Author: jedreynolds
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Backups: one quick file backup alias
When you have a file you need to edit and you have the foresight to think, “whoa, make a copy before I destroy…” you often copy hulk.txt to hulk.txt.old (that’s using the minimum of keystrokes: cp hul[tab][tab] hul[tab][tab].old[enter]. Well, a week later, what do you rename your next .old file? .old2? No time to put…
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Lightroom vs Darktable [Tutorial Geek]
Here is a more in-depth comparison of features and processes available in Darktable and Lightroom. Lightroom vs Darktable – RAW photo editing ~ Tutorial Geek.
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Linux Photo Processing
At LinuxFest Northwest 2013 April 28/29, I will be giving a talk comparing the GIMP and Darktable. These are two very powerful photo manipulation tools. I am particularly looking at two programs that provide a strong post-processing capability. You use them for different purposes and how they are used is quit different as well. There…
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Backups: using tar and find
If you are familiar with zip files, they are the DOS version of tar files (tar = Tape Archive). The tar utility is totally intended for storing backups. A quick way to backup your home directory is: cd /home ; tar -cvf home-jed.tar ./jed You might see that command grab a whole lot of stuff…
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Backups: outline
Here’s some basic programs and techniques I’ll be covering about backups. tar rsync find date how to write “now” using date how to find files newer than your last backup all this will be done in bash
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Backups: Using rsync and find.
I’m doing a talk at Linuxfest Northwest on making Very Sexy Backup Scripts. This is because you are more empowered when you know your filesystem and a little bit of bash scripting on your sweet linux system. I’ll start with an out-of-order post showing rsync and find. If you don’t know [[WTF]] I’m talking about,…
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2013 Bike Picnics
Bike Picnic with the kids. BYOF. This year: cold lunches. I plan on one picnic each in May, June, July, Aug.
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Nanopaper and Flexible buckytube transistors?
Nanopaper and Flexible buckytube transistors? I have been always quite excited to hear about ways of making e-paper. This is rather a kind of complment to that, this is a microcellulose nanopaper that has organic circuitry (buckytubes) adhered to it. Not only is this not a display device yet, it is not a anything close…
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Minotaur Rock Star, Bellingham 2012-05-05 [wallpaper]
This guy (or gal) was rockin’ the scene at the 2012 Procession of the Species.
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