home-assistant
Yes. SATA and SAS use very similar connectors, but a SATA connector has a gap in the middle. This means that you can physically plug a SATA drive into a SAS connector, but you can't plug a SAS drive into a SATA controller (because it won't
ruby
Whenever I'm looking at backtraces, logs, or failing tests in the terminal, I often need to open one of those files in my text editor. It was previously a semi-arduous process that involved highlighting, copying, pasting and the return key. Now, all I need to do is double-click
rails
capistrano_colors has been merged into capistrano. If you update capistrano to version 2.13.5, you will no longer need to include capistrano_colors in your Gemfile. Don't forget to also remove require 'capistrano_colors' from config/deploy.rb. If you've been using
bash
If you often make changes to your ~/.bashrc, you might be sick of typing source ~/.bashrc after every change. It can also be annoying when you switch to a different tab in your terminal, but your new aliases or functions aren't available until you type source ~/.bashrc. While
linux
I'm saving a little space in my terminal by replacing my username and group (ndbroadbent) with a single symbol. I'm doing this in my prompt, as well as in the output of ls commands: (My laptop's hostname is also represented by a symbol.) For
scripts
Skype on Linux comes with it's own notification system. It's not that bad, but it's not consistent, either. If you want to configure Skype to use libnotify instead, run the following script in your terminal: (NOTE: You must have installed Skype, and logged in
linux
You might be familiar with the cron job scheduler, which is great for repeating tasks. But when you want to schedule a command to only run once in the future, the at command is what you are looking for. In my case, I was updating a plugin for our Thoughtworks
ubuntu
Sometimes you just want to copy something from your terminal and paste it somewhere else. You might have heard of a Linux program called xclip, which provides a command line interface to X selections. However, xclip's default selection isn't the clipboard, and typing xclip -selection c
compaq-evo-t20
This is just a little idea I had on the bus. Outside my apartment, I have a bucket for umbrellas. A program checks the local weather on weather.com from time to time. If there's any chance of rain, it switches on the lights installed in the bucket.
compaq-evo-t20
Octopus cards in Hong Kong can be used to purchase almost anything, such as groceries, McDonalds, and public transport. Since everyone has one, a lot of apartments are using them for access control. One of my first projects after moving back to Hong Kong was installing an electronic lock on
compaq-evo-t20
I've finished most of the work I'm going to do on my shell.fm ruby server. Its written on sinatra + jquery + jquery-ui (so, a lot of ajax calls). It also requires my custom shell.fm fork if you want the volume control to work. You can
linux
My Compaq Evo T20 running tinycore linux, playing shell.fm, displaying track info via lcd4linux on a Pertelian X2o40 USB LCD display. Uses music software Reaper to play audio and generate MIDI events. Midi events are sent to the 'output' of MIDI Yoke, which patches them to a
bluetooth
I found a little bluetooth headset at work, and wanted to play audio through it from my laptop. It turns out that nowadays, Ubuntu actually makes this really easy. I found a guide written for Ubuntu 9.04 on this forum post, but Ubuntu 9.10 now does most of
compaq-evo-t20
I received my Pertelian X2040, and had a bit of trouble getting it work on my 64bit Ubuntu machine. The characters were getting all mixed up. I gave up on my 64bit machine and decided to focus my efforts on the T20 running tinycore. To get lcd4linux running on tinycore
compaq-evo-t20
I've finished the software research stage of my Compaq Evo T20 experiments. I have settled on the Tinycore 2.7 distribution. So I now have a 300MHz thin client that: * can connect to a wired or wireless network. * can play audio through its onboard sound device. * has the
compaq-evo-t20
Compaq Evo T20s are fun. I have a few that I'm using for various projects. I plan to set one up as a RFID controlled alarm/door lock system. Its running Damn Small Linux using ruby, rubygems and sinatra packages that I compiled myself. Karl Mowatt-Wilson's