[Perl] Check if DB table exists
Building on the script of yesterday, I have created a subroutine that will create a table if it doesn't exist. It also uses a DB connect retry for up to an hour in cases where the DB is not...
View ArticleDisrict 9 Trailer and some related info
TrailerAnd here is a look at two other short clips:"Alive in Joburg" on which District 9 was based:And"Tetra Vaal":
View ArticleThe story of the Seacom cable
Found this video on the SEACOM site. Interesting background.
View ArticleAmazing stuff...
Here's an interesting product called "d3o" that provide amazing impact protection.Some movies:First, the official d3o movie:And here's a Discovery channel clip:Can't wait to play with it myself :-)
View ArticleWOW - Facebook and Twitter for free...
FNB Connect now has a special for their ADSL users: surf Facebook and Twitter for free every day from 19:00 to 23:00. Cool :-)
View ArticleGot a mac
Just got a second hand eMac - and I already love it! First order of business: mounting ISO images. Found this top from osxdaily.com:$ hdiutil mount sample.isoI suppose this is in a terminal - will...
View ArticleUbuntu: Convert a VMWare image for use in VirtualBox
This is a very short summary of how I did my conversion. Perhaps it can be useful to some one else.Preparation1. Follow instructions from the VirtualBox site to add the Ubuntu repositories. Also add...
View ArticleMy fav font for the terminal
Been working on gnome-terminal with the "Inconsolata" font for some time now - really cool!On Ubuntu, just "sudo apt-get install ttf-inconsolata" and then in gnome-terminal change the default profile...
View ArticleGetting started with screen (quickly)
Screen is a wonderful tool.I use different configuration files for different scenarios, for example I regularly work on a set of database servers and I like to group them in a config file (for example...
View ArticlePython: Convert datetime to unix seconds
A quick solution:$ pythonPython 2.6.2 (release26-maint, Apr 19 2009, 01:58:18)[GCC 4.3.3] on linux2Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> import...
View ArticleEditing the hosts file in Windows 7
Ok - so I haven't used Windows in a while. So I couldn't find the damn hosts file in the new version of Windows...Well, aparently I'm not the only one and a quick google turned up several helpful...
View ArticleWindows 7 "god mode"
Here is a Video from cnet.com that show a really neat trick...Original article available from cnet.com
View ArticleClass and def scope in python
I added some notes on my Google page for those interested.
View ArticleElectricity Monitor
So I got my E2 Electricity Monitor the other day and hooked it up. The actual work took less then 5 minutes (although it took me 2 days to find some time to go buy bateries - 3x AA and 3x AAA bateries...
View ArticleSome Vim stuff
Stumbled upon this blog where I read about this vim tags plugin.Really cool :-)Image source: http://vim-taglist.sourceforge.net/
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