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Simple Calculation of Billable Time using epoch-seconds
October 8, 2007 – 9:58 am
How-To: A quick and dirty way to record billable time while away from your own machines.
Getting the current time in epoch-seconds
October 6, 2007 – 4:38 pm
How-To: Getting the current time in epoch-seconds in your shell and converting them back to human-readable time.
Using sed to transform XML to be displayed in HTML
September 17, 2007 – 11:43 am
One way to display XML in HTML without wrecking your Web site.
CouchDB, Database re-invented?
September 6, 2007 – 12:24 pm
A document-centric, replicating database written in an object-oriented language called Erlang, sounds great.
Debian: resolvconf quick and dirty
August 20, 2007 – 8:17 am
Two commands needed to modify your resolvconf-generated /etc/resolv.conf.
Backing up with rsync
July 20, 2007 – 7:09 am
After writing the post Don’t forget to - -delete when rsyncing, I decided to write a little more about rsync, part of every well-groomed *NIX system, but Zonker was faster. Therefore, I’ll get out in the sun and present you with a link instead : Back up like an expert with rsync.
Well done Zonker, you […]
Don’t forget to –delete when rsyncing
February 7, 2007 – 6:50 pm
The program rsync is available on most *NIX/Linux platforms, but – contrary to the implication by its name – the program synchronizes only when used with the –delete-option.
Let’s clarify first, what I mean by synchronizing: Assume we have a directory called fooboz, said directory contains two files, one named fooboz1.txt and another called fooboz2.txt. We […]
How to convert an “epoch”-time to a meaningful date and time
September 5, 2006 – 9:05 am
How-To: If all you got is an epoch-time, how do you convert it into something more useful for human consumption?