http://demod.org/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:41:50 +0200 FeedCreator 1.7.2-ppt DokuWiki http://demod.org/lib/images/favicon.ico http://demod.org/ http://demod.org/blog/2008/03/netcat Did you ever suddenly notice that something simple you've been doing for years could be vastly improved with just a little bit of tweaking? I did yesterday concerning the transfer of files with netcat (e.g. when nobody got sendfile installed and standard paranoia forbids simply using scp instead) and figured I should share my sudden “enlightenment” ;-) demod sh quick_and_dirty tools Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:03:02 +0200 http://demod.org/blog/2008/07/shutting_down_your_workstation Ever wanted to shutdown your workstation and confused some random $xterm with an ssh-session and one with a local shell? Still want to use your pretty shell color scheme on all your accounts anyway? Look no further. After managing to shutdown the wrong machine once or twice a year I finally took the time to build some visual safeguards into my ZSH. demod sh zsh quick_and_dirty Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:54:16 +0200 http://demod.org/user/demod Contact demod user Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:34:14 +0200 http://demod.org/blog/2008/07/staying_sane_with_rsi Some time ago I suffered from a bad case of wp>Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) which german doctors usually diagnose as wpde>Sehnenscheidenentzündung or Tendovaginitis/Tenosynovitis. Not being able to normally use a computer or my hands for a prolonged period of time gave me plenty of opportunity to think about how to improve my situation (and how to stay sane). After going through this I figured I might as well share which tools I bought as a result of that thought process. demod Health RSI Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:55:14 +0200 http://demod.org/blog/2008/06/unpaper Recently I wanted to print a few scanned pages. However, due to the low quality of the source material (see below) reducing the pages to black&white didn't exactly improve them. Enter unpaper. While unpaper is a rather unknown tool it's also extremely useful because it allows diverse image modifications to improve scanned pages, e.g.: demod sh quick_and_dirty tools Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:38:59 +0200 http://demod.org/blog/2008/05/i_got_tagged Splitbrain just tagged me and so I guess I've got to list my “favorite desktop Linux software”. Here are the rules: * blog a list with your favorite destktop Linux software (as many or few you want) * add links to the software project's websites * post these rules * tag three other Linux using bloggers demod chain_letters linux tools Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:59:38 +0200