• 31
  • Mar

PizzaWhen you are hungry, it is crucial to know where your pizza is in the process of being delivered to your door.

By using this python script you can monitor the status of your pizza, in real time, ensuring it receives the proper care it needs.

The process is simple. Just download the script, make it executable (on Linux) and run it in the following syntax, where XXXXXXXXXX is your telephone number:

./dominos.py XXXXXXXXXX

Thanks to Chris for the heads up! And pizza thumbnail via jetalone.

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  • 22
  • Jan

Ntop Logo
Not the official ntop logo - icon courtesy of Tango Desktop Project

Forget about tools like lsof and netstat for trouble shooting and analyzing network traffic. Ntop blows everything else away. It comes jam packed with a web interface and outputs more data than you can shake a stick at. Ntop analyzes everything about how, where, when, and what your PC is connecting to on the internet.

I am running Linux Mint — installation is a cinch. This procedure should be the same on Ubuntu and other Debian based distributions. Make sure you have the universe repositories enabled.

sudo apt-get install ntop

The above will install ntop, now set a password:

sudo ntop --set-admin-password

Start ntop with the following command:

sudo ntop -u ntop -d -i eth0

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