Monitoring Your Racks for Cheap
When we were setting up our locking cabinets at the new data center for my job I was wondering how to actively monitor the security around our cabinets. Being that only myself and the data center staff...
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How to Build a Lean Startup with Free and Open Source Software – Part 1
I have been reading recently about the “Lean Startup” concept, which is funny since I have been working with and been part of more than a few without knowing there is a nifty catch phrase for them. So...
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What Chrome is Lacking
I use Linux (Ubuntu) as my desktop and have used some flavor of Linux as my desktop for many years now. Most of this time I have used Firefox as my main browser. Recently I have started using Chrome as...
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Speeding Up Your Linux Desktop
For some time I have been using Ubuntu as my desktop distribution. Recently even though my computer is quite powerful I have run into issues of slow going. The first thing I did was change to using...
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Using Dropbox for SSH Key and Configuration Storage
I have been using the free 2GB Dropbox account to store my SSH keys for our servers. Along with my mutt and other configuration files. The best part of Dropbox on Linux is being able to symlink things...
View ArticleTips: Finding Huge Files on Linux
I tend to always need to find the huge log files that are filling up servers. One fast way is to use find and awk to list them in human readable form: find / -type f -size +20000k -exec ls -lh {} ; |...
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Tips: Managing Many Servers via SSH
I manage many servers in my line of work and have found a few things to make life a little easier when it comes to SSH’ing into them when I start my laptop up.The first of these is maintaining an up to...
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Terminal Dreams
I have been posting *nix apps and news to a new Tumblr called Terminal Dreams for those interested in that sort of thing.
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SlimOS How To – A Minimal Debian Desktop with Minimal Fuss (Part 1)
I have been using an Ubuntu desktop for the last few years doing the version upgrades and having no issues to speak of with it. But I also started to notice that the system was being a bit slow with...
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Using ownCloud as a Home Based Personal Cloud
I use many devices in many places and find simple set-it-and-forget-it services like Dropbox make my life much easier. I always need access to many different files on a daily basis. Yet I like many...
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My Favorite CLI Applications
I have been somewhat of a terminal junkie for well over 20 years. Right now some of my favorite CLI applications are: Rainbowstream – Twitter on the command line IRSSI – IRC client (works with Slack...
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The Anatomy of a Flash Sale Fail
Over Capacity? photo by Tony Alter (Flickr) Capacity planning is not a black art. But when it comes to sites doing a scheduled flash sale or a person with a large number of social media followers (over...
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Managing Multiple Clients on Different Messaging Apps
I deal with a lot of different clients on a daily basis. It is a bit of a chore to figure out how to tie together their different messaging apps in order to interact with them and be alerted of any...
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SlimOS How To – A Minimal Debian Desktop with Minimal Fuss (Part 1)
I have been using an Ubuntu desktop for the last few years doing the version upgrades and having no issues to speak of with it. But I also started to notice that the system was being a bit slow with...
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Using ownCloud as a Home Based Personal Cloud
I use many devices in many places and find simple set-it-and-forget-it services like Dropbox make my life much easier. I always need access to many different files on a daily basis. Yet I like many...
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Using Qubes OS for Fun and Profit
Note: This review assumes the reader has a basic understanding of what Qubes OS is and how it works. Please refer to their site for introductory information. I have been using Qubes OS full time for...
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