Thunderbird email theme - Monterail Dark

I have been using Thunderbird email for over a decade now. It is a functional email client which does its job. One area where Thunderbird can do a lot better is in its UI, I do agree that the default theme is very functional and once you get used to it you do not care. But customization has been one of Thunderbirds strengths, so I am using a beautifully designed theme/add-on based on the original ‘Monterail’ theme....

February 13, 2022 · 1 min · Mr. Kamath

Free resources for cover illustrations and photos

I have recently moved my blog from WordPress to a static site and in the process of doing that I wanted to ensure all the images were updated and also add a cover image to each post to make the post look more approachable than just a blob of text. For this purpose I did not want to end up buying a stock image or just using a random images which came up in a web search....

February 5, 2022 · 2 min · Mr. Kamath

Git: Import a repo from Bitbucket to Github

Most of the providers do provide an way to import a repo using GUI by entering the URL of the source and credentials (if the repo requires auth). But sometimes it might be convinient to do it using command line as this approach is going to be the same across providers. How to import the repository using command line In command line, it is just a matter of executing five lines of commands and you can move repos from one provider to another be it Bitbucket to Github or Github to Gitlab or Gitlab to Bitbucket or any other combination....

February 1, 2022 · 2 min · Mr. Kamath

Hathway broadband router login username and password (ZTE F670L/ZTE F602W)

Hathway has been upgrading all its users to fibre by providing GPON ONT device over the past couple of years and with it they are giving custom branded modems. Atleast in Bengaluru I have see dual band devices are ZTE ZXHN F670L and for single band ZTE F602W. Hathway has modified the default username and password so the combinations of admin/password do not work. ...

January 30, 2022 · 1 min · Mr. Kamath

MacOS: Copy file to clipboard in terminal

I often use terminal to get things done quickly, be it generating a ssh key or modifying a config file, but it can be tough at times if we need to copy the contents of a file to clipboard quickly. Well, MacOS comes with pbcopy ...

January 21, 2022 · 2 min · Mr. Kamath