The Shadow File

I needed to install Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR) in a VMware Virtual Machine so that I could try to reproduce a bug. It was kind of an asspai...

I've been running my iPhone jailbroken for a couple of weeks. At first I felt dirty about having callously cast aside many of the legit...

I hate to admit it, but GEICO commercials have a pretty good track record for featuring good pop music. Whether it's 3 Doors Down , Roy...

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Finally.

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I always thought LVM (Linux's Logical Volume Manager) was kind of neat for the flexibility it gives you in adding and removing disks and...

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Sometimes you need to determine programatically whether a computer is on battery or on AC. For example, I have a backup script that takes h...

I have an operating system install image that I need to install in VMware Fusion. The problem is the install image is a MacOS disk image f...

Okay, this one's a bit esoteric, but I think it's pretty cool. How do you use 'sudoedit' non-interactively such as from a s...

Until Hauppauge released the HD-PVR this past May, there was no way to record in high-definition from your cable or satellite box. Your HD ...

apt-cacher-ng hasn't exactly worked out as well as I had hoped. I kept having a problem where the Releases file from the apt repository...

We just got our FiOS internet hooked up. I opted for the 20Mbs up, 5Mbs down option. Here's a bandwith test from speedtest.net: Other th...

I saw the greatest log message in my MacBook's system log this morning. SyncServer[8551]: SyncServer: Truth vacuumed. Next vacuum date 2...

I have several machines on my network running Ubuntu Linux which need to be updated regularly to keep up with security updates and the like...

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This is the first post to The Shadow File. I suppose a brief explanation is in order. What is The Shadow File? In Unix and Linux, an algorit...