Month: August 2012
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letting non-IT staff doing IT stuff, because IT (software development) can’t be that difficult, can it?
Developers are Oil, Marketers are Vinegar: Mix Them Wisely
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CPAN modules for checking credit card numbers (LUHN check)
CPAN modules for checking credit card numbers (LUHN check): This is a review and comparison of 9 CPAN modules that can be used to do a LUHN check on a number. …
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do I need a Raspberry Pi? or a NAS? …
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Linux+LUKS: mounting encrypted fs error: “remove ioctl failed: Device or resource busy”
Mounting encrypted fs error: remove ioctl failed: Device or resource busy Sounds like I shouldn’t worry. But in fact I almost always stop+start again and again, until it mounts w/o this message.
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The Pragmatic Bookshelf: Raspberry Pi
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O’Reilly Media book: Classic Shell Scripting
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596005955.do https://resources.oreilly.com/examples/9780596005955/ (a Git repository) http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596005955/ nice scripts shown there and available in the sample code: pathfind.sh – rather similar to my own find_file_on_PATH.sh show-identical-files.sh – rather similar to my own group_by_content.sh – but has a problem with “md5sum” – I fixed that puser.sh …
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O’Reilly Media book: 21st Century C
21st Century C: If you know how to program with a general purpose language such as Ruby or Python, you can also learn how to use the C language in a practical and modern style. However, you need many techniques that are entirely absent from every C textbook on the market—except this one. 21st Century…
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O’Reilly Media book: jQuery Cookbook
jQuery Cookbook: Getting started with the jQuery library is easy, but it can take years to fully realize its breadth and depth; jQuery Cookbook shortens the learning curve considerably. You’ll learn patterns and practices from 19 leading developers who use jQuery for everything from integrating simple components into websites and applications to developing complex, high-performance…
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giving my Linux notebook a rest through the weekend
It has been running 24*7 for quite a while. Just sometimes I shut it down for a night or a weekend. That’s because the fan frightens me …
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O’Reilly Media book: Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025870.do Beneath OS X easy-to-use GUI interface lies a powerful Unix engine. Mac users have Unix, as well as a host of tools ported over from Linux, at their fingertips; the just need to know how to access it. Learning Unix for OS X provides Mac users with a user-friendly tour of the Unix world…