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May 25, 2017 by Daniel P. Clark

Leveling up with Git

This past weekend I got to spend 4 days at the Ruby for Good event. This is an event where programmers get together and volunteer their efforts in charitable programming for many needs in our communities. The team I joined up with consisted of 10 developers and most of the team grouped together in about…

March 12, 2017 by Daniel P. Clark

Installing the Adafruit 2.8″ TFT Display on the Raspberry Pi

One thing I’ve learned over and over from working on the Raspberry Pi is that it’s most likely going to take a chunk of time to get things set up just the way you want. And this display is no different. I’ve written in the past about How to Play HD Video on a Raspberry…

July 1, 2016 by Daniel P. Clark

5+ Linux Video Editing Tool Tips

Finding a video editor in Linux that isn’t severely handicapped or come with an extreme learning curve is difficult. But this article isn’t about fancy video editors. As it turns out many of the things you need to get done are easiest with a few command-line tools. The packages you’ll want to install are mpv,…

May 29, 2016 by Daniel P. Clark

How to Build the Ultimate Remote Pair Programming Environment

There are a handful of desktop sharing apps out there and there are plenty of shell/editor sharing setups. But the biggest problem with these is you are opening up your own personal computer to not only the person(s) you’re connecting with, but also the potentially vulnerable or malicious technology you choose to use. A proper…

April 21, 2016 by Daniel P. Clark

Encrypted Linux Backup with Google Drive and Duplicity

When it comes to protecting your important data it’s best to have at least 3 copies of your things backed up. One should be air-gapped (not actively connected) and another be offsite (not at the same building). The air gap will protect against malicious code that would encrypt all your files and force you to…

August 15, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Install Ubuntu 15 Over the Network PXE/BootP/TFTP NetBoot

No Floppy? No CD/DVD? No Bootable USB ports? No Problem! What I used for the installation: Debian based Linux Distro (CrunchBang++) on my Netbook to act as a Network boot server. Crossover cable (possible with 2nd hub/router setup) External USB Wifi adapter Software for implementation: atftpd lftp isc-dhcp-server Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) Netboot The Process…

July 25, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Play HD Youtube from the Raspberry Pi Command Line

Quick tip for most Linux distros. You can just use the mpv player to play a Youtube video from the command line. It’s a take off on mplayer2, and it has quvi built in. Unfortunately it’s not available for the Raspberry Pi architecture. Now the Raspberry Pi has some pretty good graphics built in. But…

February 12, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Setting up Remote SSH Access to your Ubuntu Box

I’ll keep this as short and simple as I may. In my use case I have a Netbook that doesn’t build or run Rails very well, but I love editing with it. My main computer runs Ubuntu 14.04 and is a great development environment handling server features like a champ. For your PC that you…

January 28, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Rails Helper Methods

When I had started developing in Rails it was months before I even heard of “Helper Methods”. I did see the folder in the app directory, but I didn’t see any use for it at the time. I mean Rails is pretty much Model-View-Controller, so why would anyone need helper methods? Well once I found…

January 22, 2015 by Daniel P. Clark

Learning Your First Programming Language

If the idea of designing software intrigues you; then you’re in the right place. Often times the things that keeps you from moving forward is the “fear of the unknown”, or simply doubting your ability/capacity to learn. If programming looks like some big ominous thing and like it’s more trouble than it’s worth, then you…

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