Now and then you need to watch a directory for changes. For me, this is mostly to ensure a data build is continuing. When the directory size...

I was reading this and it sparked an idea for the combined use of Marked and a command line script. I often would like to simply collect n...

One of the projects I worked on was funded by the EU and so the code needed to be open-sourced. We did this by placing the code on SourceFor...

After reading my previous posting Jonathan Stockdill suggested that the command really needed dry-run and/or confirmation flags. He is righ...

I always seem to need a better killall especially when running script or Java processes where the command name is, for example, "java...

I have a distributed system design problem. The problem brief is We have many clients to a service. The service needs to be fault-toleran...

About a week ago now I was tired of NPR using the term "Obamacare" instead of the laws real name, The Affordable Care Act. And so...

With the help of a little script called term you can quickly tail the logs of remote machines each in its own window using for n in 1 2 3 4...

I know that a visual workplace works to improve productivity. What I did not think about was that it can work for the individual just...

Comment on Ian Schreiber's blog post Dreamers : There seems to be less and less opportunity to see how much hard work is necessary to...

There are times when I want a notification about the status of a long running process I have running on a remote system. I could have it sen...

I had a small problem today where I needed to refactor a Java class and maintain its serialization identity. I guessed that if I maintained ...

My comment on How I name files on my Mac : I too add dates to file names even though I know the creation date is part of the file's me...

Geek-lights are the indicator lights embedded on the surface of your electrical equipment. The green "On" light. The blinking ligh...

"Anyone who isn't acting like a startup in publishing [replace with your industry] has a serious problem." I hate this aphoris...

I have been working with XML since SGML. I have been working with character-sets since before cuneiform was contemporary. That is, a long ti...

I have returned to earth after some months of all-things-wargames-all-the-time. I have learned much about Roman, feudal, and 18C and 19C war...

My public library, and, I expect, so does your's, uses Innovative Interfaces catalog tools. This web application is the poster child for...

One of my favorite lines from M.A.S.H was Frank Bruns insisting that "we must have a plan even if it is wrong." While this was a l...

I am enamored with all things miniature wargame. Last year I dove into the world of boardgames (and card games) as my sons were now of an ag...