Interesting Snippets from 2018-12-17

• Creating Custom URI/URL Handlers in Xfce/FreeDesktop/XDG

  This How-To will demonstrate how to create a custom URI handler, for all desktop applications using FreeDesktop standard methods. We'll simply update the list of mime-handlers and create the custom wrapper. To start the configuration will work for the current user, but can be upgraded to a system-wide configuration.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-06-07

• GitHub - keeweb/keeweb: Free cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass

  This webapp is a browser and desktop password manager compatible with KeePass databases. It doesn't require any server or additional resources. The app can run either in browser, or as a desktop app.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-06-04

• That One Privacy Site | Welcome

  Thanks for visiting That One Privacy Site.  The site is meant to be a resource for those who value their privacy, specifically for those looking to escape from the abundance of biased, bought-and-paid-for shillery on the subject.

• The Log File Navigator

  Just point lnav to a directory and it will take care of the rest.  File formats are automatically detected and compressed files are unpacked on the fly.

• ELK Stack: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana | Elastic

  So, what is the ELK Stack? "ELK" is the acronym for three open source projects: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. Elasticsearch is a search and analytics engine. Logstash is a server‑side data processing pipeline that ingests data from multiple sources simultaneously, transforms it, and then sends it to a "stash" like Elasticsearch. Kibana lets users visualize data with charts and graphs in Elasticsearch. The Elastic Stack is the next evolution of the ELK Stack.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-05-31

• MkDocs

  MkDocs is a fast, simple and downright gorgeous static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation. Documentation source files are written in Markdown, and configured with a single YAML configuration file.

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Interesting Snippets from 2018-05-29

• ngrok - secure introspectable tunnels to localhost

  ngrok exposes local servers behind NATs and firewalls to the public internet over secure tunnels.

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