Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificates without DNS API
A short tutorial on how to obtain Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificates using a tool called Agnos
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How to bulk migrate from Google Authenticator to Aegis
Using 2FA certainly adds a good layer of security, and the Google Authenticator app is probably one of the most commonly used apps for that. It just has a big disadvantage: If your phone gets lost or stolen, you’re out of luck and you should hope you have saved recovery codes or can recover…
Continue reading →How to hide your own joins in Textual
If you’re using Textual with ZNC, you’ll notice that even with general event messages turned off, your own joins are still being displayed, most notably when you start Textual and connect to your ZNC. The reason for that is that ZNC sends JOIN events to your client for all channels you are in – otherwise…
Continue reading →How to configure an alert in Textual when someone joins a channel
Suppose you’re staff in a support channel which isn’t very frequented by other users, and you want Textual to make a sound and show a notification (i.e. trigger a highlight) whenever someone joins that support channel. The chat filter can trigger some actions when certain things happen, like user joins channel #foo, and we are…
Continue reading →How to configure ZNC backlog for multiple clients
The znc IRC bouncer is a great piece of software. In this post, I’ll explain how to get individual backlog/buffer playback for each client. The problem The Auto Clear Chan Buffer and Auto Clear Query Buffer options, if checked, make sure that you receive backlog playback only once (instead of every time you connect). This…
Continue reading →Mac: automatically uploading screenshots
Dropbox has a nice feature: It can automatically upload your screenshots and copy the share URL to your clipboard, ready to paste somewhere. However being a non-paying user, free space in my dropbox slowly decreases. I was also annoyed by the fact that the upload and/or generation of the sharing-URL took quite a few seconds….
Continue reading →How to add a swap file on linux
Forgot to create a swap partition? Here’s how you add a swap file (do this with root privileges):
Continue reading →How to ssh to a system rescue cd live system
Sometimes it is useful to access a machine booted with a sysresccd from another computer, for example to be able to open several terminal windows next to each other, or to be able to work from somewhere else (with a laptop on the couch for example ). Assuming the computer in question has a network…
Continue reading →How to export and backup your Google Hangouts chat history
TL;DR: I’ve written a web tool you can use to view and download your Hangouts chat history. Click this link and follow the instructions. Google Hangouts as messaging platform has some advantages over other often used services. On my smartphone, I mainly use WhatsApp and Threema, but both lack other clients so far WhatsApp web can…
Continue reading →How to set up your iPhone for scheduled reboot
Some people may notice that their iPhones start to get a little sluggish or start showing some unexpected behaviour when they’re running them for multiple days or even weeks without a reboot. So I asked myself, is there a way to make the iPhone reboot regularly? Is there some kind of cron daemon?
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