Turn your Fortigate into a PiHole (well … kind of)

What? You aren’t using a Fortigate? Well, never mind then.

 

Source: Turn your Fortigate into a PiHole (well … kind of)

Projects | Robert Oostenveld’s blog

Last time I was here (in 2016), Robert was working with temperature sensors and such… He has really stepped up his game!

Source: Projects | Robert Oostenveld’s blog

Hosting your own email server

I’ve been thinking about providing internal email to all of my erp system users.

Running this task on our Intranet site seems a no-brainer, however there are options:

https://www.hmailserver.com/

https://mailinabox.email/

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SQL to identify the Informix users involved in sessions with lock contention

Source: SQL to identify the users involved in sessions with lock contention

Problem

This article provides sample SQL that can be used to diagnose users involved in lock contention issues.

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TimeStretch Audio Player

Online Audio Tool

Source: TimeStretch Audio Player – 29a.ch

Swaks – Swiss Army Knife for SMTP

A great tool for the email administrator in all of us.

Source: Swaks – Swiss Army Knife for SMTP

petrockblock.com – New Fun Stuff for Technics Enthusiasts

This site was dug from Brainless’s ashes and it’s not only still up and running, but still has great stuff!

Source: petrockblock.com – New Fun Stuff for Technics Enthusiasts

Chinese Harvard student decides ‘not to learn English anymore’

Seriously, why the fsck would anyone care?! Maybe you should learn the language of the land you are visiting, or not be pissed that you have trouble communicating.

Regardless, in this case, a possible solution may be for the person to go the fsck home where everyone speaks her language and she won’t feel isolated.

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Five Ways to Run a Program On Your Raspberry Pi At Startup

A great writeup on the many ways to run stuff at startup. Oh, the simplicity of autoexec.bat!

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Well said, dear commentator

Damn. Truth hits hard at 7am today. Been saying it for a few years now, but it is tough to read. I too, wonder if we have till the 2040’s.

Source: Climate change: Russia burns off gas as Europe’s energy bills rocket

The Plan

The Plan

In the beginning, there was a plan, And then came the assumptions, And the assumptions were without form, And the plan without substance,

And the darkness was upon the face of the workers, And they spoke among themselves saying, “It is a crock of shit and it stinks.”

And […]

NSS Preserve – Tytoona Cave NP

Source: NSS Preserve – Tytoona Cave NP

Microsoft is telling us something. Aka: How to Install Free HEVC Codecs (for H.265 Video)

TL:DR: http://ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId=9n4wgh0z6vhq

Source: How to Install Free HEVC Codecs on Windows 10 (for H.265 Video)

Microsoft is really showing their hand now a days. They love us so much, they want .99 cents for the new ‘divx’ codec. Yep, Bill’s once great company, the one that gave us things like Power Toys for free, now […]

indexers – usenet

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Fatten Windows Boarders

What were the developers thinking back with WIndows 8? 1 Pixel window boarders are some kind of hell for everyone. It just goes to show how totally ignorant Microsoft developers are to real world use scenarios.

Anyway, it is possible to fix this!

https://www.howtogeek.com/130138/how-to-change-the-window-border-size-in-windows-8/

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Two jailed after Valley Street shooting…

Never just attempt to remove the Swartz. Remove, or remove not; there is no attempt.

Police said the victim was confronted at his residence by his landlord, Michael Bruno, who was attempting to remove the Swartz from the residence. According to the police report, Bruno pointed a shotgun at the victim. The victim then […]

Gmvault: gmail backup

Have not used this yet, but it looks super promising as a way to backup Gmail accounts.

Source: Gmvault: gmail backup

Welcome to BrainlessIdeas

Congratulations, I’ve done no page ranking, have paid google nothing, did not answer the door when bing rang, and ignored their wailing begging from my porch, eventually getting a PFA from them, and yet here you are.

This is my site of collected links and data I’ve deemed too important (to me) to trust […]