The Cobra and the Axe
A carpenter went home after shutting down his workshop, a black poisonous cobra entered his workshop. The cobra was hungry and hoped to find its supper lurking somewhere within. It…
How Poor We Are
One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live.…
Be Masters of Our Mouth
Once upon a time an old man and a young man were living nearby. The old man spread rumors that his young neighbor was a thief. As a result, the…
Bread and butter
There was a farmer who sold a pound of butter to the baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound…
VIM: Vundle to vim-plug
After several years of using my old .vimrc with vundle, finally bit the bullet and converted to vim-plug. It was quite an easy transition, and in my case, vim is…
RAIN – aT LAST
30mm of rain overnight – water in dams, rainwater tank almost full. No more water carting for a few months now I can get on with other things. The dogs…
Install ClamAV in Debian Linux
Can your Linux installation catch a virus? Yes it can, even though they are rare. This is the case especially if you are sharing data (documents and other files) from…
An Engineer accidentally goes to Hell instead of Heaven
An Engineer dies and goes to hell. He’s hot and miserable, so he decides to take action. The A/C has been busted for a long time, so he fixes it.…
Password Generator in tk/tcl
The basis for this program was written in another lifetime to create basically pronouncable passwords for students. #!/bin/sh # pass_gen - create pronouncable passwords with 4-20 characters, 1-10 numbers #…
My New .vimrc
Recently rebuilt my laptop with latest Debian Testing after HDD failure. While I was at it, I redid my .vimrc file to suit new activities better. Remember to have git…