Mark Veltzer's personal website — blog, media tracker, calendar, and chess viewerhttps://veltzer.github.io/ en Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 -0000 Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 -0000 1440 MkDocs RSS plugin - v1.19.0 None https://veltzer.github.io/ blogging linux wordpress <h1>Blog upgrade to wordpress 3.0</h1> <p>I just upgraded the blog to the new 3.0 release. The upgrade is quite easy so there is no reason to fear it. The real reason...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/19/blog-upgrade-to-wordpress-30/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/19/blog-upgrade-to-wordpress-30/ linux multimedia video <h1>Converting videos to xvid on Linux</h1> <p>I wanted to convert some video files on my Linux system to the xvid codec so that I could see them on my PS3. The solut...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/11/converting-videos-to-xvid-on-linux/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/11/converting-videos-to-xvid-on-linux/ cloud-storage linux ubuntu <h1>Dropbox is better than Ubuntu one even in Ubuntu</h1> <p>I'm using both DropBox and Ubuntu one services in my desktop and laptop machines and I find dropbox much ...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/19/dropbox-is-better-than-ubuntu-one-even-in-ubuntu/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/19/dropbox-is-better-than-ubuntu-one-even-in-ubuntu/ perl solaris sysadmin <h1>Finding thread info on Solaris</h1> <p>As part of a crusade to find bugs in a C++ program running on a Solaris system I needed to find out information about all t...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/11/finding-thread-info-on-solaris/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/11/finding-thread-info-on-solaris/ browser firefox web <h1>Firefox favicon cache is over caching</h1> <p>I've recently tried setting some sites icon to appear as the small icon you see at the tab you are browsing it. This...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/25/firefox-favicon-cache-is-over-caching/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/25/firefox-favicon-cache-is-over-caching/ blogging linux self-hosting <h1>New blog set up</h1> <p>I have moved my blog from Google to my own machine. This is the new blog. I need to transfer all my old posts from my old machine. Hope yo...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/05/new-blog-set-up/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/05/new-blog-set-up/ debian linux package-management <h1>Purging unneeded packages on a debian system</h1> <p>If you want to remove all packages which are in the "rc" state (means that the package was already removed bu...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/24/purging-unneeded-packages-on-a-debian-system/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/24/purging-unneeded-packages-on-a-debian-system/ linux security wordpress <h1>Wordpress and UNIX security</h1> <p>Here is what I found the hard way. Sometime you want Wordpress to install plugins, themes and all and do not want to pass thro...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/26/wordpress-and-unix-security/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/06/26/wordpress-and-unix-security/ git gpg security <h1>Git and signing</h1> <p>I'm now using git heavily for configuration management and wanted to sign my objects. There were no complete guides out there that I found...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/03/git-and-signing/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/03/git-and-signing/ command-line linux perl <h1>Grep is broken - use perl instead</h1> <p>In the course of running various grep(1) combination to find various defects in source files I ran into inherent grep(1)...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/02/grep-is-broken---use-perl-instead/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/02/grep-is-broken---use-perl-instead/ game-theory hebrew politics <h1>חוץ וביטחון: יותר ביצים משכל?</h1> <p><strong>זהו מאמר ישן שפירסמתי בזמנו באתר אימאגו...</strong></p> <p>מחלוקת עתיקת יומין בקרב פילוסופים למדעי המדינה נטועה בדילמה: מה חשוב יותר בש...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/21/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A5-%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%9C/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/21/%D7%97%D7%95%D7%A5-%D7%95%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9B%D7%9C/ culture hebrew politics <h1>על מייק טייסון, הישרדות ועקידת אהוד</h1> <p><strong>מאמר ישן שכתבתי בבלוג של התנועה לדמוקרטיה ישירה...</strong></p> <p>פעם סבתי שניפטרה ואני שמענו פיסת חדשות בקשר לכך שמייק טייסון, ...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/21/%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%93%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/21/%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7-%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%93%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93/ command-line linux mysql <h1>Producing MySQL dates on the command line</h1> <p>I often find myself in need of inserting data manually into a MySQL database using some kind of database editor....</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/21/producing-mysql-dates-on-the-command-line/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/21/producing-mysql-dates-on-the-command-line/ debian java linux <h1>Switching Java versions on a Debian/Ubuntu system</h1> <p>I recently found some issues with the openjdk Ubuntu/Debian default Java implementation. Specifically I ...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/26/switching-java-versions-on-a-debianubuntu-system/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/26/switching-java-versions-on-a-debianubuntu-system/ filesystem linux performance <h1>Using "noatime" on a running Linux system</h1> <p>When upgrading my Ubuntu system my <code>/etc/fstab</code> got overwritten by the upgrade process. It seems that the new `/...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/24/using-noatime-on-a-running-linux-system/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/24/using-noatime-on-a-running-linux-system/ linux security wordpress <h1>WordPress and UNIX security (part 2)</h1> <p>In an effort to secure my blog I once again did battle with the mighty Word press. It seems that you can run a perfec...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/09/wordpress-and-unix-security-part-2/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/07/09/wordpress-and-unix-security-part-2/ database linux mysql <h1>Altering the character set of a MySQL database</h1> <p>It happens often that I forget to change the default character set of a database to utf8 and so find out la...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/12/altering-the-character-set-of-a-mysql-database/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/12/altering-the-character-set-of-a-mysql-database/ audio command-line linux <h1>Command line id3 2.4 tagging in Linux</h1> <p>In the past couple of weeks I have been dabbling with command line to tag and inspect tags of mp3 files. Linux has a...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/29/command-line-id3-24-tagging-in-linux/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/29/command-line-id3-24-tagging-in-linux/ command-line filesystem linux <h1>Finding broken symbolic links</h1> <p>I sometimes need to find all broken symbolic links in a folder, recursively or not. <code>find(1)</code> is the all UNIX right tool for...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/13/finding-broken-symbolic-links/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/13/finding-broken-symbolic-links/ music reference theory <h1>Musical tempo name to BPM table</h1> <p>I needed a concise, modern and easy to use tempo names table and couldn't find a good one on-line (which came as a surpris...</p> https://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/14/musical-tempo-name-to-bpm-table/ Sat, 30 May 2026 22:56:29 +0000 Mark Veltzer's personal sitehttps://veltzer.github.io/2010/08/14/musical-tempo-name-to-bpm-table/