I’ve tried quite a few methods to block password guessers from guessing passwords on machines that have open SSH, POP, IMAP… What I usually used was iptables and the recent module “iptables -m recent –help” if you are interested in that. The main problem with the iptables approach is it blocks a number of new [...]
I just finished updating my tv_grab_is script to use the xml interfaces which every Icelandic broadcasting company has.
Just discovered one of the most usefull apps I have come upon in a long time, Gnome DO!
This program makes programs and actions in them really easy. I have for instance installed the pidgin plugin for it, I hit “Windows button (super) - Space”, type the first few letters in a contacts email and voila, [...]
Just re-added my gnucash scripts for importing data from Kaupþing XML transaction data and Landsbanki kredit card statements. Find them at /gnucash
I’m expecting to start work on changing tv_grab_is program guide grabber to utilize the new XML feeds from 365 (Stöð 2) and also using the XML from RUV in the next few days. Sadly Skjár 1 have not yet created a XML feed so I’ll have to keep on doing HTML parsing for their program [...]
I am finishing writing a program called pysmsqueue that can manage to send SMS text messages through phones on multiple hosts or multiple phones on multiple hosts. There for handles load balancing, e.g. sending multiple messages at the same time. The code works pretty much for me but should be considered beta quality. You can [...]
I just tried out recordmydesktop. It’s a pretty cool program that basicly does what it says, that is record my desktop. It also captures audio from mic and any music/sounds you are playing at the time of recording. Good for creating video demos, tutorials, whatever. Grit!
I created a script, AsteriskJA, a while back which can fetch data from a website and use in a CallerID lookup source within Asterisk. This script utilizes the Icelandic online phone book, http://ja.is/. It is written in perl and I’ve been using it now for several months. The effect is that if someone calls you [...]
I wrote this script to take screenshots of my desktop because I have on occasion forgot to fill in my time sheet on a daily basis. Basicly it’s a script that takes a screenshot of my desktop every 15 minutes and saves to a directory structure.
screenshot.sh
My crontab entry:
*/5 8-19 * * * /home/tommi/screenshot.sh