While ffmpeg has multithreading capability, getting the best performance on multi-core systems calls for something more than just playing with the -threads option. I've...

Nothing fancy here: just a quick note on directing Windows event logs and select application logs to a remote syslog server. For a Unix admin,...

Does your laptop sound like a fully-loaded B-52 bomber going for a takeoff? I have a Dell XPS-15. These generally well-regarded machines are also...

Here's an oldie from two years ago that reared its ugly head on Pocket: Starting Your Day on the Internet Is Damaging Your Brain,...

This is America: you're either a duper or a dupee. I'm a duper. You guys are the dupees. — Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito), It's Always...

As a follow-up to my previous post about adding sshd instances on CentOS 5 & 6, here's a script that does the same on...

This is a process and a couple of script to allow you to setup an additional sshd service on an alternate port. The two scripts...

According to media reports, since 2012, millions of Facebook and Instagram logins and plaintext passwords have been sitting on some internal Facebook system, accessible...

The ownCloud file sharing application has been around for some time now, but somehow evaded my attention. My limited imagination makes me say "think...