Author Archives: RedKrieg

MySQL Query Parser

Posted on 2011-05-10 by RedKrieg

In my day to day activities, I often need to know who’s being especially bad at MySQL on multi-user systems. Sure, running SHOW PROCESSLIST; a few dozen times might give me an idea, but often you just have to start … Continue reading →

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Adding notifications to finch

Posted on 2011-03-14 by RedKrieg

So, we use XMPP for our internal chat system at work, but I hate pidgin and empathy’s not much better. Naturally I searched for command line alternatives and the least offensive one I could find was finch, which admittedly uses … Continue reading →

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Pianobar – An open source Pandora client

Posted on 2011-01-02 by RedKrieg

I’ve been using pianobar for about two weeks now and have yet to experience any crashes that plagued my usage previously. It is by far the most efficient, stable way to use Pandora. In Ubuntu, you can install it from … Continue reading →

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Deep Fried Philly Steak

Posted on 2010-11-27 by RedKrieg

In a stroke of pure genius this weekend, my brother created the Deep Fried Philly Steak. For the benefit of mankind, I shall hereby document the process: Use a frying pan with a touch of olive oil to sautee some … Continue reading →

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Compiling heimdall on Ubuntu 10.10

Posted on 2010-11-23 by RedKrieg

Heimdall is an open source replacement for the Samsung Galaxy S flashing utility called Odin. I like this because I can’t stand windows, so if I were to have “bricked” my Vibrant, I’d have been pretty well screwed until I … Continue reading →

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Minimalist fcgid with custom php.ini on cPanel

Posted on 2010-11-19 by RedKrieg

I was able to replicate the functionality I enjoyed from SuPHP (per directory php.ini configurations) with a simple wrapper script that’s called using an “Action” parameter in the .htaccess file. Continue reading →

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ADB over SSH – Fun with port forwards

Posted on 2010-10-11 by RedKrieg

So last week one of my coworkers and I were discussing a VPN configuration to allow adb shells over 3G. Just tonight I realized that a VPN isn’t even required, SSH can do the same job with relatively little effort. … Continue reading →

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Gravity part deux.

Posted on 2009-11-30 by RedKrieg

So I’ve been playing around in Python lately, primarily because I’ve been teaching it to a kid I’ve been tutoring. I decided to take the opportunity to port my old C# based gravity simulation to see how hard it would … Continue reading →

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Wheeeeeeeee Gravity!1!!eleven!

Posted on 2008-10-01 by RedKrieg

Sooooo…. a few days ago I felt like simulating a bit of gravity. Turns out that was the easy part… Basically I wrote a gravity simulator with accurate(?) collision detection all based on force vectors applied over time. I did … Continue reading →

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Nag’s Head in 24 hours.

Posted on 2008-08-10 by RedKrieg

I’ve been in Nag’s Head for just a bit over 24 hours now and thus far it’s been the best Nag’s Head trip yet. Lets start at the beginning… Deer in a bag. Fucking deer in its fucking bag made … Continue reading →

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