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find and archive files older than 90 days

Posted on May 2, 2007 by bturnip

Just another note to myself here- more pics of Gabe are sure to be on the way. Find the log files older than 90 days and gather them up in a compressed archive: find /path/to/my/logs -mtime +90 -name “*.log” | … Continue reading →

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Gabe two for Tuesday, May 01 edition

Posted on May 1, 2007 by bturnip

Nothing gets Beth’s attention like a stick. Especially a stick she has deposited practically in Gabe’s lap. Gabe isn’t much of a stick thrower yet, but Beth is an eternal canine optimist.

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UNIX command line file auditing

Posted on April 16, 2007 by bturnip

I am cleaning out my home directory on one on the UNIX boxes I have an account on and I coming across all sort of little hints I have left myself. Sometimes it is helpful to get an idea of … Continue reading →

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Gabe is ticklish and digs tire swings

Posted on March 29, 2007 by bturnip

Try right clicking the images and viewing seperately if the pictures seem too pixelated… Gabe is warning us not to tickle him by showing us his Tiger Claw style of baby Kung-Fu:

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Gabe doesn’t like the taste of daffodils

Posted on March 13, 2007 by bturnip

We had a stretch of gorgeous weather, so we plopped Gabe down in the daffodils and snapped some pics…

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Little Rock Marathon

Posted on March 7, 2007 by bturnip

We had some several friends and family members take part in the Little Rock Marathon this year…

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Gabe: two for Tuesday

Posted on February 27, 2007 by bturnip

The lovely wife brought home a “Danny the Dinosaur” hobby horse for Gabe. It is a little big for him, but he loves it anyway:

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Same ole Gabe

Posted on February 19, 2007 by bturnip

It isn’t just a sink, it also is a baby bathtub!

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Getting your geek on with find, mv, and xargs

Posted on February 15, 2007 by bturnip

For those folks who didn’t get their full ration of tech-tastic-ness with my opus on getting cedilla’s into an emacs buffer, here is a handy bit about using the UNIX find and mv commands together: The task- find all the … Continue reading →

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I love Finetune! (updated)

Posted on February 12, 2007 by bturnip

[Update 2] Fixed a broken link or two. More good stuff- you can cruise to finetune.com and listen to featured playlists and such. There are also “radio stations” with specific themes- I’m listening to 1960s Top 40 as I update … Continue reading →

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