During my work on Karafka framework I have to start/stop/restart Apache Kafka and Zookeeper quite often. Here’s a short script that will pull the most recent version of Kafka and Zookeeper, will run them and print their IPs. Note, that it will also stop Kafka and Zookeeper if they were running.
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Grill.rb 2016 – Poland’s first outdoor conference review
It’s about time to summarize some of the conferences that I’ve recently attended to. This post will be about Grill.rb that organizers claim to be “Poland’s first outdoor conference”. I was quite skeptical about that claim, but after I couldn’t find any other Poland’s outdoor conferences, I must admit that :). And as many “first […]
Read more at the sourceRandom mac address changing script for your Linux WIFI (mac address spoofing)
A quick howto for all of you that need to change your WIFI mac address (run this from root user):
Read more at the sourceRemoving LG DP542H DVD Player Region Lock (Region Free)
Warning: I’m not responsible for any damages or injury, including but not limited to special or consequential damages, that result from your use of this instruction. Warning 2: This solution will void warranty of your DVD player! Recently I bought a cheap and nice DVD Player: LG DP542H and to be honest – It didn’t […]
Read more at the sourceSetting up a VPN server on a Tomato router (WRT54GL)
If you want a VPN server and you don’t want to invest a lot of money into a dedicated hardware – you can use your router! As long as it supports Tomato firmware, you don’t need anything else. If you don’t have a Tomato firmware yet, you can get it here: Tomato firmware download. Just […]
Read more at the sourceExtend the Web Forward
If we want to move the web forward, we must increase our ability as web developers to extend it with new features. For years, we’ve grabbed the browsers extension points with two hands, not waiting for the browser vendors to gift us with new features. We built selector engines, a better DOM API, cross-domain requests, […]
Read more at the sourceI’m Running to Reform the W3C’s TAG
Elections for the W3C’s Technical Architecture Group are underway, and I’m running! There are nine candidates for four open seats. Among the nine candidates, Alex Russell, Anne van Kesteren, Peter Linss, and Marcos Cáceres are running on a reform platform. What is the TAG, and what do I mean by reform? What is the TAG? […]
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I wrote my first post on this blog in January 2007. In 2007, this blog was the easiest way I had to write my thoughts down for people who cared to read them. I wrote long posts and short post (but mostly long posts). I wrote deeply technical posts. I wrote proposals. I wrote introductory […]
Read more at the sourceTokaido Status Update: Implementation Details
Hey guys! Since my last update, Tokaido was fully funded, and I’ve been hard at work planning, researching and working on Tokaido. So far, we have a working binary build of Ruby, but no setup chrome. Because the binary build already exists, Terence Lee was able to experiment with it at a recent Rails Girls […]
Read more at the sourceTokaido: My Hopes and Dreams
A few weeks ago, I started a kickstarter project to fund work on a project to make a long-term, sustainable binary build of Ruby. The outpouring of support was great, and I have far exceeded my original funding goal. First, I’d like to thank everyone in the community who contributed large and small donations. This kickstarter […]
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