Dynamic iptables port-forwarding for NAT-ed libvirt networks

Libvirt is particularly awesome when it comes to managing virtual machines, their underlying storage and networks. However, if you happen to use NAT-ed networking and want to allow external access to services offered by your VMs, you've got to do some manual work. The simplest way to get access is to set up some  iptables …

GoDaddy DynDNS for the poor

Recently, I bought a fresh new domain from godaddy.com for my personal homepage that hosted on a server at home. Admittedly, I didn't really spend any time on customer satisfaction or the stuff they support, they just had the cheapest offer for a .me domain 🙂 So after getting used to their cluttered web interface, …

Changing to zsh

Why should one want to change the shell, especially if one was used to using bash for ages? For curiosity, basically. After one week of usage (with trying a feature now and then) I migrated completly to zsh and it turned out to be worth it: It is fast! And I mean it is waaaaay …