SysAdmin Day
2010-07-30 (60) by , tagged as
Today is the last Friday of Juli. This means that today is System Administrator Appreciation Day and being a real nerd, I support this day.
Let's hoot the SysAdmin.
Archive for July 2010
New MySQL backup
2010-07-26 (59) by , tagged as
It's been a while, but now there is a new version of the MySQLBackup script.
This version (1.42) has a few enhancements and some configuration options were added.
The main new feature is that it now supports multiple dumps per day and database checks. The old backups will be removed, of course, but only when they are over a day old.
An added configuration option is that it's now possible to choose whether you want the databases locked during the backup.
If you want to use it, go ahead, but make sure you have a look at the new config file as well.
Have fun with it. It's in the Download section.
Brainfuck
2010-07-26 (58) by , tagged as
I had heard of it before, but someway it has slipped my mind. But purely by accident I came across BrainFuck again.
Maybe a nice project for a sunny afternoon.
New MySQLBackup
2010-07-21 (57) by , tagged as
It's been a while, but now there is a new version of the MySQLBackup script.
This version (1.42) has a few enhancements and some configuration options were added.
The main new feature is that it now supports multiple dumps per day and database checks. The old backups will be removed, of course, but only when they are over a day old.
An added configuration option is that it's now possible to choose whether you want the databases locked during the backup.
Have fun with it. It's in the Downloads section.
BrainFuck programming language
2010-07-21 (56) by , tagged as
I had heard of it before, but someway it has slipped my mind. But purely by accident I came across BrainFuck again.
Maybe a nice project for a sunny afternoon.
New internet connection
2010-07-21 (55) by , tagged as
A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by my ISP asking if I would like a lot faster internet connection and a lower price. Well, you have to be nuts to deny such an offer, so I decided to comply.
About a week later the new internet modem showed up and I connected everything up.
Running speedtest made me very happy.
Not bad at all 
Switching to WordPress
2010-07-20 (54) by , tagged as
I've been using NanoBlogger for some time now, but the evolution of this stuff lacks progress. So, as an experiment I've setup Wordpress and I'll see how that feels.
New Git RPM set
2010-07-20 (53) by , tagged as
There is a complete new set of Git RPMs put online. This is version 1.7.1.1 and they are compiled for CentOS 5.5 on the i386 architecture.
You can find them in the Downloads section.
Google can tell time?
2010-07-20 (51) by , tagged as
Today I made a 'cut and paste' error and ended up Googling for the word "Time". This is not a great deal, but the result surprised me:
They even know where I am!!
Entering things like "Time India" even gave the correct results. Nice.
