Archive for July, 2009
getting Dia to give you a pdf
Hello again ! Today’s quick tip concerns a software package called Dia, which is an open source tool (available for both Windows and Linux, as it goes) used to make diagrams, flowcharts, network maps, and so forth. It has its own file format (.dia), which is (obviously?) useful for saving the projects you’re working on, [...]
pohmelfs pt. 2, return of pohmelfs !
Hello again fair readers. Today i’m going to re-visit POHMELFS, which i introduced in an earlier blog post. I received a comment on that post which basically asked for more information on some of the more interesting (read : advanced) features of POHMELFS, such as distributed storage, and the like. Well, today is the day [...]
setting the from address in GNU mail
Today i’m going to address a question that comes up again and again on the various Linux help forums and mailing lists (in one form or another) : « How do i set the From address when using mail ? » Of course, « mail » in this case refers to that most basic of [...]
pohmelfs update
Posted by dan in Commentary on 2009/07/01
Hello again ! You may be wondering when the next update in the POHMELFS series is coming – well, rest assured that i’m working on it even as you read this, and that it will be worth the wait. Remember that we’re working with Staging-level code, and that sometimes things don’t always go as well [...]
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