Compile the latest znc

$ sudo aptitude install build-essential libssl-dev libperl-dev pkg-config 
$ sudo aptitude build-dep znc 
$ wget http://znc.in/releases/znc-latest.tar.gz 
$ tar -xzvf znc*.*gz $ cd znc* 
$ ./configure 
$ make 
$ sudo make install 

Install Colloquy push add-on

$ curl -LO http://github.com/wired/colloquypush/raw/master/znc/colloquy.cpp 
$ znc-buildmod colloquy.cpp 

Move colloquy.so to ZNC’s modules folder. By default, this is ~/.znc/modules/.

$ mv colloquy.so ~/.znc/modules/ 

Configure ZNC

$ /usr/local/bin/znc --makeconf 

Misc

Load the Push module with ZNC, either through webadmin or by typing /msg *status loadmod colloquy.

For help and options, type /msg *colloquy help or /msg *colloquy status in your IRC client.

Note: if you want to disable push when another client is connected to znc, pass the following argument to the colloquy module (make sure your module is up-to-date):

-attachedpush 0 

or send a message to *colloquy after loading the module:

/msg *colloquy attachedpush 0 

Sources

• PushNotifications – Colloquy: Support & Development
• Installation – ZNC

I found the script over at lifehacker.

It is really useful because you get to specify what browser you want the fluid app to launch.


$ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/screen co screen
$ curl http://old.evanmeagher.net/files/gnu-screen-vertsplit.patch > gnu-screen-vertsplit.patch
$ cd screen/src
$ patch < ../../gnu-screen-vertsplit.patch
$ ./configure --enable-locale --enable-telnet --enable-colors256 --enable-rxct_osc
$ make
$ sudo make install


Sources:

• http://old.evanmeagher.net/files/gnu-screen-vertsplit.patch
• https://gist.github.com/761392

I found the following command:

defaults write com.apple.terminal FocusFollowsMouse -string YES

Source: osxdaily.com

1. Download the libpam-google-authenticator package from http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libpam-google-authenticator. (It is not available in Squeeze stable, so I downloaded the following manually: http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/google-authenticator/libpam-google-authenticator_20110413.68230188bdc7-1.1_amd64.deb)
2. Run:
   sudo aptitude install libqrencode3
sudo dpkg -i libpam-google-authenticator_20110413.68230188bdc7-1.1_amd64.deb
3. Configure google-authenticator by running
   google-authenticator
4. Scan the barcode from the Google Authenticator app on your mobile device.
5. Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and set :
   ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes
6. Edit /etc/pam.d/sshd and add at the very beginning of the file :
   auth required pam_google_authenticator.so
7. Restart the service :
   service ssh restart
8. Done

Sources:

• http://blog.wains.be/2011/10/25/two-step-authentication-on-ssh-with-google-authenticator-under-debian-sid/
• http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libpam-google-authenticator

Just connect to your vCenter database using SQL Management studio and run the following:

select e.name, n.mac_address, n.network_name, i.ip_address
from vpx_vm v

inner join vpx_nic n on (v.id = n.entity_id)
inner join vpx_entity e on (v.id = e.id)
inner join vpx_ip_address i on (i.entity_id = n.entity_id and i.device_id = n.device_id)

Source: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/217326

So I added the following lines to my ~/.bash_profile file:

rm ~/.bash_history
touch ~/.bash_history

There is a pretty good alternative in Windows, not built-in of course…But with a small app called Dexpot.

Download the beta here.

To achive this I did the following:

1. I installed sleepwatcher via brew
   brew install sleepwatcher
2. Then I copied the launchd files to the ~/Library/LauchAgents directory
   cp /usr/local/Cellar/sleepwatcher/2.2/de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher-20compatibility-localuser.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
3. I restarted my Macbook and created the ~/.sleep script which contains the commands that will run before sleep.. (You could also create a ~/.wakeup script that runs when the mac wakes up.)

Source: EchoDitto Labs, Stack Overflow

The path "/usr/bin/gcc" is not valid path to the gcc binary.

I tried to fix it by installing the linux-header files…without any success.

I solved it by running:

apt-get install kernel-package

apt-get install gcc-4.3 linux-headers-`uname -r` -y

I found the solution here.

Dockless is a little app that does what some people have always wanted – remove certain applications from their dock. Dock real estate can become precious, and some apps don’t make a whole lot of sense sitting there. That’s where Dockless comes in. With Dockless, any OS X application can be made to show in the Dock or not.

Download dockless here

But what do you do if your company is running Exchange 2003 or if you want to run IMAP (And your company only permits a “Outlook Anyware”-type setup, IMAP over HTTPS).

Well you can either stick to running the Outlook Web Access, which in Exchange 2010 is kind of nice, or you can install a program called DavMail. DavMail acts as a proxy between your computer and the corporate Exchange server.

