If you’re anything like me, you probably log in and out of a half dozen remote servers (or these days, local virtual machines) on a daily basis. And if you’re even more like me, you have trouble remembering all of the various usernames, remote addresses and command line options for things like specifying a non-standard [...]
Last time, we looked at how one could maintain a persistent session in IRC through the use of a terminal multiplexer (such as screen or tmux) and SSH. While this has the advantage of being very easy to setup, there are a few very obvious disadvantages and trade-offs: You must be on a machine that [...]
An explanation of the shebang[1], and what it means when included in a script: #!/path/to/interpreter -flags Means “This file is not My Words, but My Commandment to you, System. You must travel along this Path. At the end, you will find an Interpreter. You will pass unto him these Flags, and he will help you [...]
While a bit late, I’m extremely happy to announce that I have been selected as a speaker for the ConFoo.ca Conference to be held in Montréal at the beginning of March, 2010.