Python 3 Script to Send eMail via GMail def emailsend(subject_part, message_part): # usage: emailsend("Server is up", "") import time import smtplib import socket from datetime import datetime current_utc = datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + 'Z' ####--[CONFIGURATION] server = 'smtp.gmail.com' server_port = '587' username = 'INSERT-YOUR-USERNAME@gmail.com' password = 'INSERT-YOUR-PASSWORD' hostname = socket.gethostname() from_addr = 'INSERT-YOUR-FROM-NAME <INSERT-YOUR-FROM@gmail.com>' to_addr = 'INSERT-YOUR-TO-EMAIL' subject = 'INSERT-YOUR-SUBJECT-PREPEND | ' + hostname + ' | ' + subject_part message = 'INSERT-YOUR-MESSAGE-PREPEND | ' + hostname + ' | <br>' + message_part + '<br><br><br>Email Generated On (UTC): ' + current_utc ####--[/CONFIGURATION] headers = [ "Subject: " + subject, "From: " + from_addr, "To: " + to_addr, "MIME-Version: 1.0", "Content-Type: text/html" ] headers = "\r\n".join(headers) server = smtplib.SMTP(server + ":" + server_port) server.ehlo() server.starttls() server.ehlo() server.login(username,password) server.sendmail(from_addr, to_addr, headers + "\r\n\r\n" + message) server.quit()

Check the speed of OpenDNS and Google Public DNS servers OpenDNS Server addresses: 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 Google Public DNS Server addresses: 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 Test Server: brooklyn-chess.com echo OpenDNS ... ; dig @208.67.222.222 brooklyn-chess.com | grep Query; dig @208.67.220.220 brooklyn-chess.com | grep Query; echo Google DNS ... ; dig @8.8.8.8 brooklyn-chess.com | grep Query; dig @8.8.4.4 brooklyn-chess.com | grep Query;

Start Development IIS Express Server (tested on Win7 and Win10 with mapped network drives) @echo off REM Script will start IIS Express on the specific port with the folder FROM WHICH SCRIPT IS CALLED REM REM IIS Express does the following: REM * Copies default applicationhost.config file ("C:\Program Files\IIS Express\AppServer\applicationhost.config") to %TEMP%\IISEXPRESS\APPLICATIONHOST{TimeStampGoesHere}.CONFIG (where timestamp is current date+time with milliseconds) REM * The copied config file is modified to specify the physical path (<application ...> --> <virtualDirectory ...> physicalPath property) and the port (<bindings> -> <binding ...> bindingInformation property) REM * Path to custom configuration file can also be provided in the command line using /config:{FullPathToIISApplicationHostCustomConfigFile} set iisexpress_loc="C:\Program Files\IIS Express\iisexpress.exe" set folder_loc=%cd% set port_loc=2018 if [%1]==[--help] goto syntax if [%1]==[/?] goto syntax if [%1]==[] goto proceed set port_loc=%1 :proceed echo. echo Make "%folder_loc%" accessible from "http://localhost:%port_loc%" ... echo. %iisexpress_loc% /path:"%folder_loc%" /port:%port_loc% /trace:w /systray:true goto exit :syntax echo. echo Syntax: %0 PortNumberGoesHere echo Default Port: %port_loc% echo. goto exit :exit echo. echo. echo. pause

Color Prompt for Bash [2017-04-14][20:52:25] [myusername@mypcname:~] $ Modify .bash_profile, .profile, or .bashrc (if using bash) $ cat .bash_profile ##### modify standard command prompt # \n = new line; \u = current username; \w = current working dir (home = ~) ##### Colors # Black 0;30 Dark Gray 1;30 # Blue 0;34 Light Blue 1;34 # Green 0;32 Light Green 1;32 # Cyan 0;36 Light Cyan 1;36 # Red 0;31 Light Red 1;31 # Purple 0;35 Light Purple 1;35 # Brown 0;33 Yellow 1;33 # Light Gray 0;37 White 1;37 export PS1="\[\033[0;35m\][$(date +%H:%M)]\[\033[0;36m\] [\u\[\033[0;37m\]@\[\033[0;36m\]\h:\[\033[0;32m\]\w]\[\033[0m\] \n$ " # or # export PS1="\[\033[0;33m\][\D{%Y-%m-%d}][\t]\[\033[0;36m\] [\u\[\033[0;37m\]@\[\033[0;36m\]\h:\[\033[0;32m\]\w]\[\033[0m\] \n$ " ##### Modify default ls command # -G colorizes output # -h makes sizes human readable # -F throws a / after a directory, * after an executable, and a @ after a symlink # -l listing format (as opposed to default wide) # -a shows all files (even hidden) alias ls='ls -laGFh' ##### add ~/scripts/wicked to the path export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/scripts/wicked"

