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
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
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...