Orage clock preferences in XFCE
Ubuntu 18.04.1.LTS, XFCE Line 1: %H:%M, Ubuntu Mono Bold 14 Line 2: %a %d %b, Ubuntu Condensed 11 Tooltip: %A %d %B %Y/%V Set width: 80 [X] Show lines vertically
SSH tunnel to use other mailserver than localhost
Because I have a lot of virtual machines, laptops, work environments, and so on, I never seem to find the time to setup SMTP authentication everywhere. I typically use Linux …
Securely overwrite unused space on Windows 7, 8, and 10
Overwriting “unused space” on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 is quite simple. Open a “Command Prompt” window, and type: cipher /w:DD Where “DD” is your drive without a …
Setting PHP.INI path (or file) for PHP CLI shell scripts
Running a PHP script from the command-line, or CLI, is quite useful at times and is often used to perform some automated task, like a CRON cleanup script, to send …
Coding for Microsoft browsers like Internet Explorer and Edge
Having been doing battles with things like Internet Explorer 4 (yes, I’m that old), it seems to me like Microsoft have really gotten themselves into a bind when it comes …
Hur kommunicerar du med människor i din värld?
Hur kommunicerar du digitalt med andra människor idag? Själv använder jag en mängd olika redskap och verktyg. Ibland känns det som att det är lite väl många att hålla reda …
When your DHCP client has lease renewal issues, Sendmail may be at fault
On one of our VPS instances, I noticed some seriously erratic behavior with the DHCP client taking a long time to renew its leases when the machine was booting up, …
Fixing some keyboard shortcuts in XFCE (Ctrl+F5 and Ctrl+Alt+T)
Old habits die hard, or something like that 🙂 Cloning one of my Ubuntu Desktop set-ups to a VirtualBox environment, I switched to using XFCE4 for my desktop (“xubuntu”). This …
Svenska lärare för dåliga på programmering
Dagens “roligaste” rubrik blev nyheternas rapportering om att lärare i Sverige saknar tillräckliga kunskaper i programmering för att lära ut – wait for it – programmering. Vad som gör “nyheten” …