Chris Tate-Davies

An archive of helpful tit bits of information for development, and probably some stuff that is incomplete, wrong or boring…

Keeping 2 drives sync’ed with rsync on Linux

I have an external USB HDD and I like to keep it synchronised with my desktop for backup reasons. I find the easiest way to do this, is to use rsync: > sudo apt-get install rsync > rsync -avu /source/ /dest/ For example: > rysnc -avu /media/externaldisk/ /home/chris/diskbackup/ Will increment copy everything (ignoring older files) from [...]

Logo for Pete Watkins

    Just a quick logo knocked up for Pete:            

Get rid of Apple Test Advertisment from iPhone SpringBoard

I get constantly annoyed by the test apple advert on my phone’s springboard after I’ve quit an app.  But I think I worked out how to stop it: Install iFile (obviously you need a jailbroken phone to do this as its a Cydia app) Navigate to \Applications And then touch the blue arrow on the [...]

HOWTO: Rotate a video in Linux

I videoed something at the weekend on my iphone, but must’ve had the phone upside-down so the video came out that way. Fortunately there is a little program that will rotate a video for you. > sudo apt-get install mencoder Then, to rotate my video clockwise by 90 degrees: > mencoder -ovc lavc -vf rotate=1 [...]

  • Chris Tate-Davies

    Hello there. This is my little "repository" on the world wide web. Its for nothing more than documenting things that I might need again in the future. You could describe it as an extension to my memory.

    Also an online collaboration of my thoughts through the day. I'll try to keep the real random stuff out and keep the blog on course.

    Thanks for stopping by... Hope you find what you're looking for...

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