archive for August 2009

Coloured Shell Prompts

A script to automatically generate the shell prompt colour from the username and hostname

Posted 23rd August 2009 in Computer, with 0 comments

Checking apache conf syntax

Finally, Debian now does this when you /etc/init.d/apache2 reload, rather than silently failing and killing your websites.

Posted 19th August 2009 in Computer, with 1 comment

Backupninja from Debian to Ubuntu

Some hints about using Backupninja to backup Debian servers to an Ubuntu box

Posted 19th August 2009 in Computer, with 0 comments

Moved to Mercurial

I've now made the move from svn to mercurial, so my repositories can now be found here

Posted 19th August 2009 in Computer, with 0 comments

Windows Vista Recovery Disc

Need a Windows Vista DVD for its recovery mode, but your system manufacturor didn't give you one?

Posted 19th August 2009 in Computer, with 0 comments