Use RichTextBox as an output of Log4net Appender Step 1 Create a Windows Forms Application project named “Sample” using Visual Studio (the code is in c#). Step 2 Get log4net library by either downloading it from https://logging.apache.org/log4net/ or by installing the package through NuGet Package Manager. Step 3 Create folder “lib” under the project and place files there. Add reference to lib\log4net.dll Step 4 Please rename default form to “FrmSample”. On the default form add a button and a RichTextBox. Please name the RichTextBox as “RtbOutput” and a button as “CmdGenerateTestLogs”. Step 5 In the root of the project folder create XML file: log4net.config In Properties for the file set: Copy to Output Directory: Copy if newer Populate file with following (log file appender will create a file in logs folder with the file name of output.log; once file size reaches 10MB, new file will be created. Maximum of 10 log files will be retained). Please change “Sample” with the name of your project namespace, form name “FrmSample” with the name of the windows form name, text box name “RtbOutput” with the name of the RichTextBox that would be used to output log4net messages: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <log4net xmlns="urn:log4net"> <appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender"> <param name="file" value="logs\output.log" /> <param name="appendToFile" value="true" /> <param name="rollingStyle" value="Size" /> <param name="maxSizeRollBackups" value="10" /> <param name="maximumFileSize" value="10MB" /> <param name="staticLogFileName" value="true" /> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <param name="conversionPattern" value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" /> </layout> </appender> <appender name="ConsoleAppender" type="log4net.Appender.ConsoleAppender"> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="%date [%thread] %-5level %logger - %message%newline" /> </layout> </appender> <appender name="RichTextBoxAppender" type="Sample.RichTextBoxAppender, Sample"> <formName value="FrmSample"/> <textBoxName value="RtbOutput"/> <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout"> <conversionPattern value="%date %-5level - %message%newline" /> </layout> </appender> <root> <level value="DEBUG" /> <appender-ref ref="LogFileAppender" /> <appender-ref ref="ConsoleAppender" /> <appender-ref ref="RichTextBoxAppender" /> </root> </log4net> Step 6 To enable logging, under the Properties folder double-click on AssemblyInfo.cs and add the following line at the end of the file: [assembly: log4net.Config.XmlConfigurator(ConfigFile = "log4net.config", Watch = true)] Step 7 Add a new class RichTextBoxAppender.cs to the project. Paste the following into the class file replacing existing text: using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; using log4net.Appender; using log4net.Core; namespace Sample { public class RichTextBoxAppender : AppenderSkeleton { private RichTextBox _textBox; public RichTextBox AppenderTextBox { get { return _textBox; } set { _textBox = value; } } public string FormName { get; set; } public string TextBoxName { get; set; } private static Control FindControlRecursive(Control root, string textBoxName) { if (root.Name == textBoxName) return root; foreach (Control c in root.Controls) { var t = FindControlRecursive(c, textBoxName); if (t != null) return t; } return null; } protected override void Append(LoggingEvent loggingEvent) { if (_textBox == null) { if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(FormName) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(TextBoxName)) return; var form = Application.OpenForms[FormName]; if (form == null) return; _textBox = (RichTextBox)FindControlRecursive(form, TextBoxName); if (_textBox == null) return; form.FormClosing += (s, e) => _textBox = null; } _textBox.BeginInvoke((MethodInvoker)delegate { if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Debug) { _textBox.SelectionStart = _textBox.TextLength; _textBox.SelectionLength = 0; _textBox.SelectionColor = Color.RoyalBlue; _textBox.AppendText(RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent)); _textBox.SelectionColor = _textBox.ForeColor; } else if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Info) { _textBox.SelectionStart = _textBox.TextLength; _textBox.SelectionLength = 0; _textBox.SelectionColor = Color.ForestGreen; _textBox.AppendText(RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent)); _textBox.SelectionColor = _textBox.ForeColor; } else if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Warn) { _textBox.SelectionStart = _textBox.TextLength; _textBox.SelectionLength = 0; _textBox.SelectionColor = Color.DarkOrange; _textBox.AppendText(RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent)); _textBox.SelectionColor = _textBox.ForeColor; } else if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Error) { _textBox.SelectionStart = _textBox.TextLength; _textBox.SelectionLength = 0; _textBox.SelectionColor = Color.DarkRed; _textBox.AppendText(RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent)); _textBox.SelectionColor = _textBox.ForeColor; } else if (loggingEvent.Level == Level.Fatal) { _textBox.SelectionStart = _textBox.TextLength; _textBox.SelectionLength = 0; _textBox.SelectionColor = Color.Crimson; _textBox.AppendText(RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent)); _textBox.SelectionColor = _textBox.ForeColor; } else { _textBox.AppendText(RenderLoggingEvent(loggingEvent)); } }); } } } Step 8 Open the code behind the form by pressing F7 on the form and paste following code: using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; using log4net; namespace Sample { public partial class FrmSample : Form { private static readonly ILog Log = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(FrmSample)); public FrmSample() { InitializeComponent(); #region Set properties for RtbOutput as per your choice RtbOutput.BackColor = System.Drawing.SystemColors.Control; RtbOutput.HideSelection = false; RtbOutput.ReadOnly = true; RtbOutput.Text = ""; RtbOutput.WordWrap = false; RtbOutput.Font = new Font(FontFamily.GenericMonospace, 9); #endregion } private void CmdGenerateTestLogs_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { Log.Debug("This is a DEBUG message"); Log.Info("This is a INFO message"); Log.Warn("This is a WARN message"); Log.Error("This is a ERROR message"); Log.Fatal("This is a FATAL message"); } } } Step 9 Running program and clicking on the button should print out the log (same log will appear in the output.log file under log folder - check the project output directory). Feel free to modify the properties of the RichTextBox as you fit.

