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I like to engage in "Technology Serving Community" via free software.

Consultant, Ubuntu member, Wikipedia contributor since 2002, ElectionAudits developer, Boulder Community Network co-founder, Internet2 consultant for IDtrust, author of pgpstat, Android enthusiast, ex-Bell Labs web/security/standards maven....

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answered How do I filter or search email messages in Mutt by a flag?
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comment Can mutt run external scripts based upon inbox rules?
Note of course the importance and significant challenges of writing such a script securely, since it would essentially be an open internet server.
Sep
28
comment Ubuntu 11.04 server iptables port forwarding
The site lots its domain in 2012. But it is is similar to what is here, and you can still find it via archive.org, or find similar info elsewhere.
Jun
20
comment Clipboard manager for Ubuntu?
One complication is that diodon isn't in the official repositories, at least as of precise 12.04.
May
17
comment Byobu versus gnu screen versus tmux
Good explanation. Amazing that screen is so heavily patched - does it need a new maintainer or something? And byobu is great - thanks.
Jan
26
comment With Linux iptables, is it possible to log the process/command name that initiates an outbound connection?
Thanks for the info, @guettli. There are more specifics at permalink.gmane.org/… which quotes more of the changelog: "[NETFILTER]: Remove tasklist_lock abuse in ipt{,6}owner ; Rip out cmd/sid/pid matching since its unfixable broken and stands in the way of locking changes to tasklist_lock." But I'd still like some more background, or better alternatives.
Jan
26
comment With Linux iptables, is it possible to log the process/command name that initiates an outbound connection?
Thanks for providing an option! But requiring polling and querying every open file descriptor each time is not very robust and is very inefficient. I'm still hoping someone will find a better solution, or clarify why this isn't part of iptables any more, and why --cmd-owner is deemed unfixble.
Sep
9
comment Identifying which tab in Google Chrome is responsible for error messages
I tried this and it didn't provide anything that seems relevant to tracking down the errors I'm seeing. But +1 for that amazingly long list of command-line options!
Sep
9
comment Identifying which tab in Google Chrome is responsible for error messages
It looks like an equals sign needs to be used for arguments: --log-level=0
Aug
15
revised Synchronize Internet Time in a Windows script?
clarify OS - critical info
Aug
15
suggested suggested edit on Synchronize Internet Time in a Windows script?
Aug
2
answered Want random picture screensaver, then sleep
Jul
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awarded  Student
Jul
28
awarded  Commentator
Jul
28
comment Identifying which tab in Google Chrome is responsible for error messages
@wizlog So I could see the errors. Actually, I run it like this to get time-stamped errors, where "teetime" is a simple unbuffered perl script to prepend a timestamp: google-chrome 2>&1| teetime >> /tmp/chrome-errs
Jul
28
asked Identifying which tab in Google Chrome is responsible for error messages
Jul
28
awarded  Editor
Jul
28
revised How to findout which firefox tab is using most CPU or memory?
make relevant search results easier to spot
Jul
28
suggested suggested edit on How to findout which firefox tab is using most CPU or memory?
Jul
10
awarded  Tumbleweed