Duplicity on Digi Storage

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Here is a simple script to backup your Linux/FreeBSD server or your macOS on storage.rcs-rds.ro. I’m not associated with Digi Storage, I just know they have many users who can find this useful. As always, […]

Plex Migration

Probably the easiest way to deploy Plex is using their docker image. Such an instance is also easy to migrate, this is what I recently did. Stop the container, atchive the directory containing the volume(s) […]

Mazda CX-5 DSC, TPMS Warnings

This post is here to save you from frustration, trips to a car shop and money. If you happen to have the DSC (Dynamic Stability Control) & TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) warnings on your […]

netcat – The Mighty One

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Once in awhile sshd will break on your server, maybe after an update and you need to send long lines, maybe a cipher list from one server to another. Typing on console it’s an option […]

Puppet, FreeBSD & Self-Signed SSL

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Puppet on FreeBSD connecting to servers using a self-signed certificate.

Enable Debug For Shell Scripts

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Debugging shell scripts comes handy, especially when unexpected things happen. Trust me, they do. I use two different approaches, based on what’s needed: debug while running it or when ran in the background, maybe by […]

M1 Mac F4 -> Launchpad

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On M1 Mac’s F4 was mapped to Finder. I wonder why since you can easily start Finder with Cmd ⌘ + Space. To remap F4 you can run the following one line command from Terminal: Credit […]

Easily Combine Images On a Mac

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Install imagemagick (from MacPorts or Homebrew): port install imagemagick or brew install imagemagick convert +append source_image1.jpg source_image2.jpg source_image2.jpg combined.jpg Voilà! You can combine multiple images not just three. You can also do convert +append * […]