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DNS Propagation Test Site
This is a handy site if you are wondering why some parts of the global internet are still resolving an old IP address after a DNS record update. https://www.whatsmydns.net Go to the above site, enter your domain name and wulah!
Docker LOL
Just bought copy of www.dockerbook.com and am running through the code samples as I read. Just did a docker ps -a and noticed one of the auto-named containers was "condescending_torvalds". Wondering now what other names Linus will be called as I keep doing the...
Reclaiming Disk Space by Deleting old inetpub logfiles
cd /d c:\ du -l 1 . ... output of du showing big directories ... cd /d C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles REM for test C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles>forfiles /M *.log /S /D -09/11/2015 /C "cmd /c echo @path" REM fo real C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles>forfiles /M *.log /S /D...
Switching Wine versions using Homebrew on a Mac
After a recent brew upgrade I tried to launch one of my Wine applications and it exited with a "Program Error" screen Apparently when a brew upgrade runs it links to the version of the program that it has just installed. In my case it made wine version 1.6.2_1 the...
C struct written to file loses settings
I am having an issue with a Siemens WinCC control system that writes C struct data to files on disk under windows. The C function in the control system (see below) reads the Tag values from the user interface into a struct and then writes it to disk with a call to...
Installing Postgres 9.x for Postbooks on Synology Diskstation with Docker
I wrote a post about hacking another instance of Postgres onto the Synology Diskstation. But now that Synology has docker you can do it nicely. Don't know if I have included everything needed below but let me know in the comments if you have questions. You need to...