Kodi Volume Control Stops Working

Kodi Volume Control Stops Working

All of a sudden, when using the remote (either radio or IR), Kodi sound controls stop responding. The volume level does not change and...

Monitoring NetBackup Daemons

Here's an example of a script you can use to monitor NetBackup server daemons in a Linux environment. The main difficulty with keeping track...
Increasing Entropy Pool in Linux

Increasing Entropy Pool in Linux

The pool of random numbers in Linux is derived primarily from user interaction (keystrokes and mouse movement). A server does not have such a...
Using JTR to Crack Office Documents

Using JTR to Crack Office Documents

John the Ripper is a free multi-platform password-cracking software. This article is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to jtr, rather a quick...

Sunrise at Cape Henlopen

Cape Henlopen is the southern cape of the Delaware Bay along the Atlantic coast of the United States. It lies in the state of...

Bash Scripts and MySQL

I frequently use MySQL to store data collected or processed by various shell scripts. The database comes in handy when massaging data with good...

Randomizing Filenames

I had a bunch of folders with some old photos, and I needed to randomize the filenames as an easy way to get a...

Converting Geofency Data to Google Maps

Geofency is a time and location tracking app for iOS. I've been using it for many years to keep track of my whereabouts. At...

Canyonlands National Park, Utah

In July, some friends and I went on an 8,000-mile overlanding trip to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and South Dakota. One of the first stops...