Shoutcast logs can be pretty big, if you don’t read them in line by line there is a fair chance of getting an out of memory error. The following function getShoutcastBW(logfile) simply returns the number of bytes streamed today out of the log. Good for calculating bandwidth. function my_strip($start,$end,$total){ $total = stristr($total,$start); $f2 = stristr($total,$end);… Read More »
For me, I find the linux command line like a second home. When I’m on Windows, I find that I live in CMD.EXE a majority of the time — I usually always have a command prompt open. Aside from everything about Windows that drives me insane on a regular basis, I find the… Read More »
As some of you regulars have noticed, I’ve cut back on some of the posts on the odd and interesting things that people are trying to sell on the internet. But fear not, I’ve been compiling these and making a comprehensive list of these oddities. With that, I’m happy to introduce Shafe’s Picks. A site… Read More »
I have a client who routinely deploys cloud servers and they like ISPConfig installed to serve as a hosting control panel. ISPConfig is great for your average customer to manage their server or even for a small hosting company to manage their servers. It is a cost effective alternative to commercial solutions like Plesk and… Read More »
Need A new password? Here is a randomly generated one: Here is the PHP code to generate these passwords: function genRandomString($length) { $length = 10; $characters = ‘123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopq3stuvwxyz!^+.?’; $string = “”; for ($p = 0; $p < $length; $p++) { $string .= $characters[mt_rand(0, strlen($characters))]; } return $string; }
Quite some time ago I posted a set of scripts to compile Darwin Streaming Server under Debian and Ubuntu. Since that time some of the download links to the patches have disappeared, since that post gets quite a bit of traffic, and I was tasked with doing another install of DSS, I decided to update… Read More »
As an avid homebrewer… I was recently asked for any homebrewing tips from a friend of mine… Here is my response: The most important brewing advice… In my experience over the years… is that you prepare in advance 2 compilation cd’s to play while brewing. One while actually brewing and one for bottling. The only… Read More »
Broadcasting from his double-wide trailer in Nevada, Art bell was good at what he did, and in his heyday, there was one broadcast that had me completely enthralled. Mel’s hole is one of those stories I listened to on the edge of my seating cursing commercials because they where too long. I came across some… Read More »
The online casino sites you choose for betting on the NBA will depend on which one is the most profitable for you. As you delve into the thrilling realm of online betting, be sure not to overlook the potential rewards offered exclusively through the Zodiac Casino welcome offer. If you’re interested in hockey betting, here are… Read More »
I was going through my phone and noticed I have a tendency to take pictures of things that just strike me as a “WTF Moment”… here are some of those pics… The first in the roll, was a sign at a bank. It seems that someone could have worded this better. This one really makes… Read More »