Waterloo Region Police/Fire Feed
Cats:
misc
I don’t know why but this makes for some good listening while working.
Author Archives: PJ
Linux Mint Beep on Command Line
Since it seems the beep command is blacklisted in Linux Mint (or rather not loaded by default into the kernel) and it’s ugly af, we can make a better beep.
Connecting to internal machine via ssh ProxyCommand
The AskUbuntu question was: How do I SSH to machine A via B in one command?
Random Article on Simple Wikipedia
Cats:
web
Use this link for a simple, random article on Wikipedia https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
Outputting stdout and stderr to the terminal window and to a file
Quick reference for linux on how to output the stdout/stderr to the term window and to a file at the same time:
Debugging Perl Blank/White Pages
Have a Perl script that just gives you a blank page and can’t figure out what error it’s giving? You can run it on the command line, including GET params like so: http://something.com/cgi-bin/x.pl?x=y&t=j becomes ./x.pl x=y t=j
Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present
Cats:
music
Youtube search to each song. Would be better as a playlist, without a doubt, but here it is anyway.
Get LiveReload Working on Localhost SSL (Self-Signed) Using Gulp
How to get livereload working for localhost development, using a self-signed SSL certificate in a Gulpfile. Combining a couple of tricks from around the webs. It’s easier than it seems.
CSS Trick: Text Overflow Ellipsis (dot dot dot)
Makes sure a long line truncate with an ellipsis (i.e. dot dot dot).
Appending to the Bash Title in a Gnome Terminal Window in Linux Mint 18
For some reason, they took away the ability to change the title of bash within a gnome-terminal window in the new Linux Mint 18 Sarah. I needed it to identify certain windows. Add this bit to your .bashrc to get … Continued