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Conky Script: China Stock Market Chart

Dec. 5

In Linux6 Comments

本来是想写个能创建并显示portfolio信息的脚本，只奈平日闲暇不多，先凑合用上这个吧。长话短说，把股票代码写入script里，然后用conky显示即时数据，省的天天跑Google Finance了。

stock-conky

这是脚本程序，保存为stockwidget.sh
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Why to Upgrade to Libgpod SVN Build

Nov. 9

In Linux3 Comments

I didnt pay much attention to the iPod artwork issue until I found the coverflow became extremely slow and out of response occasionally.

I’m using Amarok via libgpod-0.6.0 to manage my iPod library, there’re approximately 1,000 songs of 68 albums in my iPod. As I checked the iPod_Control/Artwork directory of my iPod, it took up unexpectedly +300mb for the cover images.

punkid@Genbox /media/MUGELLO/iPod_Control $ du -h Artwork/
314M    Artwork/

Backup Your Files Hierarchically to Dreamhost via Rsync

Oct. 29

In LinuxNo Comments

There’re some easy file backup n’ sync online services such as Amazon S3 and Dropbox, however I find it not so handy when I want to sync my linux files hierarchially.

I initially used git to sync my .vimrc file and my own ebuild repo, but it is not cost-efficient as I actually pay little attention to the tracking commit things. So I ended up using rsync to synchronize my linux files to my dreamhost account.

Preparation

Assuming you’ve already had a dreamhost account with shell access priviledge (any other hosts with shell access will be fine as well). And you’re going to backup the following files on your system to the dreamhost server:
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