Blue Whale - the biggest animal on the planet

Quote by Oscar WIlde

Each man kills the thing he loves. (Source: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho)

90:10 rule

TED talk: Paul Piff: Does money make you mean?

Quote by Bob Dylan

“You better start swimming or sink like a stone, cause the times they are a-changing.” - Bob Dylan

Quotes by Leo Tolstoy

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time" - Leo Tolstoy
"The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity" - Leo Tolstoy

Serenity Prayer

Efficiently Delete Large Files

rsync  -a --delete /home/empty_dir/ dir_7/

find . -type f -exec ionice -c3 rm {} \;

Quote by Leo Tolstoy (#1)

"Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself" - Leo Tolstoy

The Last Station

Barringer Crater in Arizon

diamteter: 1,200 meters
depth: 150 meters

For more information, click here

Quote - by Jonathan Ive

"There's no learning without trying lots of ideas and falling lots of time" - Jonathan Ive

Quote - by Patti Smith

"In art and dream may you processed with abandon. In life may you processed with balance and stealth" - Patti Smith

Quote - by Aldous Huxley

"I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself" - Aldous Huxley

GIT: Atlassian cheat sheet

Here is link to GIT cheat sheet. Click here to download it

Cablevision: Upstream and Downstream test (http://www.speedtest.net/)

replace a string in multiple files

grep -rl 'from' ./ | xargs sed -i 's/from/to/g'

Anise seed tea

.vimrc file for Drupal

set term=xterm-color
syntax on
"set background=dark " adapt colors for background
":colorscheme evening
set t_vb=
"set nowrap
set expandtab
set tabstop=2
set shiftwidth=2
set autoindent
set smartindent
set ruler
set number
"setlocal spell spelllang=en_us

" Use vim defaults.
set nocompatible

" Set filetype detection on, load plugins and indent.
filetype plugin indent on

set history=3000
set title
set matchtime=2
set showmatch
set showcmd " show commands while they're being typed
set t_Co=256

" Bells and whistles.
"set novisualbell
"set noerrorbells

" Backup.
set nobackup " Don't backup files.
set nowritebackup
set noswapfile

set hlsearch " Highlight searches
set incsearch " Search incrementally
set ignorecase " Ignore case
set smartcase " Set case
set wildmode=longest,list " File and directory matching mode.

" Diff opt
set diffopt=vertical

if has("autocmd")
" Drupal *.module and *.install files.
  augroup module
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.module set filetype=php
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.install set filetype=php
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.test set filetype=php
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.inc set filetype=php
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.profile set filetype=php
  autocmd BufRead,BufNewFile *.view set filetype=php
  augroup END
endif

" Highlight chars that go over the 80-column limit
:highlight OverLength ctermbg=black ctermfg=red
:match OverLength '\%81v.*'

" " Highlight redundant whitespaces and tabs.
highlight RedundantSpaces ctermbg=red
match RedundantSpaces /\s\+$\| \+\ze\t\|\t/

let php_sql_query = 1
let php_baselib = 1
let php_htmlInStrings = 1
let php_parent_error_close = 1
let php_noShortTags = 1

"let php_folding = 1

" Uncomment the following to have Vim jump to the last position when
" reopening a file
if has("autocmd")
  au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 0 && line("'\"") <= line("$")
    \| exe "normal! g'\"" | endif
endif

screen: move cursor to beginning and end of a line

beginning of like: Ctrl-A a

end of line: Ctrl-e 

Mariachi Music

TED: Janette Sadik-Khan: New York's streets? Not so mean any more

Arabella Steinbacher - Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (2012 , Live)

Secrets of the Viking Sword

Grass...

Vacation: Portland, Augusta, Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, Quebec, Montreal

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MySQL: Disable query caching

SET SESSION query_cache_type = OFF

Australian Black Swan (Black Swan exist!)

SEO Cheat Sheet

SEO Cheat Sheet (PDF File)

Youtube videos to MP3

youtube-dl https://youtube.com/?v=id_here
ffmpeg -i id_here.flv -acodec mp3 file.mp3

Remove a user account from Ubuntu

1. Open a terminal

2. Delete user  'sudo /usr/sbin/userdel username'

3. Delete user home directory ''sudo rm -r /home/username//''

.screenrc file

#
# Example of a user's .screenrc file
#

# This is how one can set a reattach password:
# password ODSJQf.4IJN7E    # "1234"

# no annoying audible bell, please
vbell on

# detach on hangup
autodetach on

# don't display the copyright page
startup_message off

# emulate .logout message
pow_detach_msg "Screen session of \$LOGNAME \$:cr:\$:nl:ended."

# advertise hardstatus support to $TERMCAP
# termcapinfo  * '' 'hs:ts=\E_:fs=\E\\:ds=\E_\E\\'

# make the shell in every window a login shell
#shell -$SHELL

# autoaka testing
# shellaka '> |tcsh'
# shellaka '$ |sh'

# set every new windows hardstatus line to somenthing descriptive
# defhstatus "screen: ^En (^Et)"

defscrollback 100000

# don't kill window after the process died
# zombie "^["

################
#
# xterm tweaks
#

#xterm understands both im/ic and doesn't have a status line.
#Note: Do not specify im and ic in the real termcap/info file as
#some programs (e.g. vi) will not work anymore.
termcap  xterm hs@:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l
terminfo xterm hs@:cs=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr:im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l

