Every now and then, when I get a few moments I write about adventures, camps, 4wd trips, gear I use and more often than not the odd geeky article, usually unix related.
This section is still under development and will slowly be updated to include all my archived articles since shintara was incarnated and the new!
The content below will grow into a collection when time allows.
The latest ten
Latest articles, in no particular order.
Current article count: 6
UNIX Shell and the Web
Posted: 1 February 2003 at 6:30 pm by Davey
Server Side Includes are commonly used on the web to manipulate and control information on websites. I decided to venture one step further and used UNIX shell scripting to achieve something that would have been a little to complex to do using SSI's like php or asp.
On shintara I have a l...
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The power of redirecting
Posted: 9 September 2006 at 7:56 pm by Davey
The power of the UNIX shell is one that any UNIX or UNIX variant operating system user should be taking full advantage of. One such function is called redirecting - in particular redirecting text from a source and filtering it to your needs in a destination.
One such example of this happ...
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Dual booting Slackware Linux and Windows XP
Posted: 1 August 2002 at 7:00 pm by Davey
Ever thought about setting up a dual boot Linux / Windows system? does the thought of crossing over to an ever growing operating system scare you, but your sick of blue screens and constant unstability? Here is the chance to keep Windows* on your computer and learn Linux at the same time, so tha...
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The Turon River
Posted: 20 July 2006 at 12:00 pm by Davey
From roaring river to sparsely spaced ponds.
My first encounter with the Turon River was before my passion for fly fishing began, I always remembered it as a fast flowing
river, there was always the sound of rushing water as it travelled from its upper reach...
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Building X on OpenBSD
Posted: 10 February 2003 at 1:35 pm by Davey
I recently installed OpenBSD on a spare box at home, hoping to have a play with it and a possible migration to it from FreeBSD (which I have been using now for about 2 years)
I found FreeBSD quite easy to install and have never really had any problems with the install and configuring XFree86 o...
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Hill End and back via the Bridle Track
Posted: 14 January 2004 at 7:06 pm by Davey
Hill End is a great place to travel to, the scenery and landscape is sensational, the quiet and private state of being is a spectacular get away and its historic origins can be traced back to the mid 1800's. From a four wheel drive perspective Hill End offers some nice little tracks that take yo...
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