The Rietta Blog
02/22/2014
Find Top Referral Sources with Raw Apache Access Log
by Frank Rietta
The easy raw to find your website referrers (HTTP referer) from a raw Apache access file with grep, sort, and uniq on the command line.
02/16/2014
Get and compare the current Git branch in BASH
by Frank Rietta
When using Git, this is the easy way to get the current branch within a BASH script and use it to conditionally execute the most appropriate code with an if/else.
02/14/2014
My Touch Typing Journey Continues
by Frank Rietta
How I am teaching myself to truly touch-type, without taking any peaks, with Type Fu, the DAS Keyboard Ultimate, and going about my daily work as a consultant.
02/11/2014
Reset MySQL Root Password with One Command
by Frank Rietta
One simple command to reset your MySQL root password on Debian/Ubuntu Linux. Don't overthink this one.
01/23/2014
Anti-virus for Mac for PCI Compliance
by Frank Rietta
PCI-DSS Requirement 5 says that anti-virus must be installed and used on all computers, including Mac OS X. Here is why and some good options to choose.