I’ve loved streaming music for over a decade now (le sigh), but I’ve had four major annoyances: Bulky player interfaces (I’m looking at you, Pandora – linux users, […]
bash / linux
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Get external IP address at hotspot – with some error checking
In my conky setup, I call a file inet_test. It’s a bash script, made executable and called by conky. The core of it is getting an address from […]
linux / technology
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Informative, unobtrusive, minimalistic conky bar
I use conky to make a nice informative bar across the top of my screen (click to embiggen): Lots of cool, useful info I like to have at […]
linux / technology
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Dual monitor, single monitor, and HDMI output switcher (including audio) for linux with PulseAudio
One of the minor annoyances I’ve had with computers are the ways they handle switching internal monitor, dual monitor, external monitor, and HDMI outputs. I was able to […]
linux
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Send File From Linux Command Line to Thunderbird
A little script/tweak/tip for you folks who use Tux Commander (or any other light file manager) in Linux: One thing that I sorely missed was the ability to […]
linux / technology / vpn
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HOWTO use Cisco AnyConnect VPN Without Cisco’s Software with Linux
This is one of those “I had to figure it out the hard way, so I hope I’ll save someone else the trouble” posts. My university requires the […]