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.
How to rename/merge projects in sonar
2013-06-03A guide on how to rename or merge projects in SonarQube by directly manipulating the PostgreSQL database, for when you need to preserve the history of a project after renaming it.
To gradle daemon or not to gradle daemon?
2013-05-13A quick tip on how to enable the Gradle daemon for faster local builds by setting the GRADLE_OPTS environment variable, while leaving it disabled on build servers.
How to mount an iPod in linux
2013-05-12A short tutorial on how to mount an iPod on a Linux system using ifuse to access the device’’s file system.
First steps on a new postgresql installation
2013-05-12A quick guide for getting started with a new PostgreSQL installation, showing how to access the psql shell and create a new superuser.
Always test your Puppet Modules
2013-05-09A recommendation to always test your Puppet modules, with a simple shell script to automate the process by running puppet apply --noop on all test files.
Resizing VirtualBox Drives
2013-05-06A quick guide on how to resize a VirtualBox disk image (.vdi) and then use gparted to resize the partition within the virtual machine.
Using awk to remove lines from a file
2013-03-14A shell one-liner that uses awk to remove lines matching a specific pattern from all files within a directory structure.
A Python script that simplifies accessing JMX beans via the Jolokia HTTP bridge, allowing you to easily read and write JMX attributes from the command line.