A handy command-line of text to mass rename files (in this case, change file extensions) that works in Linux and OSX:
ls -d *.cbz | sed ’s/\(.*\).cbz$/mv -v “&” “\1.cbr”/’ | sh
In this example, all .cbz files are renamed to .cbr (as I noticed some comic book archives I had were wrong).
An even more concise version […]
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The bane of having an awesome media server, regardless of whether it houses audio, video, photos or all-of-the-above is that you have to rely on physical devices somewhere to store the data…
Having recently had yet another hard drive decide to begin spewing bad sectors, I went on the hunt for recovery information for the overly […]
Peter Chabada posted a length, nitty-gritty list of 40+ possible improvements to Linux desktops (mainly Gnome). Worth a read for ideas: http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/
I’d been having some annoyances with RDP (Remote Desktop) over SSH. The primary source of annoyance stemmed from the Win2k/XP client not allowing you to connect to your local IP regardless of port, forwarded or otherwise. Luckily, it isn’t actually clever enough to know that the 127.0.0.2 address is also tied to the loopback […]
rant regarding media servers
Published January 3rd, 2006 in media storage, ui, linux and software. 0 CommentsI was originally commenting on an article on Engadget but felt like expanding it a bit here.
Ok, what everyone has to remember is that the User Interface of whatever is presenting you with your >1,000 DVD library has to not just be good, but has to be GREAT. The only GREAT interface I’ve found is […]
