Ooerrr iPad.
So I’ve joined the (possibly) mindless Apple iPad crowd, and to prove it I’m writing this post from my shiny new iPad! There is a very good app for this created by the wordpress developers so the only thing to get used to is typing on the touch screen!
In the time I have been playing I’ve not found anything I can fault except I haven’t quite figured out how multitasking works yet. I shall update again once I’ve played around some more!
EtherClear.co.uk Updated
Finally had time to update www.etherclear.co.uk with the finished site. Almost everything is there now, read more here: http://www.etherclear.co.uk/blog/announcements/our-website-is-99-9-finished/
On the down side. I’ve messed up this site while playing with new themes. It will be back all pretty with a custom theme again very very soon. 
Useful and common Unix commands
| SSH (Secure Shell) is a protocol for creating a secure connection between two computers, it is the most common method for managing servers and something I have to use every single day for all our servers at Evohosting. This post will continue to be updated and should not be considered a complete list of SSH commands or linux shell commands, but commands that are often used. Change Directory (cd) cd /path/to/directory/ Change up a Directory (cd ..) cd .. List Files in Directory (ls) ls Print Working Directory (pwd) pwd Remove/Delete Files (rm /path/to/filename.htm) -DANGER- always verify rm -vf Copy Files (cp) cp Move Files (mv) mv filename.abc /new/path/filename.abc.123 Create Empty File (touch) touch filename.123 Copy a File to a Directory (cp -a) cp -a /var/www/html/* /var/www/html/somefolder/ Make a Directory (mkdir) mkdir Extract a Tarball (tar xvfz) tar xvfz tarfilename.tgz Create tar of directory (tar -cf archive.tar contents/) tar -cf archive.tar contents/ Creates everything from contents/ and puts it into archive.tar Unzip a File (unzip filename) unzip filename.zip Restart Apache (service httpd restart) service httpd restart Note: “restart” can be replaced with “stop” to quit the service and “start” to start a stopped service. |
Hidden Skype Fun…
I’ve been using skype for a long long time, but only today ran across this… if you have not, go off to http://www.skype.com/ and get it now.
Skype with large webcam window
What is Skype?
With Skype’s free software you can chat away
with free Skype-to-Skype calls and never worry about cost, time or
distance. You can talk, chat or make video calls for nothing.
The main thing you may use skype for is for making calls and our
favourite, sending files and “Chats”. Just like with MSN and other chat
applications, you have access to a set of “emoticons” which are a
combination of characters that usually form a facial expression, but
now we have found.. perform other expressions also.
Hidden Skype Icons
In addition to the built in Skype emoticons (sometimes called
smilies), developers with a sense of humor have included a number of
“Additional” icons, which cannot be accessed from the skype emoticon
menu. These are listed below.
Some of these may not be available in all versions or work on your
operating system. Make sure you have the latest version of Skype, then
try them out, …. making sure your chat buddy is not easily offended!
| Hidden Skype Icons | Code to show the Icon |
|---|---|
 |
(mooning) |
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(finger) |
 |
(bandit) |
 |
(toivo) |
 |
(ninja) |
 |
(smoke) |
 |
(headbang) |
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(rock) |
 |
(poolparty) |
 |
(kate) |
 |
(drunk) |
 |
(tmi) |
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(fubar) |
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(bug) |
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(swear) |
|
(nod) |
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(heidy) |
 |
(flag:uk) |
Most of these are animated and look great when used in skype chats.
Remember that the above emoticons are “hidden” and in addition to the
ones you can already access from your skype emoticon smily menus.
Enjoy!
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