My tmux config
This is my ~/.tmux.conf file, for my own reference. For the right keyboard sequences to be passed on from PuTTY it might be necessary to set your keyboard to Xterm R6. Here’s the file.
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Technische documentatie van Kapitein Vorkbaards digitale avonturen
Create a catch-all address in IBM Domino 9
Purpose: send all incoming mail to non-existing addresses to a central account. I added corrections, commentary and screenshots to the code I found at http://www.qtzar.com/dlyh-5mnlz8/. The code parts are licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. The non-code part of qtzar’s page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported …
Set up a testlab in VirtualBox with a virtual LAN
Testlab This article describes how to set up a virtual LAN with a virtual router and virtual computers. It is isolated from your physical LAN and meant to test setups with multiple computers in the same LAN. Intended audience This is for everyone who wants to experiment with networked servers …
Simple Twitter unfollower tracker script
Here’s a script to track Twitter unfollowers. It it based on @sferik‘s excellent command-line Ruby Twitter client ‘t’. Visit its GitHub page for installation instructions; they’re pretty straightforward. The script is quick and dirty but easy to follow: it compares a new followers list to the previous list followers list …
Things I learned about Vi(m)
Here’s my personal documentation on Vi(m) in case I forget how I did it. Hope it helps someone. Running Debian Jessie and I want: – to make Vim the systemwide default editor; – to have syntax highlighting; – a nice colour scheme. For the colour scheme and syntax highlighting we …
Fun with cron
Here are some odd things I learned about scheduling jobs with cron. Define your PATH End in newline Log to syslog Set default shell Run every odd minute Mute output Mail to different address Example Define your PATH When running stuff from an interactive shell under your regular account you’re …
Cowsay when logging on via SSH
To give my server a bit of personality I have it render words of wisdom everytime I log on to it through SSH. Also, show its uptime and any tunning tmux sessions. This is for Debian 8, I’m not sure about Red Hat or other distros. First install fortune and …
Randomly follow your Twitter friends’ friends
Following a rather radical pruning of my Twitter followings (people who I am following) my timeline has got both better and less exciting. So I wanted to follow some new people but not just random accounts. I have a list of ununfollowables: the followings I like best. Those people are …
Command-line TweetDeck clone
Set up a command-line TweetDeck clone, preferably in Linux.
Upgrading Roundcube from the Debian repositories to the current version
Debian 8 in its repository holds version 1.1.5 of Roundcube. That is fine because that’s a stable version and it’s working without mentionable issues. However I wanted to install the current version (1.2.2) because it has a number of features I like. During installation I followed Roundcube’s own howto. Basically …