#80/132 column switching must be enabled for ^AW to work
#change init sequence to not switch width
termcapinfo  xterm Z0=\E[?3h:Z1=\E[?3l:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;4;6l

# Make the output buffer large for (fast) xterms.
termcapinfo xterm* OL=10000

# tell screen that xterm can switch to dark background and has function
# keys.
termcapinfo xterm 'VR=\E[?5h:VN=\E[?5l'
termcapinfo xterm 'k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~'
termcapinfo xterm 'kh=\E[1~:kI=\E[2~:kD=\E[3~:kH=\E[4~:kP=\E[H:kN=\E[6~'

# special xterm hardstatus: use the window title.
termcapinfo xterm 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;screen\007'
termcapinfo xterm 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]1;screen\007'

#terminfo xterm 'vb=\E[?5h$<200>\E[?5l'
termcapinfo xterm 'vi=\E[?25l:ve=\E[34h\E[?25h:vs=\E[34l'

# emulate part of the 'K' charset
termcapinfo   xterm 'XC=K%,%\E(B,[\304,\\\\\326,]\334,{\344,|\366,}\374,~\337'

# xterm-52 tweaks:
# - uses background color for delete operations
termcapinfo xterm ut

# pgup pgdn for xterm
termcapinfo xterm*|rxvt* 'ti@:te@'

################
#
# wyse terminals
#

#wyse-75-42 must have flow control (xo = "terminal uses xon/xoff")
#essential to have it here, as this is a slow terminal.
termcapinfo wy75-42 xo:hs@

# New termcap sequences for cursor application mode.
termcapinfo wy* CS=\E[?1h:CE=\E[?1l:vi=\E[?25l:ve=\E[?25h:VR=\E[?5h:VN=\E[?5l:cb=\E[1K:CD=\E[1J

################
#
# other terminals
#

#make hp700 termcap/info better
termcapinfo  hp700 'Z0=\E[?3h:Z1=\E[?3l:hs:ts=\E[62"p\E[0$~\E[2$~\E[1$}:fs=\E[0}\E[61"p:ds=\E[62"p\E[1$~\E[61"p:ic@'

# Extend the vt100 desciption by some sequences.
termcap  vt100* ms:AL=\E[%dL:DL=\E[%dM:UP=\E[%dA:DO=\E[%dB:LE=\E[%dD:RI=\E[%dC
terminfo vt100* ms:AL=\E[%p1%dL:DL=\E[%p1%dM:UP=\E[%p1%dA:DO=\E[%p1%dB:LE=\E[%p1%dD:RI=\E[%p1%dC


################
#
# 256 colours
#
# ... http://frexx.de/xterm-256-notes/
#

# terminfo and termcap for nice 256 color terminal
# allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
attrcolor b ".I"
# tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'
# erase background with current bg color
defbce "on"

#term "screen-256color"
#term "screen-88color-bce"
#term "screen-256color-bce"
#term xterm

################
#
# ssh-agent support
#
# http://www.jukie.net/~bart/blog/screen-ssh-agent
#

unsetenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK
setenv SSH_AUTH_SOCK "$HOME/.screen/ssh-auth-sock.$HOSTNAME"

################
# keybindings

#remove some stupid / dangerous key bindings
bind k
bind ^k
bind .
bind ^\
bind \\
bind ^h
bind h
#make them better
bind 'K' kill
bind 'I' login on
bind 'O' login off
bind '}' history

# Yet another hack:
# Prepend/append register [/] to the paste if ^a^] is pressed.
# This lets me have autoindent mode in vi.
register [ "\033:se noai\015a"
register ] "\033:se ai\015a"
bind ^] paste [.]

