Daily Archives: November 29, 2011

BlueIris – getting alerts sent via SMS

Posted on November 29, 2011 by hedscratchers

I used this and it worked fine: your10digitphone@txt.att.net Found at Camera > Alerts, then under ‘Using the internet’ there is a setting named ‘Send an SMS text message to a cell phone’ click the ‘Configured’ button next to it, then … Continue reading →

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Observation on lowcost PTZ IP cameras (Foscam, Foscam clones et el – as found on

Posted on November 29, 2011 by hedscratchers

Many of you will be aware of the lowcost cameras on ebay, but I thought I’d offer up my observation, it may help somebody out. I bought 2 x IP PT cameras, the first one was a clone of the … Continue reading →

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How to backup MySQL for free

Posted on November 29, 2011 by hedscratchers

I needed to backup a small MySQL database, wanted something robust, simple and free, previously I used a hacked together shell script which ran via cron. I briefly tried a few of the offerings out there, I then I came … Continue reading →

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How to get Firefox over SSH using the command line

Posted on November 29, 2011 by hedscratchers

Do: ssh -X user@hostname firefox -no-remote As a side note, you have done a minimal install of CentOS,  and you try the above and get the following warning “(firefox:2740): Pango-WARNING **: failed to choose a font….”, well you need install … Continue reading →

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