Backup local MySQL Databases

Nice script by Xavez. Put it in a daily cronjob if you like, or extend it to copy the backup to another machine: #!/bin/bash # Path to where you want to backup mysql databases. opath=/Users/username/Sites/Backups/mysql/ # Local mysql details. Make a username with only read access. Allow SELECT, LOCK TABLES. mysqlhost=127.0.0.1 username=read_only_user password=read_only_password # Get …

SkyJack: autonomous drone hacking

SkyJack is a drone engineered to autonomously seek out, hack, and wirelessly take over other drones within wifi distance, creating an army of zombie drones under your control. By Samy (yes, the Samy – author of the MySpace Samy Worm and Evercookie) Flying hacker contraption hunts other drones, turns them into zombies →

Cutting down on vendor prefixes

There are a bunch of CSS properties that we can safely stop using vendor prefixes for, or at least considerably cut down on the number of prefixes. No need to provide vendor prefixes for all versions ever of all browsers ever nowadays. Take CSS3 transitions for example. The code below will do just fine in …