A while back I made a nostalgic impulse purchase on eBay and ended up with a Commodore 64 – a real breadbin style one, with no emulation in sight. This was my first ever computer and I have fond memories of playing countless games, waiting patiently for things to load from tape, and borrowing libraryContinue reading “‘Fixing’ a Commodore 64”
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Speeding up a Synology rebuild
After purchasing a Synology NAS I inserted a bunch of drives and left ‘expanding’ overnight. When I came back in the morning it had gone from 2% to 5% complete – about 95% less than what I was hoping. I discovered that you can SSH into the box and check the status of the rebuildContinue reading “Speeding up a Synology rebuild”
Clearing Chrome’s DNS cache
If you ever need to point a domain name at an IP address, for sandboxing during development, or for whatever reasons, then Chrome can be a real nuisance. It seems to cache the domain name and refuses to use your new IP address. Recent versions supposedly monitor /etc/hosts, and if you view the DNS cacheContinue reading “Clearing Chrome’s DNS cache”
MacOS terminal cursor navigation with a mouse
File this under ‘I can’t believe I didn’t know this sooner’. Ever had to edit a long command in a terminal window? Certainly you can set things up so you can jump back and forward using the keyboard. But you can also option+click to move the cursor instantly – really handy for some commands. Also,Continue reading “MacOS terminal cursor navigation with a mouse”
Using pv to view the progress of dd
If you use dd for any kind of copying you’ll know how it’s not exactly forthcoming with information and it’s hard to tell if it’s doing anything. Some versions of dd have a status=progress parameter that will output progress information. Sadly this doesn’t exist on the native MacOS version. An alternative way of showing progress informationContinue reading “Using pv to view the progress of dd”
