When you try to ssh / sftp to a remote server you'll be asked for a password...

This can make scripting sftp commands difficult. What would be nice, is the ability to have the connection secured without the need for manually typing a password. Here's how...

Ever seen a scenario where someone is too lazy to google something - or they request a TinyURL to an item, well now payback is available...

Many times I sit there, pondering my next move. I have the power of a programming language in one hand, a UNIX enabled terminal connected to the keyboard in the other hand. But then it hits me... What do I want to code?

Why is it that when I'm ready to undertake coding my mind goes blank? It's as though every conceivable problem that requires software to repair it no longer exists in my world; that or the fact that someone's beaten me to it and their software is already out there doing the job with its own community supporting it.

For a very long time, the "Hello World" application has been the way to introduce someone to programming in a specific language by merely print the words "Hello World" on screen.

It's meant to be quick and easy. To the point. And to this fact I want to have some fun and convolute it...

Websites are modern works of art. They allow expression of ones ideas and thoughts and personalities, reflecting whom they belong to. Corporate users have them reflect a stable reliable business, home users have them reflect their individualities.

Much like our banks want us to be our own bank managers with online-banking, so too the Internet wants us to be our own web masters. Today, pretty much anyone can write their own HTML based site and have it hosted somewhere for next to nothing. You no longer even need to write your own blog software; picture gallery; forums; or indeed any other piece of software. It's all out there. You simply download it, install the required dependencies and away you go. But there's a common issue any web developer faces, harmonising multiple technologies.

If you use Twitter, then a handy CLI tool to update it with is Twyt. Found it on Ubuntu's man pages

A few weeks back I discussed Backing up your system as being a compulsory, yet daunting task. So, I've sat down and written a backup script that only backs up the necessary directories (decided by you) on a UNIX server.

The irony here is that I'm providing a shell script without providing too much info about how it actually works. However, I'm hoping that simply by looking at the code it should make sense enough for someone to understand how it works...