Since I am always looking for my notes I am adding this snippet here for reference. Handy for checking the time a reboot takes for example.
Save WeChat Video Clip
To save a video to your computer is not as easy in WeChat as one may think. In WhatsApp this is easier since files are also local. In WeChat I did the following: 1. Open web.wechat.com. I used Firefox 47.0.1 2. Scan IR code from WeChat on Iphone to login…
Papyros Shell
Since I want to capture what I did to take a look at the initial stages Papyros shell I am jotting down what worked for me. It sounds like soon the developers will have working downloadable images to try so its worth waiting for those. Getting ArchLinux going in Virtualbox…
Sorting IP addresses in Excel
Sometimes you need to manipulate lists of IP addresses in Excel but of course it sorts on strings which is not ideal for IP addresses. A quick way to sort is adding another column with the following formula and sorting on that new column. =((VALUE(LEFT(B6, FIND(“.”, B6)-1)))*256^3)+((VALUE(MID(B6, FIND(“.”, B6)+1, FIND(“.”,…
Watch Process Id
Sometimes you want to keep tabs on a long running process and get notified by email when it is done. This is an example of just that.
Unix text mail to Outlook missing newlines
If you like myself have spent way too much time with Outlook chomping newlines in a simple text email this little workaround worked for me. Assuming of course you do actually have newlines in your text that you are sending you can just use sed to add two spaces to…
Sendmail Mail Submission
I have struggled with this before and now I will make a note of it to save myself time when I encounter this again. I have a setup on Solaris 11 where I am running a custom filter to accept mail on port 25 and then pass it on to…