Forward port on Verizon FiOS Router G1100 Information Required: Local IP Address of FiOS Router (by default 192.168.1.1) : {IP_ADDRESS_OF_FIOS_ROUTER} Username and Password to login to the FiOS Router (usually on the sticker on your router). Local IP Address of the Device that should be servicing Forwarded Port. Port to be forwarded. Steps: Open browser and type in the http://IP_ADDRESS_OF_FIOS_ROUTER. Type in “User Name” and “Password” of your router. Choose “Firewall” from the top menu. Click “Yes” button on the “Warning / Any changes made in this section may affect your router’s performance and configuration. / Do you want to proceed?” screen. Click “Port Forwarding” link on the left menu. Under “Create new port forwarding rule” in the first drop down box “Select IP from menu” to select an IP address of the device on your network that should be accepting the request from the remote computer. Click on “Application To Forward…” dropdown and choose “Custom Ports”. Choose the protocol: TCP, UDP, or Both and overwrite port 65535 with the port number of your choice. Click “Add”. Do NOT CLICK “Advanced>>” and choose port that way. Click “Logout” link on the left menu. The “Port Forwarding” is completed.

Remove Windows 10 Icon and Fix Auto Updates Run cmd as Administrator C:\>powershell Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:\> get-hotfix -id KB3035583, KB2952664, KB2976978, KB3021917, KB3044374, KB2990214 Source Description HotFixID InstalledBy InstalledOn ------ ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- MYPCNAME Update KB2952664 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 7/15/2015 12:00:00 AM MYPCNAME Update KB2990214 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 4/15/2015 12:00:00 AM MYPCNAME Update KB3021917 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 2/11/2015 12:00:00 AM MYPCNAME Update KB3035583 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM 7/17/2015 12:00:00 AM PS C:\> exit C:\>wusa /uninstall /kb:2952664 C:\>wusa /uninstall /kb:2990214 C:\>wusa /uninstall /kb:3021917 C:\>wusa /uninstall /kb:3035583 C:\>

Log4Net Minimal Usage Log4net - minimal info to start. Step 1 Create a project using Visual Studio (the code is in c#). Step 2 Apache log4net Log4Net Install - version at the time of writing log4net 1.2.13 Download Page Direct download link to the root folder For Framework 4 use log4net.dll and log4net.xml from log4net-1.2.13-bin-newkey.zip\log4net-1.2.13\bin\net\4.0\release\ - Your version might be different Step 3 Create folder lib under the project and place files there. Add reference to lib\log4net.dll Step 4 In the root of the project folder create XML file: log4net.config In Properties for the file set: Copy to Output Directory: Copy if newer Populate file with following log file appender will create a file in logs folder with the file name of output.log; once file size reaches 10MB, new file will be created Maximum of 10 log files will beretained Sample of log4net.config ...

Print List of Sequential Numbers -- PRINT OUT LIST OF SEQUENTIAL NUMBERS FROM num_from TO num_to. Max set to up to 9999 DECLARE @num_from int, @num_to int SELECT @num_from = 1000, @num_to = 1200 SELECT * FROM ( SELECT SEQ = 1 * X1.N -- singles + 10 * X10.N -- tens + 100 * X100.N -- hundreds + 1000 * X1000.N -- thousands FROM ( SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9 ) AS X1 CROSS JOIN ( SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9 ) AS X10 CROSS JOIN ( SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9 ) AS X100 CROSS JOIN ( SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9 ) AS X1000 ) AS X WHERE SEQ BETWEEN @num_from AND @num_to ORDER BY 1

Print all Days of the Current Year -- PRINT OUT ALL OF THE DAYS IN THIS YEAR SELECT DOY = DATEADD(DAY, RC, CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(4)) + '-01-01') FROM ( SELECT RC = X1.N + 10 * X10.N + 100 * X100.N FROM ( SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9 ) AS X1 CROSS JOIN ( SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9 ) AS X10 CROSS JOIN ( SELECT 0 AS N UNION ALL SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 8 UNION ALL SELECT 9 ) AS X100 ) AS X WHERE YEAR(GETDATE()) = YEAR( DATEADD(DAY, RC, CAST(YEAR(GETDATE()) AS VARCHAR(4)) + '-01-01') ) ORDER BY 1