Motion-activated scripts in Linux
One of the most frequent requests I receive for help in the Linux command line is actually for a little setup I generally use for pranks. Using the program Motion, you can run a bash script any time a webcam detects movement (among many, many other useful things). The uses for this are, as you […]
Building Dogecoin on 12.04 – uniform_int_distribution.hpp
Dogecoin, an alternative cryptocurrency similar to bitcoin, has recently become available with clients for Windows, Mac, and Linux, but I’ve found that building on Ubuntu and its derivatives can run into a snag sometimes. When attempting to run make, the build process stops and reports “src/main.cpp:17:53: error: boost/random/uniform_int_distribution.hpp: No such file or directory”. Luckily, it’s […]