Processes, multiplexers and scripts, oh my!

Processes

Now that we have an understanding of how to do some basic text editing on the command line, lets get down into some of the running processes of your system.

The best podcasts

Edit: Sadly, as of 9/12/2015, it seems that the Alton Browncast has podfaded. The old episodes are still there, and are certainly worth a listen, but no new episodes have come out since December 2014.

One of the hidden gems of the internet is a thing called podcasts: radio shows put on by guys and girls with nothing but a microphone and spare time. Over the years, it’s even become a mildly profitable venture, with many companies paying advertising money to spread their message to the listeners of these shows. There’s podcasts on everything, and they can be downloaded with any of a thousand apps on your desktop or mobile device. As someone who spends much of the day disconnected from the internet, it’s nice to have some rotating information which can be entertaining without having to be completely connected. Here are my favorites, culled from a list of my 63 regular podcast subscriptions.

Scribal Tradition in the age of Technology

3000 years ago, a sect of monks placed copies of a writing into stone jars within a cave, as they were fleeing an invading army. They sat there until the 1950's, when a group of archaeologists discovered them. After several years of translation, they discovered that the then-called "Dead Sea Scrolls" contained the earliest known copies of much of the Old Testament. The only reason that these documents were preserved was because of the pristine environment in which the volumes had been placed without being disturbed for centuries.

Help! I’m on the Command Line!

So you’re administering a *nix server somewhere, playing with the settings, and now that you’ve figured out how to ssh into the stupid box you’re greeted with a friendly you@server:~$ and a blinking cursor. “Great, now what?” you ask. Well, that’s why I’m here.