Another day, another country. Today we are in Tallinn, Estonia. Despite being quite far North and, you’d expect, quite cold, the climate was almost Mediterranean while we were there. The locals said it was freakishly hot and they never had weather like this. The sky was clear and blue and the sun was beating down.Continue reading “Baltic cruise: Tallinn”
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DV editing on Fedora
Recently, a friend asked me if I could copy her home videos from a miniDV tape onto a DVD. I said sure, OK, and if she lent me her camcorder I’d be able to get it done. I’ve never actually used miniDV before, and I’ve only ever tried to process video on Linux a handfulContinue reading “DV editing on Fedora”
Baltic cruise: St Petersburg
Our first taste of Russia, the view of St Petersburg from the ship, was unimpressive to say the least. It’s a mile or two outside the city and all we could see were some shabby, grey tower blocks. And when we disembarked from the ship, we soon discovered that the security in Russian ports isContinue reading “Baltic cruise: St Petersburg”
VisitWales nomination
I was delighted to be nominated for the Wales in Words competition for my entry about Camping in Pembrokeshire. Hi Jonathan, We have read your site with interest and feel it deserves to be entered into the ‘Wales In Words’ blog competition. Congratulations! We are looking for the great Welsh stories, posts, articles and sitesContinue reading “VisitWales nomination”
Web statistics with AWstats
A few months ago I set up a website, Memories of Korea, to showcase some slides I inherited. Naturally I was keen to find out how many visitors I’d had, so I set about finding something that could draw pretty graphs. Based on my experiences setting up website statistics with AWstats, I’ve now prepared aContinue reading “Web statistics with AWstats”
Baltic cruise: Helsinki
The next day, we sailed into Helsinki, Finland. The weather was grey again, but we disembarked the ship and got straight onto a tour bus that was waiting in the port. One of the first sights we saw was Helsinki Cathedral. I think the steps and paved area of the Senate Square add to theContinue reading “Baltic cruise: Helsinki”
Heart rate monitor
Recently I went on a Baltic cruise for a fortnight with my family. The ship boasted a fully-equipped gym so I decided to have a go. I cycle almost daily, for commuting and for exercise so I have no concerns about my general fitness. But I thought I may as well have a go atContinue reading “Heart rate monitor”
Baltic cruise: Stockholm
Another day on our cruise finds us on our way into the Swedish port of Stockholm. The day immediately got off to a fascinating start, as Stockholm is surrounded by an archipelago of tiny islands. Great fun if you have a motorboat to whizz round the sharp corners, but for a 90,000 tonne ship thereContinue reading “Baltic cruise: Stockholm”
Monitoring AQL SMS credit with Nagios
Further to yesterday’s post about setting up SMS alerts from Nagios, I decided I wanted to monitor how many SMS credits I have left in my account. AQL provide a way of finding out via an HTTP request, so I set about writing a perl module to check and return the result to Nagios. N.B.Continue reading “Monitoring AQL SMS credit with Nagios”
SMS alerts with Nagios
In a previous post I mentioned how easy it is to increase functionality in Nagios. Today I was asked to set up SMS alerts in Nagios, as well as the existing email alerts. I am by no means the first person to write about this, but this post is intended to be a start-to-finish guide,Continue reading “SMS alerts with Nagios”
Jonathan Gazeley 