Several years ago I purchased a small video camera that was shaped like a flashlight for $50. It had VGA 640 x 480 30 fps video quality and would record up to 2 hours on a single charge. I used it to record several bike rides around the county on numerous bike trails. The videos provided a way to recall the conditions and experiences which I used to plan future trips. A couple of years later I purchased some 808…
When you are away from your computer, how do you know it is operating as expected? Some might use a web front end to allow them a way to periodically check it, but that involves taking a few moments to do. Instead of the person initiating the check, how about having the machine initiate its status. One way to do this is using email as the transport method. In this post I’ll cover two command line email tools that will…
There are different ways to view and track how your systems are operating. Logging is a basic method of keeping records of actions taken by a network device. Most operating systems have some type of logging function. In linux, these log files are mostly processed with syslog. Syslog supports logging to remote hosts, which is useful if a system fails and local logs aren’t available. IOS and Windows take some work to get them to use the same feature. By…