################
# default windows

# screen -t local 0
# screen -t mail 1 elm
# screen -t 40 2 rlogin faui40

#################
#
# caption/hardstatus
# http://jinome.stanford.edu/stat366/unix/.screenrc

# caption always "%3n %t%? @%u%?%? [%h]%?"
# hardstatus alwaysignore
# hardstatus alwayslastline "%w %H"
# caption always "%{Yb} %Y-%02m-%02d %0c %{k}|%{C} %LD %{k}|%{G} %l %{k}|%{W} %-Lw%{+u}%n %t%{-u}%+Lw"

caption always "%{Yb} %D %Y-%02m-%02d %0c %{k}|%{G} %l %{k}|%{W} %-w%{+b}%n %t%{-b}%+w"

SSH Timeouts

1. In your home directory, edit  the .ssh/config (create one if it doesn’t exist)

2. Add the following two lines:

  a. KeepAlive yes

  b. ServerAliveInterval 60

3. Save the file.

Summer Vacation 2013

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References: 
Conways Scenic
Mt. Washington

wget - download a file and save as a different filename

wget www.example.com/file.txt --output-document=myfile

Classical Music for Studying / Reading

Create New User - MySQL

CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'newuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

For more information read here - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-create-a-new-user-and-grant-permissions-in-mysql

focus@will

I stumble upon ad free service of classical music call https://www.focusatwill.com/music/#player.
They also provide application for Android (Nexus 7)

See screenshot below

Google Reader shutting down

Few months ago Google announced that Google Reader project would cease to exist... I'm testing free RSS services including:
http://www.goread.io/
http://www.newsblur.com/
http://theoldreader.com/

Increase group_concat function length

SET SESSION group_concat_max_len = 1000000; // SESSION
SET GLOBAL group_concat_max_len = 1000000; // GLOBAL

// Advance group_concat (order and separator)

group_concat(name order by name separator ':') from users;

For more information Click Here

SQL JOINS

Benford's Law - How mathematics can detect fraud!

DRIES BUYTAERT - THE CURRENT STATE OF DRUPAL 8 KEYNOTE

DrupalCon Portland 2013: BUILDING FOR A POST-MOBILE WORLD

DrupalCon Portland 2013: HIGH PERFORMANCE DRUPAL WITH MARIADB

World Trade Center Spire Installation

These pictures were taken from MSLO office (with iPhone 4)

Odnoklasniki

Today I closed www.odnoklassniki.ru account...

Save file in VIM without permissions

:w !sudo tee > /dev/null %

How to determine MySQL database engine?

SELECT 
  table_name,
  engine 
FROM 
  INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE table_schema=DATABASE();

Cryptography

How to kill 'screen' tab or session

Window
1. C-a 
2. :kill 
3. Enter

Session
screen -S 23534 -X quit

Screen reference can be found here

Delete Git branches (local or remote)

git fetch -p # sync local branches with remote
git branch -D my_branch # Local delete
git push origin :my_brach # remove branch remotely

Coursera: An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health

I earned 97.9% grade on "An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health". The couse was interesting and informative for me. I have "Statement of Accomplishment".

Wednesday (4 lines)

htop (tool instead of top)

Linux interactive top tool htop Screenshot attached RPM Packages can be found here

Food words (meaning and origin)

I was watching lecture on Coursera "An Introduction to the U.S. Food System" and stumble upon 3 words that I found interesting:
 - trivia (tri - three, via - road). Trivia originated in ancient Rome
 - companion (com - with, panion - bread).
 - board (Viking word means table) 

PBS: Earth from Space

Watch Earth from Space on PBS. See more from NOVA.

Condominium (3 Years!)

I just realized that 3 years ago I purchased my condominium. I went through very difficult time dealing with NYC Department of Buildings. I like my apartment and the area.

Average File Size in Directory

find print/ -type f -print0 | xargs -0 ls -l | gawk \ '{sum += $5; n++;} END {print "Total Size: " sum/1024/1024 " MB : Avg Size: " sum/n/1024 " KB : Total Files: " n ;}'

Clearing cache for druplal node

cache_get('content:12345:23456', 'cache_content'); # get the data cache_clear_all('content:nid:vid', 'cache_content') # clear that specific nid/vid combination cache_clear_all('content:nid', 'cache_content', TRUE) # clear all cached revisions of that nid

Then vs. Than

Then - is another word for “after.” Incidentally, the word “then” makes for boring writing.
Than - is a comparative word (e.g. I am smarter than you).

7x13=28

An Electrical Engineering View of a Mechanical Watch

A scandal in Bohemia (Sherlock Holmes)

Probability in Genetics: Multiplication and Addition Rules

What Exactly is a Gene? Source: statedclearly.com

What is Evolution? Source: statedclearly.com

What is DNA? Source: statedclearly.com

How ti import CSV file into MySQL table

LOAD DATA INFILE "file.csv"
INTO TABLE __source_data
COLUMNS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
ESCAPED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n';

OR

LOAD DATA INFILE "/home/mike/data.csv"
INTO TABLE my_TABLE
COLUMNS TERMINATED BY ','
OPTIONALLY ENCLOSED BY '"'
ESCAPED BY '"'
LINES TERMINATED BY '\n'
IGNORE 1 LINES;