Tricks and Treats

How to write a script to detect and notify of an IP address change

Python Tutorial

Posted on March 30, 2016

Motivation If you use your home computer as a server of some kind (e.g. a web server), chances are your ISP may change your IP address from time to time. When that happens, you want to be notified of your new IP address so that you can access your... [Read More]

How to install Ruby 2.3 on Ubuntu

Video Tutorial

Posted on February 9, 2016

This video demonstrates to you all the steps required to install Ruby 2.3 on Ubuntu Trusty. References: Ruby packages for Ubuntu [Read More]

How to set up a mini blog on Ubuntu in under 15 minutes

Video Tutorial

Posted on February 8, 2016

This video explains to you how you can set up a mini blog application in Flask on Ubuntu in under 15 minutes. References: Flask Installation Source code of the mini blog application [Read More]

How to create a new Virtual Machine on Digital Ocean

Video Tutorial

Posted on February 8, 2016

This video explains to you how you can create a virtual machine on Digital Ocean and access it via ssh. To get 10 dollars off the regular price, sign up with Digital Ocean via this link. [Read More]