Playing around with inotify

Inotify is a Linux subsystem which monitors the filesystem for changes, and provides a way to trigger actions when it does. This is handy, since it means that your program/demon can avoid polling for changes constantly, making it more efficient and reliable. As an aside, this is how the Linux Dropbox tool works. I was […]

Marcus Povey

Inotify is a Linux subsystem which monitors the filesystem for changes, and provides a way to trigger actions when it does. This is handy, since it means that your program/demon can avoid polling for changes constantly, making it more efficient and reliable. As an aside, this is how the Linux Dropbox tool works. I was […]

… and Twitter jumps the shark

Over the past few weeks it seems that Twitter has been moving to drastically redefine what the service is about. Moving to limit API connections and placing restrictions on how third parties interface with it. This has limited the usefulness of third party tools that others love and risks damaging the ecosystem that has built […]

Marcus Povey

Over the past few weeks it seems that Twitter has been moving to drastically redefine what the service is about. Moving to limit API connections and placing restrictions on how third parties interface with it. This has limited the usefulness of third party tools that others love and risks damaging the ecosystem that has built […]

Raspberry Pi: First boot

It has been a few weeks since I finally received my Raspberry Pi, but up until today I have been too busy to play with it. This changed today when I finally installed a boot image on a 4GB SD card, wired up the tiny little circuit board to the TV and connected the power. […]

Marcus Povey

It has been a few weeks since I finally received my Raspberry Pi, but up until today I have been too busy to play with it. This changed today when I finally installed a boot image on a 4GB SD card, wired up the tiny little circuit board to the TV and connected the power. […]