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Changing file associations with Brave browser

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Colin Faber
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How to change and automatically open downloaded files based on extension in Brave browser? Here’s how I found to do it! Continue reading →

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Extremely useful .htaccess ReWrite validator

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Colin Faber
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So as I was working on one of my many web projects, I needed / wanted a faster way to validate my Apache web servers URL rewrite rules. This site did the trick and worked great: https://htaccess.madewithlove.com/

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less Tips and Tricks

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Colin Faber
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The less tool can open multiple files in order, I find this useful when comparing sets of logs. For instance Which will open the first file it finds and hold the rest in reserve, switching forward and backwards through this … Continue reading →

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The Perl programming language and concurrent processing (Part 2)

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Colin Faber
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Bi-directional communication example with perl and forks Continue reading →

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The Perl programming language and concurrent processing with IPC

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Colin Faber
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A simple example how to use the Proc::Fork::Control module with Inter-Process Communication (IPC) Continue reading →

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Imagemagick

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Colin Faber
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Imagemagick can calculate the best resolution and quality for JPEG type files with the -define jpeg:extent=SIZE optional argument. An example of this would be to reduce the size of a multi-megapixel image by half and targeting a desired maximum file … Continue reading →

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Disabling systemd-resolvd service on Ubuntu systems

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Colin Faber
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What is systemd-resolved? systemd-resolved acts as a systemd based DNS proxy system which has intelligent request handling both from a D-BUS interface as well as a DNS server to intercept traditional network lookups. It performs this task by setting a … Continue reading →

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The Intel NUC Box and Windows 10 Video Troubles

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Colin Faber
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So the last day or so I’ve been fighting with my Intel NUC and windows 10. Basically windows would update and then poof no video. After trying to determine the problem I decided it had to be video drivers. On … Continue reading →

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Fixing Sony soundbar wireless sub-woofer communication

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Colin Faber
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I’ve noticed with my Sony soundbar, the sub-woofer will randomly fail to connect when I power it on. When this happens nothing can be done to get it linked up again except for a factory reset. The procedure below explains … Continue reading →

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Infiniband Tips and Tricks

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Colin Faber
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Below are some commands I’ve found useful when dealing with infiniband and related issues. Determine port state on all ports available within the fabric The command ibnetdiscover command will show you the state of each port in the the fabric. … Continue reading →

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