Submitted by matt on Mon, 2011-01-31 00:26
I see a lot of postings about how the Sun Chips compostable bag doesn't actually break down. This is my experience, too. A few months ago I planted a Sun Chips bag in my compost to see if it would disappear.
I had quite forgotten about it when I was rotating out the bottom portion of my compost. Then I came across it.
Kids often get antsy the moment you have to wait for something. For example, a 20 minute seating wait at a restaurant can be unbearable to a kid. So whenever I find myself in line for something, I end up trying to find ways of keeping the kids' attention focused on something else. Here are a few games you can play in line, which work pretty well:
Every kid knows this game. Find something in your environment and have them look for it. "I spy... a rose!" They will look all over for a rose. Then each will want a turn saying I spy.
Submitted by matt on Wed, 2010-10-20 00:00
Here's perhaps the simplest way to rotate logs. You'll have a max of 31 revisions and a rough idea of when they were created:
0 1 * * * mysqldump -u dbuser -pdbpasswd db | bzip2 >db.dmp-$(date +%d).bz2
Submitted by matt on Fri, 2010-10-15 00:09
This script is an offshoot of the original weather script included with IRSSI, which no longer works. It used the Geo::Weather, which is no longer maintained.
Weathercom.pl uses the well-written Weather::Com module. You must register an account with weather.com to use it. It requires a "partnerID" and "licenseID". Download here
Submitted by matt on Sun, 2010-08-15 12:22
Add this to cron to backup your Google Mini:
0 1 * * * /path/to/minibackup.pl
You can download this script here.
#!/usr/bin/perl
# automatically backup a Google Mini's config file
use WWW::Mechanize;
use IO::Socket::SSL;
use DateTime;
$dest = '/backups/miniconfigs'; # dir to save the backups
$base = 'https://mini.mars.planet:8443/'; # needs ending '/'
$username = ''; # usually admin
$passwd = '';
###
die "the directory $dest doesn't exist\n" if (!-d $dest);
$base = $base . '/' if ($base !~ /\/$/);
