Category Archives: Software & Websites

There is a multitude of useful software packages, code plugins and websites crawling around out there in the real world, and if something piques my interest, you can be sure to find some commentary regarding it right here on the CodeUnit of Craig.

Web Page Image Capture with Pearl Crescent Page Saver

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Craig Lotter

I was working on my portfolio site the other day and needed something that would take full page screenshots of the current website loaded in my browser. Continue reading →

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How Ubuntu’s Version Numbering Works

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Craig Lotter

So the latest codename for next year’s first planned Ubuntu release has been revealed as being Natty Narwhal, not perhaps the most awe-inspiring of codenames but one I guess which will work. Continue reading →

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How to Install Webmin on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Server

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Craig Lotter

Installing Webmin in Ubuntu is not exactly a quick win thanks to Webmin’s reliance on a deprecated PERL package (an MD5 wrapper to be exact) that Ubuntu and the like just don’t want to include any more, but never fear, following these steps one by one will have you up and running in absolutely no time! Continue reading →

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Joomla 1.5: Remove Copyright Info from the Bottom of the Page Footer

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Craig Lotter

Most Joomla sites, with or without snazzy templates applied, all carry a pretty standard Powered by Joomla! footer text. Now while most people should be in favour of keeping this in, there are a lot of us out there who simply don’t want it spoiling our tight site design, and so digging around the web revealed the two simplest ways of removing this line of text from your website. Continue reading →

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Ubuntu: Delete Files Older than a Certain Number of Days via the Terminal

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Craig Lotter

For example, let’s say you currently do non-incremental backups of your data on a daily business. If you don’t keep an eye on it, pretty soon your backup folder will run out of space and your system would come crashing down – so maybe it isn’t such a bad idea to run a cron in the background that deletes unnecessary files that are older than a specified number of days. Continue reading →

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