The Covert Family Website http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/index/ Odds and ends from the Covert Family web-sphere en jakecovert@gmail.com Copyright 2008 2008-06-01T05:09:00-05:00 Database Normalization and Table structures http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/database_normalization_and_table_structures/ http://bytes.com/forum/thread585228.html

]]> 2008-06-01T05:09:00-05:00 100 Must-Read Books http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/100_must_read_books/ 100 Must-Read Books

A great list of book every library should have.

]]> 2008-05-14T18:19:00-05:00 Terminal tip: easy email attachments http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/terminal_tip_easy_email_attachments/ Computers http://www.tuaw.com/2008/04/19/terminal-tip-easy-email-attachments/

This is a nice short little article.  I’m always forgetting how to do mail attachments with mailx at work, and this gave me nice reminder: uuencode

The magical command in this one is uuencode, which is used to encode and decode binary files and can be used on just about any file type. The two arguments in the command above define the name and location of the source file and the name the file should have when it’s received. The parenthetical statement at the beginning combines the results of the echo and uuencode commands which are then piped (|) to the mail command.

So, remember folks:

(echo "This is the message body";uuencode [file_location] \
[file_name] ) | mailx -s "Subject line here" \
someone@adomain.com

]]> 2008-04-20T15:21:00-05:00 Mac OS X 10.5: Secondary DNS Configuration http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/mac_os_x_105_secondary_dns_configuration/ A article I’m linking to here, so I remember to read.

]]> 2008-02-26T13:26:01-05:00 Coda reviewed http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/coda_reviewed/ Shawn Blanc has a very nice coda review:

http://shawnblanc.net/2008/coda-the-one-window-wonder/

]]> 2008-01-25T14:43:00-05:00 Hardballs: How To Mind Control Customer Service Reps http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/hardballs_how_to_mind_control_customer_service_reps/ http://consumerist.com/341815/how-to-mind-control-customer-service-reps?source=rss

How To Mind Control Customer Service Reps

GREAT! article.  “These are not the droids you are looking for....”

]]> 2008-01-11T04:43:00-05:00 Curious Inventor - Guides : Surface Mount Soldering http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/curious_inventor_guides_surface_mount_soldering/ http://www.curiousinventor.com/guides/Surface_Mount_Soldering/101

]]> 2008-01-09T11:38:00-05:00 Trajan and the Movies needs some space… http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/trajan_and_the_movies_needs_some_space/ http://www.goodiebag.tv/episodes/06_trajan_is_the_movie_font.htm

]]> 2007-12-17T01:32:00-05:00 Craft brewing ingredients shortage in Michigan http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/craft_brewing_ingredients_shortage_in_michigan/ WDET’s (local NPR station) Detroit Today had an article yesterday regarding the upcoming shortage on brewing supplies.  Guess hops and 2-row malt are getting harder to find.  Or at least more expensive.

MP3 store here.

]]> 2007-12-14T11:59:00-05:00 A day at a LEGO robotics tournament with the RoboChicks http://www.jakecovert.com/index.php/rev3/a_day_at_a_lego_robotics_tournament_with_the_robochicks/ Here’s an article showing the perspective from “inside” on the way a FIRST Lego League team and the associated persons experience a day of competition on an FLL event.

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