Disable mounting /tmp as a tmpfs
For reasons that escapes me the default of my Debian machines is now to mount the /tmp directory as a […]
Munin plugin: Copenhagen gasoline prices
Introduction It is no secret that I am very fond of Munin and since I recently bought a car I […]
Compressing PDFs using Ghostscript under Linux
Introduction I had to email a PDF with several high-resolution images embedded. The original file size was 7.31 MB and […]
Rebuilding and updating my Linux NAS and HTPC server
This article is a continuation/update to my article: Building a powerful, cheap and silent Linux NAS and HTPC server. UPDATE: […]
OCRopus – open source text recognition
Introduction My girlfriend Pernille Petersen needed to grab a big chunk of text from from a magazine and asked me […]
Creating a Carbon fiber wallpaper in Gimp
Motivation I am getting a new payment card with the option of designing the background myself. I thought that a […]
Building a powerful, cheap and silent Linux NAS and HTPC server
Introduction I am currently using an old IBM Thinkpad T42 as a server and NAS for my desktop and laptop, […]
LaTeX fonts: 73 PDF and JPG samples
Introduction I had a friend ask me to find an alternative font for him to use in LaTeX. I first […]
