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SCRUM – Project Management by any other name?

YouTube was jumpy, so I post it here… This looks very familiar, just terminology at the end of the day…but you knew that already. Thoughts and comments welcome… [flashvideo filename=”https://blog.sven.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/video.flv” /] ...

RDP redirection via Putty (Linux Server) for Windows Remote Desktop

Tunneling via Putty is quite well documented. In Putty (the link points to the lastest version), create a new session. In the SSH section, make sure compression is enabled (for SSH v2 – you shouldn’t be using anything earlier, anyway). In the SSH=>Tunnel section , set the Source port to 127.0.0.2:3389, and the target to SERVER:3389 (where SERVER corresponds to your upstream Windows ...

Trac and remote SVN servers

Do the SVN server Trac relates to have to reside on the same as the Trac installation? At present, alas it seems so. (If you’re new to Trac and need a one-stop-shop of commands, look here.) http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/2828 points to and abstracts http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/493 Seems like Trac and remote SVN is not happening yet, though SVN replication is an option… There is a ...

Google Lab’s FastFlip – Hyperlinked Slideshow?

Google Labs launched FastFlip – a good example is the “Centre for Investigative Reporting” site. So you can flip between pages that are rendered and pre-loaded as graphics (PNGs, avg 40kB, 634px by 884px) without incurring the (X)HTML load-times, and all the underlying elements. See the page you like, and then click on the one you choose to have it actually load. The basis is a ...

Wipe all mp3s and avis from the filesystem

So you want to run a script that removes all mp3 and avi files off the filesystem. One way (in bash) as below. Comment, suggestions and feedback are welcome 🙂 Using $EUID to check for root user, and $IFS to check for line breaks as the file names has spaces in them. IFS is saved to a temp variable, reset and then re-instated afterwards. C is the counter. Got two litte for loops in bash with backt ...