Biodegradable Geek

How to Maintain Static Sites with Git & Jekyll

Static sites in this context just means non-database driven sites. Your static site can be an elaborate PHP script or just a few markup and image files. For this I am using Jekyll – A neat Ruby gem that makes your static sites dynamic. It lets you create layouts and embed custom variables in your [...]

Burning Xbox 360 Games on Linux (Stealth!)

You could run ImgBurn in Wine, or probably burn the games in VirtualBox running Windows, but that’s no solution… you’re reading this because you want to burn Xbox 360 games on Linux using native tools. It’s surprisingly easy! The games are usually an ISO file, along with a little DVD (.dvd) file that tells the [...]

Create Unique Email Addresses From One Gmail Account

Many sites won’t let you use one email address to register multiple accounts. Sometimes you have legitimate reasons to, and other times you just wanna spam build backlinks. Either or, here’s how you can get around this… Gmail accepts email that has a ‘+’ appended to the username of your email address. Text can be [...]