubernetes Spacewalk--Containerized And Running In Kubernetes Spacewalk is a decent open source project for patch management but there is no native support for running it in a container. I’m a fan of Spacewalk and use
ansible Tame Your Patreon Shipping Problem With Ansible My work on the Pi-hole project led me to a start a Patreon page. Like many creators, I spent a while determining what rewards users would want. But unlike most
windows Fully Automated: DeployStudio Dual Boot I was recently tasked with deploying dual-boot Macs to all new staff. Naturally, I wanted this to be as automated as possible so it was repeatable and consistent. I already
windows How To Make An Automagic Windows 10 Boot Camp Install .pkg I spent a long time trying to automate a dual-boot deployment of macOS and Windows 10. The reason being is that it’s very useful to only buy a single
netcat Run PJL Commands From A Shell Script I love learning obscure and under-utilized things in the tech world; PJL commands fit that bill. You can use PJL commands to get and set printer preferences. This includes getting
dropbox Using Dropbox For An Easy Restore Of All Your Computer's Settings Just to be clear, Dropbox isn’t backup software; it’s a syncing service. If you delete a file and that change is synced, and your file no longer exists.
hacks Roll-your-own Anonymizing Email Server This post isn’t about a specific security breach, but rather a post to educate you on how to better protect your online identity. The term “anonymize” is used loosely
windows Customize WinPE With Wallpaper and Custom Startup Script WinPE is a useful tool for booting a computer and laying down a new operating system. In this post, I’ll show you how to make WinPE a little more
star trek Celebrate 50 Years Of Star Trek With These Nerdy Computer Tricks I’m a huge fan of Star Trek. So much so that many of my blog posts are about doing nerdy Star Trek-related things with your computer. Here are a
automator Merge PDFs Natively With A Right-Click In OS X UPDATE 2020-05-23: I removed the Get selected Finder items, which was causing duplicates (see comments). I also updated it with screenshots from macOS Catalina. I updated the post to reflect
pihole Ad-free Olympics Using Pi-hole Sick of ads when trying to enjoy the Olympics? Not me. I have been blocking them since day one! Pi-hole ad blocker works differently than others because it is a
shell-scripts Batch Download All Of GarageBand's Loops, Jingles, And Sound Effects GarageBand has a lot of cool loops and sound effects. If you are a systems administrator, you might be tasked with deploying these sounds and loops so you don’t need to download it onto each computer when GarageBand opens up. Or maybe you
