How To Fake Dynamic DNS
I have everything I need to keep tabs on my home IP address without signing up for a DDNS service like No-IP or DynDNS. My Synology NAS always knows its address when it’s online, and because it’s essentially a little…
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Making KeePass Play Nice-nice with Ubuntu, Mono, and FTP
KeePass is a free and utterly genius password management tool that has allowed me to leave the days of reusing passwords way in the past. Now all of my passwords are different, securely managed, and look something like “út8¥Äbë¬eqö«ûëU^Èm¯”. (Go…
Time Signature of Limelight by Rush
A friend recently proposed a bit of a puzzle: How many times does the time signature change in the Rush song Limelight? I hadn’t ever really tried to figure it out before so I thought I’d give it a shot,…
3D Printed Detail Test, Stainless Steel
Here are the results and a key for the detail test that I had printed by Shapeways in stainless steel. The detail is quite remarkable. If this interests you, check out the . First the scale, compared to a penny:…
Make Synology DS, NFS, Ubuntu, and VirtualBox Play Nice-Nice
I have a Synology DiskStation (DS209j) that I use on a primarily Windows network, but in some cases I want to access the DS shares from Ubuntu virtual machine running inside VirtualBox. There’s no sense mounting them as Windows shares…
How to Get HP LaserJet to Work with Synology
I had some trouble getting my HP LaserJet P1006 to work with the Synology DS210j (NAS print server), even though HP makes Linux drivers and other Synology DiskStation users have had success. The documents would look like they were sent…
3D Printed Metric Hole Test Pattern and Key
Below is the key for the Metric Hole Test Pattern object, which is available at Shapeways.com. It is a flat, 3 millimeter thick piece with standard metric drill bit size holes, and can be used just as a decoration, or…
A Very Intrusive Online Ad
I ran across this ad for Lufthansa today at Die Welt. It got my attention — the whole web page fell off the screen. I almost wish I’d caught it while the content on the site still matched the image.
How to Get Blender Working with Vista
When I started using Blender again recently with Vista, I noticed that when I launched it I would only get a blank (black) screen. The command window screen was black, of course, but at least it reported “Checking for installed…
How to Automatically Mount a VirtualBox Shared Folder from Ubuntu 10.04
First, create a shared folder using the VirtualBox user interface. For this example, we’ll call it “Data”. Launch Ubuntu. From within Ubuntu, launch Application > Accessories > Terminal, and at the prompt type sudo gedit /etc/fstab Enter your administrative password,…