September 2015 - IDmedia

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September 29th, 2015 at 07:36pm by Benjamin Krause

VMware Tools for XPenology running on ESXi

In order to improve performance and add support for automatic startup/shutdown of your virtual machine you’ll need to install the VMware tools package.

September 28th, 2015 at 12:45pm by Benjamin Krause

Converting images from the command line

If you need to resize or in some other way modify hundred or even thousands of images you should really check out ImageMagick.

September 27th, 2015 at 08:14pm by Benjamin Krause

RetroPie 3 on my bartop arcade

I’ve finally got the time to finish the software of my second arcade build, so I guess it was time to make a post about it and cover some of the challenges I’ve faced.

September 22nd, 2015 at 06:08pm by Benjamin Krause

Configure UsenetServer VPN on Ubuntu 14.03

Just recently I configured a virtual machine to use VPN provided by UsenetServer and it’s awesome!

“I would have replaced you with a tiny shell script but I honestly can't figure out what it is you do here.”
@sadserver

“That keyboard is digital. hitting the keys harder won't make your data come back.”
@sadserver

“The first stage of deployment is "denial"”
@sadserver

September 15th, 2015 at 09:22pm by Benjamin Krause

Facebook page like count to Pushover

In order to track my sites Facebook like count I made a small Python script that would notify me whenever there’s a change.

September 15th, 2015 at 06:40pm by Benjamin Krause

Moving to Disqus

In order streamline and encourage more users to comment on posts, I’ve now moved the commenting system from WordPress to Disqus.

September 14th, 2015 at 08:18pm by Benjamin Krause

Configuring the perfect server

In recent years I’ve tried many different solutions to come up with the perfect server. Finally I can say I’m pleased with the result!