Joshua Woehlke's Posts
Installing Ubuntu Server 10.04 over USB
When attempting to install some versions of Ubuntu Server with a USB drive the install will fail when it attempts to detect and mount the CD-ROM drive. Of course, you’re not installing from a CD, so this can seem odd. Tons of forum posts and support threads can be found about this issue, but the […]
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 […]
JS Promises in Five Quick, Dirty, and Insufficient Minutes
You may have heard about the benefits of using promises, but don’t yet know what they are or how they can be of use to you. In one sentence, promises are objects used for asynchronous actions that resolve in their own time and can have more actions (synchronous or asynchronous) chained onto them that fire […]