This is my first real 2010 post I guess. Tomorrow work awaits, so I’m getting ready for bed as we speak. Bed by ten? Yep, that’s the way of life for someone who has to get up damn early in the morning.
So first of, Tales of Vesperia for the Xbox 360 is -awesome-. I really recommend it for people who like RPG type of games. Also, Marte, the IPod Touch has saved my life. Reading on it with Stanza is awesome.
I’m awaiting Lost Odyssey in the mail, and going nuts!
Now that I’ve whined, over to some gratitude.
Life, right now, is wonderful. I have a wonderful girl by my side, and we have two lovely sons. Our newborn, Noah, seems to be awake more during the night than during the day. But when he opens his eyes, it’s hard to imagine that he is seeing some things for the very first time, and feeling things. Like his dad’s ticklish beard in his face, or his mom’s long hair. Michael is growing every minute, and he’s starting to make decisions for himself, starting to find out who he is. It’s really amazing. I can’t imagine a life without these three, and that is what I mean by a step in the right direction. Things were really difficult for me and the Mrs in the past, but things seem to finally be turning our way. We’re sure working to make it that way. So here’s for 2010, hopefully a wonderful year for our little family.
Introducing Noah Galvarino:
You’ve probably been in the situation before where you have to connect to a server several times, which means that you most likely have to re-authenticate each time. There are several workarounds to this. You can use ssh-keys, or a socket to bypass it. How? In this round we’ll learn about sockets.
Open up your /etc/ssh/sshd_config and find the line Host *. Right below it, paste the following:
ControlMaster auto
ControlPath ~/.ssh/socket-%r@%h:%p
And voila, that should speed up your OpenSSH-connection a bit, not to mention you won’t have to re-authenticate each time. Example?
First time:
$ ssh jorge@totoro
jorge@totoro’s password:
Last login: Mon Dec 14 08:24:54 2009 from home.example.com
[jorge@totoro ~]$
Second time:
$ ssh jorge@totoro
Last login: Mon Dec 14 08:24:54 2009 from home.example.com
[jorge@totoro ~]$
As you can see from the first try we have to authenticate at least once. When done with that, you SSH to the same server, without the need to authenticate again. Without the sockets-setup you’d have to authenticate twice. Nifty huh?
Been wanting to do this for ages really. Here’s what I consider to be the better Firefox addons available:
- Adblock Plus
- Ever been annoyed by all those ads and banners on the internet that often take longer to download than everything else on the page? Install Adblock Plus now and get rid of them.
- StartupMaster
- Asks for the master password at startup (fixes multiple password prompt).
- Tab Mix Plus
- Tab Mix Plus enhances Firefox’s tab browsing capabilities. It includes such features as duplicating tabs, controlling tab focus, tab clicking options, undo closed tabs and windows, plus much more. It also includes a full-featured session manager.
- Tiny Menu
- Replace the standard menu bar with a tiny menu popup.
- Xmarks
- Xmarks is the #1 bookmarking add-on. Install it on all your computers to keep your bookmarks and (optionally) passwords backed up and synchronized. Xmarks also helps you uncover the best of the web based on what millions of people are bookmarking.
- Web Developer
- The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
