Compiling FFmpeg for Raspberry Pi / Raspbian Jessie
There’s plenty of guides around, but none that worked flawlessly for me. Here’s my recipe for building and compiling FFmpeg for the Raspbian Jessie environment for Raspberry Pi. If you’re […]
Author: @davidcostello42
Configure FTP on a Raspberry Pi
Firstly; let me stress that you should really try and avoid using FTP. It’s an old protocol, it’s not secure – and by default the SSH support on the Pi […]
Code Scraps; Validating undefined and null in Javascript
I’m always forgetting how to to this in Javascript – here’s a couple of ways of validating if an object is undefined or null, and the good points about using […]
Code Scraps: Get a list of all content in a directory on Windows
I recently posted a code scrap for getting all content of a directory in Linux. Here is the same code scrap but for Windows. C:\TestDir\> dir /b /s > C:\temp\files.txt […]
Setting up MiniDLNA on a Raspberry Pi
If you’re familiar with DLNA, which is a media streaming protocol that lots of devices support (PC, games consoles, smart tv’s and tablets and cellphones), you can probably guess what […]
Code Scraps: Passing a parameter from Maven to TeamCity
I’ve spent a lot of my working career setting up build automation for teams I have worked with. For Java projects, this usually has involved creating Maven scripting for a […]
Code Scraps: Get a list of all file content in a directory in Linux
This is a quick code scrap – I needed a list of all the files within a directory path on a Linux server today. I need to do this infrequently […]
Code Scraps: Command Line manual logging
I have a collection of eBooks that I’ve bought over the years, and thanks to sites like HumbleBundle, my collection is growing on a fairly regular basis. I keep them […]
Code Scraps: Allow root to login via SSH
Most modern Linux systems will prevent the root user from logging in remotely via SSH. This is a very good security practice and you should avoid altering this as it […]
WannaCrypt: Protect yourself from infected network neighbours
The WannaCrypt virus that spread globally on Friday uses the EternalBlue network sharing propagation bug to spread across local networks. You can hinder the ability to be infected by other […]