anesti.org

Being the geek that I am and being on Twitter, many of you may have noticed I have setup a Twitter account for my server to “Tweet” information that could be useful to me. @anestidotorg tweets uptime, CPU usage, and users every hour thanks to a CRON job and a Python script I’ve written. I originally started out with BASH script, moving to Python because of the flexibility in string handling. Most *nix servers should have Python installed. The script uses CURL to hit Twitter’s API. My server now “tweets” on reboot, and every hour, giving me a status update. I’m providing this script for free, do as you wish with it. Download Here

A pre-teen boy holding an AK-47 tells of his brother being killed in front of him by the Lord’s Resistance Army. This is only one of the horrendous stories told by a young boy kidnapped and forced to fight an age-old war in Uganda. Invisible Children, the organization who originally documented the war in Uganda is promoting a push to rescue the children forced into joining the army lead by Joseph Kony to kill.

What were you doing when you were about 11 years old? Certainly you weren’t killing and carrying an AK-47. You were probably running around in your back yard, playing with Legos and Barbies, and generally enjoying a carefree lifestyle. Not the Ugandan children of the LRA; they’re forced to kill or be killed. Any attempt to escape that results in being caught could result in death, or mutilation. The LRA has been known to literally cut out the mouths, eyes, noses, tongues and lips of those who attempt to defect and are caught. Despite this image of suffering and tragedy, you can help. By bringing this terrible situation to the light of the international world, you can help these children be rescued. You can watch the documentary on The Rescue website.

Join Invisible Children. Come to the rescue.