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Tag: unix

  • A New Era in UNIX Timestamps

    If you haven’t heard it already, today the UNIX timestamp rolls over 1234567890.  Apparently that is how many seconds  have past since the beginning of the UNIX time epoch: January 1, 1970.  So get your geek on, and party like it is… well… 1234567890 seconds since January 1, 1970.

  • I’m Hating it!

    Humanity has a love-hate relationship with technology. Geeks like to take it to the extreme. Take the recent hub-bub in the blogosphere about the aptly named: Linux Hater’s Blog. In that blog, the anonymous blogger (or bloggers) rants about how BAD Linux is. Its entertaining and educational! Entertaining because rants and rabble-raising is fun… in…

  • Symlink Mirror – A Useful Python Script

    Just wanted to share a useful little python script I crafted. I creates symlinks from the top level directories in a specified source folder to a target folder. Its a neat little tool for linking between two distant directories under UNIX. Share and enjoy! #! /usr/bin/env python “”” Symlink Mirror ———————————————————– Author: Dorian Pula Version:…