Buying Multimeters: The Uni-T UT61E
2016-01-28A quick teardown and overview of the Uni-T UT61E multimeter, providing internal photos and basic information, along with links to comprehensive video reviews.
A detailed guide on modifying a DPS-800GB HP server power supply, including disassembly, chaining multiple units, and isolating the DC ground from the case.
A script for building and deploying custom Java libraries that are not available in public repositories like Maven Central or JCenter, including XSLT magic to manipulate the pom.xml.
Reuse repository definitions in gradle
2014-10-16A short Groovy snippet that shows how to reuse repository definitions from the buildscript block in the main repositories block of a Gradle build script.
A hacky one-liner shell command to dump all JMX beans from a Jolokia endpoint using curl, python -m json.tool, and other shell utilities.
Executing shell commands from groovy
2014-09-19A quick guide on how to execute shell commands from Groovy, including how to handle commands with pipes.
How to fix file permissions on debian
2014-06-13A guide on how to restore file permissions on a Debian system after a failed migration where permissions were not preserved, using a series of chmod, chown, and aptitude reinstall commands.
Migrating Sonar to a different host
2014-01-30A set of notes on how to migrate a SonarQube installation to a new host, including steps for installing SonarQube and PostgreSQL, and migrating the database and extensions.
A workaround for installing or upgrading the Adobe Flash plugin on Ubuntu when you are behind a proxy that the installer doesn’’t respect, by downloading the plugin manually and serving it from a local web server.
Reclaiming your Music from an iPod
2013-09-08An introduction to “repod”, a Python script for retrieving music from an iPod and organizing it into a human-readable file structure, while preserving ratings.