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{ Monthly Archives } August 2006

Binary Timestamp Screenshot

I was way too tired last night to whip up a screenshot, so you could see the binary_time.pl script in action. So, here it is in a seperate post. Enjoy.

2006 08 27 Perl
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My First Irssi Script- Binary Timestamps

A couple nights ago, while on Freenode, lilo (Rob Levin) posted a small log of a chat in the channel, and I noticed that he was using the Unix Epoch time as his timestamp in his IRC client irssi. I thought that was genious, so I set out to code an irssi script that [...]

2006 08 27 Perl
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Pimped Irssi

Below is a screenshot (click on it for a full-sized shot) of my current irssi setup. The visibles are as follows:

nicklist.pl perl script for the nicklist on the right. It is redrawn on screen for every part/join and every channel change. Really nice. I run it in screen mode rather than [...]

2006 08 24 Perl
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Page Comments

I am frustrated with this site theme. It is nice, and very well laid out, but it lacks the ability to show comments on pages. I know the PHP template is correct, so there must be something going under the hood that I am not aware of. So if you want to [...]

2006 08 16 Wordpress Comments (2)

Nix Reflections

Why is running a flavor of Unix/Linux so cool?
Why is having a network of said computers in your basement even cooler?
Why are Debian, Gentoo and Slackware The Elite?
What makes SuSE, Fedora Core and Mandriva not?
*Nix chicks are hot.
When will GNU Hurd ever be released?
My wife is hot.
She runs *Nix.
What makes it so difficult for the [...]

2006 08 15 Linux Comments (0)

Screen Digraphs

Have you ever wanted to type that one character that just isn’t on your keyboard? You know, like the cent symbol, or the acute mark? There are plenty, and it sure makes it frustrating for that one character, yet you have know idea how to access it. You know your program can [...]

2006 08 11 Linux
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Anonymity and Freenode

In my last post, I mentioned how to stay anonymous on the web generally by using Tor. Here, I want to discuss how to use Tor specially with Freenode.
IRC channel ops are notorious for kicks and bans. Many reasons are called for, others are just plain silly. #okopipi on Undernet is notorious [...]

2006 08 11 Security Comments (2)

Security and Anonymity with Tor

Being an advocate of security protocols and applications, I am actually quite stunned that I haven’t thought of this before. Actually, I had heard of it a while ago, but didn’t give any thought to it. Now I kind of wish I had. I am talking about Tor. However, before getting [...]

2006 08 10 Security Comments (1)

My New Car

The 2007 Toyota Corolla CE

2006 08 06 General Comments (5)

Bash Meets Csh

So, continuing in my effort at work to convert many of the scripts that we have to Bash, I came across a problem: I am stuck at work using Csh. So, can I run this sourced file, which contains many Bash functions, in Csh?
For example, here is a brief rundown of my code:
1234567891011121314151617181920#!/bin/bash
umask 000
alias [...]

2006 08 01 Scripting Comments (0)