Some really nice features in DavMail:

• It’s cross-platform. You can run it on your Mac, Windows och Linux machine.
• You can run it on a server or locally on your client-computer.

Marked shows a preview of your markdown files. Simple and great!

Get it in the App Store!

To start off, I installed the modem on a windows machine and disabled the PIN-code on the simcard. I personally get quite annoyed when I have to enter a PIN-code everyone I connect a 3G modem..

Next, I downloaded the drivers on my own from mobinil.com, installed them and configured the modem with the following settings:

Dial: *99#

Vendor:Generic

Model: GPRS (GSM/3G)

APN: online.telia.se

Note that the APN is different on every carrier. Just Google it…

In my case I want it to open nvALT for really fast note-taking.

Source: How To Turn Caps Lock Into A Search Key On Your Mac, Redux

A step by step instruction on how to use the Host Update Utility from VMware.

http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-vmware-esxi-3.5-to-4.1-update-1-free-version

Your browser trusts many certification authorities and intermediate sub-authorities quietly, every time you enter an HTTPS web site. This add-on reveals when certificates are updated, so you can ensure it was a legitimate change.

Download it here.

The content of the .htaccess-file:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} somefolder 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.com/somefolder/$1 [R,L]

Now if you go to http://www.domain.com/somefolder you will be redirected to https://www.domain.com/somefolder.

This is all due to a bug fix in 1.1.1. There is a way to fix this issue.

Open a new terminal.app window and enter the following line:

defaults write com.apple.Terminal TotalTerminalVisorWindowOnHighLevel -bool YES 

Restart Terminal.app with TotalTerminal.

The TotalTerminal visor is now shown on top of the dock.

Source: GetSatisfaction

http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/everything_you_need_know_about_versions

Configure BgInfo to run via a GPO for a consistent experience

1. Select the host and click the Configuration tab.
2. Click Security profile > Properties.
3. Click Local Tech Support or Remote Tech Support (SSH) and click Options.
4. Choose the desired startup policy and click Start, then click OK.
5. Verify that the daemon selected in step 3 shows as running in the Services Properties window

Next enable Clipboard Copy and Paste on every ESXi host:

Log in to the ESX/ESXi host as a root user and open the /etc/vmware/config file using a text editor.
Add these entries to the file:

isolation.tools.copy.disable="FALSE" 
isolation.tools.paste.disable="FALSE"

Save and close the file. The Copy and Paste options are only enabled when the virtual machines restart or resume the next time.

Source: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1026437

Source: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1017910

Fired up Disk Utility, created a Mac OS X partition on the thumbdrive  and restored the lion dmg (InstallESD.dmg) to the drive.

Source: Creating a bootable OS X 10.7 Lion disc (holgr.com)

This is very annoying, as I’m using alfred to speed up pretty much every command on my Mac. So basically I had to type “eje” (the start of the Eject command) two times instead of one..

It turned out that CleanMyMac checked the drives as they where being unmounted, thereby locking the drive. So I disabled these settings and voila, everything worked.

How to remove the Login Window entry from the OS X Lion Menu Bar – Simple Help.

HowTo upgrade from Debian Lenny to Squeeze | MDLog:/sysadmin.

Sometimes, your Mac will connect to a janky Wi-Fi network. The connection is slow or you’re on the other side of a lead wall and you’re getting a really poor signal. When you finally find an Ethernet jack to plug into, you may notice you’re still connected to the Wi-Fi network that was giving you problems. This is because your Network Service Order list is out of its proper order to allow the Ethernet to take over when plugged in. Don’t fret, we’ll show you how to reset the Service Order list on your Mac to ensure that Ethernet takes priority over AirPort.

Read the full post at maclife.com

SMARTReporter is a free application for Mac OS X that can warn you of some hard disk drive failures before they actually happen! It does so by periodically polling the S.M.A.R.T. status of your hard disk drive. S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a technology built into most modern hard disk drives that acts as an “early warning system” for pending hard disk drive problems. SMARTReporter can notify you of impending hard disk drive failures by sending e-mails, displaying a warning dialog or executing an application. The current status of your hard disk drives is always displayed through the customizable menu item.
Because SMARTReporter relies on the S.M.A.R.T. implementation of Mac OS X, it only supports ATA, SATA or eSATA hard disk drives, if you want S.M.A.R.T. support for your SCSI or FireWire hard disk drive, send feedback to Apple.
Please note that a S.M.A.R.T. alert doesn’t mean that your HDD will completely fail for sure, nor can S.M.A.R.T. catch all possible HDD errors – it’s just a very valuable indicator. Follow this link for more information about S.M.A.R.T. technology.

corecode->SMARTReporter.

moveAddict in the Mac App Store