Change the default crontab editor to vim
If you need to change the editor that opens the crontab configuration, this is the way: env EDITOR=vim crontab -e
Encrypt partition with dm-crypt
Ever wnated to have your external disk or USB stick encrypted? This is a way to get there on a Debian-based system using dm-crypt and LUKS. First, make sure dm-crypt module is loaded (see if /dev/mapper/ is present), and if …
Skyrim
My Skyrim assasin career so far
Add a keyboard layout in LXDE
Adding a secondary keyboard layout in LXDE proved to be tricky
Python os.sytem() and Windows Program Files directory
I ran across a problem when trying to run a program located in “Program Files” directory from within a Python application using os.system(). It was obvious that the problem was caused by the space character in the name of the …
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MySql – get names of columns and put them in an array
Sometimes I need to get all the names of the columns in an sql table, most often to use the names of the columns as names of variables as it’s easier to use than simple $row[1], $row[2], etc. Let’s take …
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Firefox 4 and IE 9 – testing Javascript speed
comparison of IE 9, FF 4, and Chrome from the Javascript performance point of view
Debian 6 is out – testing in Virtualbox
It’s been a while since Debian 6 got released. Now I found some spare time to check it out. Before I get to installing it on my home server, I decided to have a peek using Virtualbox. At first I …
Drag and drop to change position of elements
Long time ago, I was trying to figure out how to change position of items in a list. Let’s say there’s a list of product in an e-commerce solution and the user wants to choose what items go first and …
Half-life 2: Episode Two
To my great delight, I discovered that Half-life 2 is now available for something like 10 € nowadays. I know the game is quite old now, but I only played Episode One back then so I couldn’t resist to learn …