I wanted to have a “simple” solution for an (external) backup of my USB stick. The simplest way would be copy and paste, but I wanted something more robust. So what gets you robust copying of files in Windows? Robust File Copy – robocopy –, of course.
I use this manually, but for internal or permanently attached drives etc. this could be automated with task planning and removing the user promts.
I wanted to have a standing desk, but still be flexible. Also, I didn’t want to replace my actual desk with my gaming pc setup on it. So I built a simple add-on for an existing desk.
I just measured the height the keyboard and the monitor or laptop should be at and bought corresponding furniture legs and mounting brackets. I used untreated spruce glued laminated timber in 80 cm x 50 cm and 80 x 30 cm. Both are 18 mm in thickness.
Unfortunately, I mixed up the finish and bought both polished and matte metal pieces, but this doesn’t bother me too much.
It occurred to me only afterwards to share this, so I only have got a few pictures and no footage of the process. But it’s pretty straightforward since there are only a few screws (M4 x 16) and two drilled holes involved.
How cool is that
I needed to run a ping with timestamp, but the ping command isn’t capable of such fancy features.
Continue reading “Ping with timestamp”Innovaphone has got a tutorial on how to implement a panic alarm with a function key on an IP phone which uses a BC conference object. This is good, but depends on the availybility of the function key. The key wouldn’t be available if you’re not on the IP phone’s home screen.
I needed something that can utilise a dedicated hardware button. Another helpful tip came from Nicos innovaphone Blog using multicast announcements.
This enabled me to build the following using a http command with a Shelly button 1:
Continue reading “Panic Button/Silent Alarm with innovaphone IP PBX and optional Shelly button 1”Creating child themes isn’t that hard after all and makes automatic theme updates possible without too much worry.
When I set up this site initially, I introduced some changes to the header and footer in their respective php files. Child themes were always an option, but I never used them because I didn’t want to bother with them. There are only a few changes, so I could easily address them when a theme update comes around.
Alas, this is annoying and so I finally created a child theme for twentysixteen. And as it turns out, it wasn’t very hard after all. I just created a folder twentysixteen-child in my WordPress theme folder and added these files:
Continue reading “WordPress Child Themes (ignoring template-tags.php)”
