Technical Insights

Puppet Stand Alone - Templates, Configs

I’m working on getting all our servers standardized with puppet to minimize installation and maintenance hassle. Pretty exciting.

I’m setting all this up with puppet standalone. I …

Mount afp share over command line

Python Module Docs

I’ve been trying to get into Python in my spare time, since it’s got such a huge volume of modules and looks like it should be easy to be ripping it up in no time. But of course, I have …

MacBook Air Conclusion

I made a post back in December regarding my MacBook Air and a battery life issue.

About 2 weeks ago, I brought the Air back to the Apple store again, despite being completely shot down the first …

Bash Quick Tip - Subshells

When you’re in a shell, and you want to do 1 or 2 commands in another brand new shell, but don’t feel like opening a new window, try using a subshell.

Here’s an example:

~ jhaddad$ …

SSH Reverse Tunnel To Access Box Behind Firewall

I frequently need to get access to a machine behind a firewall to do some web development, but I don’t have a VPN available. Not a problem - just use a reverse SSH tunnel. By the end of this …

Textmate - Stop ._ Backup Files

Pretty sure this stops TextMate from creating the ridiculous backup files in my network shares.

defaults write com.macromates.textmate OakDocumentDisableFSMetaData 1

CANCEL MY GOOGLE!

I can’t believe this stuff exists… I love the internet.

hello i am 82 years old and google is on my computer withour permission IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. my compoter is slow now and i want …

Running Puppet Master on Mac OS X Snow Leopard

_As of a few hours after this post, I’ve given up trying to get Puppet Master running on Snow Leopard. There appears to be an issue with the SSL certificates generated that’s preventing …