It's my favorite month again and I'm pretty pumped. Fall has come and brought college football and the MLB postseason. My beloved Cardinals are in the playoffs and I hope they can surprise everyone. Warm and hearty food is going to be enjoyed (chili tonight!) and hopefully some good horror movie watching.
Author: Joe Steinkamp
Setup NDOutils for Nagios on CentOS
In this post I provide instructions on setting up the database plugin, NDOutils, for Nagios. The instructions were written for CentOS but most of it should easily carry over to another distro.
Halloween Horror Movie Month (HHMM II)
Last year I started my own horror movie watching tradition. This year I've given it a name that it can go by - maybe it'll catch on :). So here's the deal: Halloween is coming at the end of October and in order to appreciate the holiday I've created a movie marathon leading up to … Continue reading "Halloween Horror Movie Month (HHMM II)"
Best Free Android Apps for Web Developers / Designers [Top Ten]
SilverEdit SivlerEdit can create/edit HTML, PHP, CSS, and TXT files. SilverEdit allows you to work on your code away from a computer and will work well for quick edits on the go.
Kill A Process Using Command Line
If you need to stop a process (program), you can use the "taskkill" command in Windows. Example: taskkill /im processname.exe /f You can also kill multiple processes at once that share similar names. Say you want to kill processname1.exe, processname2.exe, and processname3.exe running. taskkill /im processname*.exe /f For more detailed uses, check out Microsoft's TechNet … Continue reading "Kill A Process Using Command Line"
Form Input - Readonly Vs. Disabled
Sometimes when making a form, you want to display information in the form but you don't want it editable. This is often the case for when you want to display a text box / text area that displays text that the user cannot change (Ex. editing a user profile but leaving the username untouched). I … Continue reading "Form Input - Readonly Vs. Disabled"
Shell Script - Automatically SSH Without Key
If you ever need to write a script that automatically SSHs to another computer, use this script. You'll find that you cannot automatically SSH for two reasons. You can't pass the password through the ssh command You can't bypass the initial ssh key registration This script can handle both these problems. It requires the expect … Continue reading "Shell Script - Automatically SSH Without Key"
Halloween Horror Movie Month (HHMM)
I love Halloween and I love scary movies. So what better way to celebrate Halloween than watching as many horror films as possible during the month of October. Since October has already started here are the movies I've already seen: 28 Days Later The Mist Visitation Scream Halloween (Rob Zombie's) Vacancy The Thing The Haunting … Continue reading "Halloween Horror Movie Month (HHMM)"
Convert PDF Tables Into Excel Spreadsheets
PDFs are great for having a basic file format that can be used across operatings systems and not be edited. But some times you really need to edit the information in the PDF. Well PDFtoExcelOnline.com comes to the rescue for getting tables in a PDF to an Excel spreadsheet. Go to PDFtoExcelOnline.com to convert your … Continue reading "Convert PDF Tables Into Excel Spreadsheets"