<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Will Bradley</title> <atom:link href="http://willbradley.name/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://willbradley.name</link> <description>Personal Blog of a Geek in Phoenix AZ</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:06:42 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>img2mpg &#8211; Batch convert JPEG sequences into MPEG movies</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/img2mpg-batch-convert-jpeg-sequences-into-mpeg-movies/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/img2mpg-batch-convert-jpeg-sequences-into-mpeg-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:06:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=376</guid> <description><![CDATA[Do you have (or want) an IP camera that uploads video to an FTP server, but frustrated because all IP cameras seem to do is upload still frame JPEGs? Frustrate no more! I have written a Linux shell/bash script that timestamps and video-fies these images into video for your consumption. Behold!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/img2mpg-batch-convert-jpeg-sequences-into-mpeg-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to shut down a Windows server hung due to frozen VSS writers</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/how-to-shut-down-a-windows-server-hung-due-to-frozen-vss-writers/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/how-to-shut-down-a-windows-server-hung-due-to-frozen-vss-writers/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 01:39:01 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=372</guid> <description><![CDATA[Shadow copies and VSS writers are pains in the ass. Sometimes you&#8217;ll try to shutdown Windows and it&#8217;ll freeze for hours stuck at the &#8220;Windows is shutting down&#8221; screen because it can&#8217;t shut down the VSS shadow copy providers are also hung. To get around this, I&#8217;ll usually shut down those servers with the &#8216;shutdown [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/how-to-shut-down-a-windows-server-hung-due-to-frozen-vss-writers/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Basic Apache/PHP Start Page</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/basic-apachephp-start-page/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/basic-apachephp-start-page/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 01:08:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=368</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I set up a new website, I like to put a basic welcome page in the public_html folder to test that it&#8217;s working and look halfway decent. Here&#8217;s what I use. It just echoes the hostname from PHP, thus providing feedback that both Apache and PHP are working (along with DNS, hopefully)]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/05/basic-apachephp-start-page/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Script for Adding Monitors in Nagios</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/03/script-for-adding-monitors-in-nagios/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/03/script-for-adding-monitors-in-nagios/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:51:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=365</guid> <description><![CDATA[It can be a pain to add new monitors in Nagios &#8212; so I made a script! Check it:]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/03/script-for-adding-monitors-in-nagios/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Visually Monitoring Asterisk (using simple digital signage!)</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/visually-monitoring-asterisk-using-simple-digital-signage/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/visually-monitoring-asterisk-using-simple-digital-signage/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:18:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=359</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got this simple digital signage script floating around that I repurpose a lot. Recently added Asterisk logs to it, so I can see minor fluctuations and trends like lagged peers in addition to other stuff I&#8217;ve written like my Nagios monitor. Here&#8217;s the script!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/visually-monitoring-asterisk-using-simple-digital-signage/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Shift Register LED Matrix Kit!</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/shift-register-led-matrix-kit/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/shift-register-led-matrix-kit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:42:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hot on the heels of my Arduino Nagios Display, I&#8217;ve made a kit version of the LED matrix that is much easier to assemble! It&#8217;s daisy-chainable, so you only need however many rows you want. Perfect for workshops where you want to introduce someone to shift registers and LED matrixes but don&#8217;t want to buy [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/shift-register-led-matrix-kit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Log your Logins &#8211; My favorite script ever</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/log-your-logins/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/log-your-logins/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:53:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=299</guid> <description><![CDATA[Reviewing my system, I realized one script I take advantage of the most is a logging script I made years ago to track logins. I mainly use it to see who is using which computer, saving on guesswork and coming in very handy when troubleshooting weird problems. It also comes in handy when tracking down [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/log-your-logins/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How Do I Grant Least Privilege? Or, Help! I Think Someone Needs Admin Rights!</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/how-do-i-grant-least-privilege/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/how-do-i-grant-least-privilege/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:29:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=295</guid> <description><![CDATA[You may realize that giving out admin rights (i.e. adding someone to the Administrators group) is a bad thing. But your boss and/or favorite employee might be demanding that they need them in order to do their job. You feel stuck. What do you do? First, you need to learn something: the Administrators group isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/how-do-i-grant-least-privilege/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Why Should Users Not Have Admin Rights?</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/why-shouldnt-users-have-admin-rights/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/why-shouldnt-users-have-admin-rights/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=275</guid> <description><![CDATA[I recently waded into a debate about whether people in an organization should be given local administrator access to their machines. Now firstly, this violates the principle of least privilege, which is what all of security is based on. You don&#8217;t get it unless you need it; you get the minimal privilege necessary to do [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/02/why-shouldnt-users-have-admin-rights/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Death and Taxes</title><link>http://willbradley.name/2012/01/death-and-taxes/</link> <comments>http://willbradley.name/2012/01/death-and-taxes/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:31:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Will</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://willbradley.name/?p=270</guid> <description><![CDATA[This is a comment I posted on Paul Gregory&#8217;s Forbes post about Mr. Buffet&#8217;s Secretary&#8217;s salary&#8211; saying that for her to be paying less than him (assuming a 15% rate) then she&#8217;d have to be making over $200k, meaning she&#8217;s not such a poster child for injustice after all. (I guess God only has pity [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://willbradley.name/2012/01/death-and-taxes/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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