Quick script for downloading and running Phoronix Test Suite

VER=3.8.0
PTS=phoronix-test-suite
wget http://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/download.php?file=$PTS-$VER -O $PTS-$VER.tar.gz
tar -xf $PTS-$VER.tar.gz
rm -f $PTS-$VER.tar.gz
cd $PTS
./install-sh
#yum install php-cli php-dom
#apt-get install php5-cli
$PTS batch-setup #y n n n n y y
$PTS list-tests
$PTS batch-install stream
$PTS batch-install ramspeed
$PTS batch-run stream
$PTS batch-run ramspeed
ls -al .$PTS/test-results

A couple of tools:
http://www.mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx
http://multirbl.valli.org/lookup/

• Note that it is essential to see all the tasks to be done to complete a milestone. Some products, including basecamp, will not allow this but hide the tasks within lists

Misc Drupal pages I want to remember:
Image rotator modules: http://drupal.org/node/418616
Ome way to do an image gallery: http://learnbythedrop.com/drop/93
http://www.stormyscorner.com/2009/04/dries-buytaerts-rules-for-creating-...
http://drupal-translation.com/
Drupal maps: http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2008/dec/10/get-over-first-hump-maki...
Converting from event to CCK Date: http://pingv.com/blog/alasda/2008/drupal-upgrade-tip-converting-event-mo...

Misc bookmarks:
http://www.dimdim.com/
http://www.tuxradar.com/content/nagios-made-easy
http://hehe2.net/thedarkside/microsoft/run-windows-apps-100-seamlessly-o...
Open VPN: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/01/openvpn_primer/
http://www.debianadmin.com/check-your-mysql-server-performance-with-mysq...
FreeNX (nomachine) tips: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FreeNX
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-install-and-configure-...

The following worked for me:
apt-get install libgif4
wget http://katana.oooninja.com/f/software/odf-converter-integrator-chocolate...
dpkg -i odf-conv*.deb
vi /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types/MOOXTypeDetection.xcu # and modify this line:
<prop oor:name="URLPattern"><value>*.docx *.DOCX *.docm *.DOCM</value></prop>


(taken from http://katana.oooninja.com/w/odf-converter-integrator )

stat -c %y vs.exe | awk '{printf $1 "\n"}'

I found awk one of the most useful tools (almost like grep or sed).
awk treats the input line as a (database) record containing fields, using (by default) the space character as the field separator (but a different field separator can be specified in the command).
Then you can refer to any field of the line using its index ($1, $2, $3, etc.)
Examples:
stat -c %y vs.exe | awk '{printf $1 ":" $3 "\n"}'
will print the first and the third fields on each line, putting ":" between the fields.
stat -c %y vs.exe | awk '{printf $1 ":" $3 }'

If you would like to extract the contents of an NT backup (.bkf) file in Linux, mtftar is a utility that translates a Microsoft Tape Format (MTF) stream into the tar format. You can pick up mtftar from the authors site at http://gpl.internetconnection.net.

To get started, download the source code and compile.

$ wget http://gpl.internetconnection.net/files/mtftar.tar.gz
$ tar zxfv mtftar.tar.gz
$ cd mtftar
$ make
$ sudo cp mtftar /usr/bin/
- or -
$ su -c "cp mtftar /usr/bin/"

Using this utility is straight forward, as shown in the following example.