VTEC Love
I did a photo shoot at the new VTEC Direct workshop last weekend. Lots of Honda related excitement!
Cleaning up Deleted Items Automatically from Exchange
Do you want to automatically delete Deleted Items in Outlook/Exchange or delete any type of mail over a certain age?
You can use Mailbox Manager to create a recipient policy to automatically delete all messages from users Deleted Items folder, at an interval you specify.
Exchange Server Journaling
I've recently had to setup Journaling on an Exchange Server for a client - it was quite an experience. So I've made these notes that will hopefully help.
Microsoft Exchange Server journalling lets you record a copy of, or journal, all email communications in your
organisation and send them to a dedicated mailbox on an Exchange Server.
CentOS / cPanel Firewall Setup
I almost like CentOS now. That doesn't mean I can't get used to this daft yum nonsense, but its alright.
I also almost like cPanel too. Its actually quite good when it works, who knows how to fix it when things go wrong? /scripts/fixeverything doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.
Insert Coin
Bored at work? This script connects to a JetDirect equipped HP printer and uses HP's control language to set the ready message on the LCD display. Takes an IP address and message on the command line. My favorite message is "INSERT COIN".
Keep in mind the limitations of the display when composing your clever verbiage.
#!/usr/bin/perl
# $Id: hpsetdisp.pl 11 2006-03-22 01:21:03Z yaakov $
# hpsetdisp.pl
use strict;
use warnings;
unless (@ARGV) { print "usage: $0 \"\"\n" ; exit }
if ($ARGV[3]) { print "Did you forget the quotes around your clever
message?\n" ; exit }
my $peeraddr = $ARGV[0];
my $rdymsg = $ARGV[1];
chomp $peeraddr;
use IO::Socket;
my $socket = IO::Socket::INET->new(
PeerAddr => $peeraddr,
PeerPort => "9100",
Proto => "tcp",
Type => SOCK_STREAM
) or die "Could not create socket: $!";
my $data = <
\e%-12345X\@PJL JOB
\@PJL RDYMSG DISPLAY="$rdymsg"
\@PJL EOJ
\e%-12345X
EOJ
;
print $socket $data;
Custom Page Templates Not Showing in Wordpress
I've recently starting getting an annoying error in Wordpress, I'm not sure if its my browser, or the latest version of Wordpress. I create a custom page template and... it doesn't show up. Frustrating.
Getting mytop to work on CentOS/Redhat
Screw all these AJAXified, buzz-wordified MySQL monitors. I'm old school. I use the fantastic mytop tool Jeremy Zawodny created 9 years ago.
Unfortunately it won't run on CentOS. I got the error, 'Error in option spec: "long|!"'
Facebook Chat for Pidgin
My favourite instant messenger application just got better! There is now a plugin for Facebook.
pidgin-facebookchat is a Facebook chat plugin for Pidgin and other libpurple based messengers. It connects to the new Facebook Chat IM service without the need for an API key.
Currently the plugin can log into the Facebook servers, grab the buddy list, send/receive messages, add/remove friends, receive notifications, search for Facebook friends and set your Facebook status.
Preventing MSN Messenger Spam in Pidgin
I use Pidgin as my instant messenger application. Mainly because it allows me to chat to clients and sub-contractors across Yahoo, Google, MSN etc all in one application, with the added bonus of not being full of spam and adverts to hurt my eyes.
Using SCP to copy files between Linux servers
SCP? SCP is a method of securely transferring files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts, using the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
Sounds confusing?