Author Archives: Jouni Rinne
WordPress backups to a remote server
Earlier, I used a WordPress plugin to do periodic backups of the sites I’m hosting, but I came to a conclusion that it would be more reliable, flexible and fun to do the backups via a system script instead, sending … Continue reading
Killing Zoom popup windows, Awesome/i3-style
During the still-ongoing Covid-19 epidemic the Zoom video conferencing app/service has been a lifeline for many, many people, including myself; I’m using Zoom several times a week. I AM very grateful to the Zoom team for making a version for … Continue reading
Server updates
This site, Dollz’n’Codez and its sister sites, Miranda and Lux Argentea, were down for some time because of an unscheduled server maintenance. The server got some hardware updates, complete OS reinstall (still Gentoo Linux), and finally, a proper SSL support … Continue reading
Punching Pulseaudio-RTP through a firewall
As I mentioned in the previous post, I recently set up a network audio server computer using pulseaudio-rtp. Because it would have been a waste of resources to use it only for audio work, I started using it for some … Continue reading
M-Audio Audiophile 2496 and Pulseaudio
When I built my previous Linux workstation in 2007, I equipped it with a M-Audio Audiophile 2496 professional audio card. I was very pleased with its quality – superb sound, excellent recording capabilities, S/PDIF and MIDI in/out, and proper RCA … Continue reading
