Archive for February, 2009
Get Examples for Random Bash Commands
Following my post about a script to query bash commands from shell-fu, here is another script, which queries shell-fu for examples of a random bash command:
The script is not bullet-proof and might fail if the guys at shell-fu decide to change the website’s layout, but it works for now, and this is good
Computer Hardware in Plain English – Video
I have an exam in 2 days on Comuter Architecture. I’m not sure that this kind of video is going to help me pass the exam 
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Anyway, it’s a very nice (and very very basic) introduction to computer hardware.
Delicious – Make “Do Not Share” Selected by Default
If you use the official Delicious plugin for firefox, then you may have noticed that when you bookmark a page, the “do not share” checkbox is not selected by default – even if you set your account as private.
This might be annoying if you don’t want to share every page you bookmark with the world, but you want to share only specific pages instead – you might want to do this, for example, for sharing only high-quality pages instead of every “maybe interesting” page.
Get Examples for Bash Commands in Your Terminal
This one is by the great shell-fu, a website with many bash examples.
The following script is a powerful enhancement for the bash experience, and a great addition to the manpages, it allows you to query shell-fu for examples about almost any bash command you might want to use.
4 Free and Great Programming Ebooks
These are 4 Ebooks which I had looked at recently and had a very good impression about. It’s needless to say that I’m planning to read them all (So why do I say this if it’s needless?) 
These are direct links to PDFs, just click and save.
1.Linux 101 Hacks: Nice Bash and Linux tips. Small commands which make difference.
2.Python 2.1 Bible: Though they’ve been a few python releases since 2.1, still I think this book is a must for starting writing python. I just started reading, and it’s a very joyful experience.
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A Bash Script To Decode TinyURLs
This is a simple bash script, intended to decode tinyurl URLs, i.e. to revret a tinyurl into the original URL.
It’s always a good practice checking where a URL will send you to before actually visiting it.
For the implementation, I the “Preview” service supplied by tinyurl themselves.
Taking Screenshots In Linux
Hi,
Another short post. This time about taking screenshots in Linux (Tested on Ubuntu Hardy).
There are a few methods for doing this:
1. The [Print Screen] key. This will take a screenshot of the whole screen.
Posting to WordPress from Vim
Hi,
I just discovered a cool vim plugin called Vimpress which allows one to post directly from vim.
Actually, this post is published using Vimpress.
I think I’ll be using it for short/simple posts.
That’s it, c ya
Embed a Valid XHTML Twitter Widget
Recently, I decided to embed the flash twitter widget in my blog. In general, I don’t like to use flash because it’s a proprietary format, but looks like it’s becoming a de-facto standard and it’s not easy to cover its functionality with open source alternatives.
Embedding the twitter widget should be easy, just to copy-past a short HTML code, and that’s it.
A Bash Script To Watch Live TV Streams
Hi,
In this post I’ll introduce a very simple and basic Bash script, which uses VLC and a plain text file to let you watch Live TV streams of your favorite channels.
First of all, make sure you have VLC installed in your system.
About Me
My name is Amir Watad. I have a BSc. in biomedical engineering from The Biomedical Engineering school , Technion , Israel, and a BSc. in electrical engineering from The Electrical Engineering school , Technion , Israel.
I'm a Verification Engineer in Mellanox Technologies Ltd.
I love Linux, the Command Line and the OpenSource Community.
I used to write Poems (Arabic) when I was able to find time for this.
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