I recently mentioned how awesome the At command is for scheduling tasks. Using wget to retrieve a file from a FTP server – how would one log in? Scheduling the log in would be troubling. Normally I’d use a real FTP utility and log in, but including the credentials within the URI is good in […]
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Use UNIX At to schedule tasks for later
Have you ever wanted to wait with performing a task, such as downloading a file, in order to save system resources? You should check out the “At” command since it’s exactly what you need! Yesterday I wanted to download a medium sized RAR archive from a friends FTP. His connection isn’t good (as a matter […]
MacBook – one year uptime!
Today I picked up a new MagSafe 60W and resurrected my good ‘ol white MacBook! To my surprise everything worked just fine – it even restored the previous session with windows and documents loaded as I had left them! A while back (perhaps 6-7 months) my MacBook died. I had almost depleted the battery after […]
Använder folk fortfarande antivirus?
“Surfa inte på skumma hemsidor” – jo visst. Hur gör folk idag? Igår framkallade både chips och knäckebröd cancer – idag äter folk det som vanligt. Saker och ting förändras. Har vi slutat äta antivirusprogram? Läste en uppsats om det nyss, kanske inte helt relaterat men det fick igång tankeverksamheten. När jag var mindre ansåg […]
Hur datorbutiker lurar dig
Teknik. Mycket av det vi köper idag marknadsförs med livsstilar och känslor -men datorer skiljer sig. Datorer marknadsförs med siffror och ospråkaktiga bokstavskombinationer som slår knut på tungan din. Dual core. Hyperthreading. DDR3. Gigabyte. Megabit. i5, i7. Vad är vad? För oss insatta är det enkelt att se skillnad på ditten och datten, men butikerna […]
Inför Flytten
Behöver man verkligen en brödrost? Jo, det gör man nog… men hur skiljer man mellan saker som behövs och saker som inte behövs? Vad som är nödvändigt och vad som är onödigt? Jag sitter och pillar på inhandlarlistan. Det närmar sig – flytten närmar sig. Listan är lång och har många saker som krävs, medan […]
Why Steam Pwnz
Fallout: New Vegas is downloading from Steam as we speak (or as I write, to be correct). Steam is amazing! Steam is the best digital DRM and distribution platform there is. Sure, you can use Impulse or some bad EA-wannabe-platform… but Steam is the iPhone of gaming. Primarily I think Steam Pwn because of the […]
Fancy that, a visitor!
Do you recognize that line? No? Go visit Tennpenny Tower! I’ve been playing a lot of Fallout 3 lately. It’s a really great game! I got to say, the DLC’s are amazing. Although it does ruin a bit of the fun when you have an indestructible power armor and alien top-notch energy weapons. Or perhaps […]