Convert any image to favicon icon format with ImageMagick
17 Feb 2012 9:27pm GMT To make a web site icon file that shows up in the URL bar in a browser, usually 16x16 pixels in size named favicon.ico, all you need is ImageMagick's convert.
Use git clone through a proxy
9 Feb 2012 10:22pm GMT Proxies are the devil. If you pick a random software application and try to do anything network related behind a proxy, it's a coin toss as to whether the developer gave proxy support a second thought. In the case of git, it didn't work right out of the box for me. But it didn't take more than a minute to figure out a working solution either.
How to extract the contents of a tarball into a different directory
6 Feb 2012 10:00pm GMT Here's a short step-by-step how to unpack files to any custom location you wish. If you used this for some automated purpose, you could easily create and destroy the temporary structures on the fly by looking at the tarball contents first.
Free website monitoring from all over the world
27 Jan 2012 2:00am GMT There are quite a few online companies that offer to monitor your website and alert you when it becomes inaccessible from different places around the globe. They send you email and SMS messages along with reporting features. And there are a few good ones that offer this service in a limited function for free.
Fieldrunners Tower Defense Strategy and Tactics
26 Jan 2012 5:25pm GMT First off, the long twisty path you create doesn't have to start out by turning 90 degrees, zigzagging back and forth as tightly as possible. In this case you're taking advantage of the fact that even the cheapest turrets will hit planes while still allowing you to wind a path back and forth later. Guns are so cheap, just think of it as the zerg rush of tower defense.