The BRP Bible Reading Program released in 2008 has been updated to prepare for the changes in PHP v7.0 and improve the code some. This would be a good time for feature requests. Individual files can be downloaded from https://sourceforge.net/projects/brp/files/brp2015/. A .zip archive is also attached here.
Category: Technical
IPv4 No More!
ARIN is about to announce there are no IPv4 addresses and procedures (see links) for those waiting to receive them. Organizations will eventually need to start using IPv6 alongside IPv4 to transition, and possibly ten years out IPv4 will not be in common use. None of the articles herein deal with the issue of irreplaceable IPv4 only legacy systems, such as building access control, fire, HVAC, and security panels.
Emailing yourself your nightly maintenance logs
I run a nightly maintenance job on the computers in my lab to virus scan their Microsoft partitions and be sure their Linux partition is updated. I want the log files emailed to myself for review the next day. I found a simple command line program that is in the Ubuntu / MINT repository and solves all this without need for any configuring. Five minutes work, tops. Tells you if the mail was sent successfully or not.
Arduino vs. TI LaunchPad
LaunchPads are available directly from Texas Instruments and their $5 or $10 price includes all costs, even shipping, and usually a few extra microcontroller chips so you can try different configurations. They are from TI and $5 is much less than $25 or $35 to buy an Arduino or Raspberry PI. Working code samples are provided here.
Free Software Developer Tools
Microsoft is offering their Visual Studio tools free to individuals. Download and details on Microsoft web site https://www.visualstudio.com/products/visual-studio-community-vs