December 2007
11 posts
How to: Automator show hide hidden files plugin
1. Open Automator and choose custom workflow
2. Create a new AppleScript and replace the code given with
set myvar to do shell script "defaults read com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles"
if myvar is "FALSE" then
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE"
do shell script "killall Finder"
else if myvar is equal to "TRUE" then
do shell script "defaults...
flashplugin-nonfree fails to install →
“This is a very recent bug, caused by Adobe’s update of Flash 9.0 update 3 (9.0.115.0) codename “Moviestar” on December 4th [2007].
This caused Ubuntu to not install the flash plugin, detecting a change in the flash plugin installer file (via MD5 checksums). See bug 173890. This bug has been fixed in the next release of Ubuntu (Hardy 8.04) and it should soon come as an...
Ubuntu slow to boot and no splash loading bar
To solve this you will need to correct your usplash config to your screens resolution, in my case it had set 1280x1024 which should have been 1280x800.
sudo gedit /etc/usplash.conf
Adjust the values, my file now looks llike
# Usplash configuration file
xres=1280
yres=800
Save the file. Once you have changed it you will need to update the theme.
sudo update-usplash-theme...
How to enable Linksys [AirConn] INPROCOMM IPN 2220...
The key here is ndiswrapper and the Toshiba Satellite L10 WLAN Driver.
1. Download Toshiba Satellite L10 WLAN Driver and extract http://driverscollection.com/?file_id=32880
2. Install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 package.
3. Install Wireless driver using ndiswrapper. The file you want to use is neti2220.inf in the Winxp folder. In my case I type,
sudo ndiswrapper -i...
The composite extension is not available - ATI...
After enabling the Restricted ATI graphics driver, I tried to change the Visual effects only to get the prompt ‘The composite extension is not available’.
A quick Google found this Italian post which mentioned installing the xserver-xql package.
sudo apt-get install xserver-xgl
After installing I got an Update info box telling me not to use any special X session to start Xgl and...
Windows 7 Core - MinWin →
A minimalistic variation of the Windows 7 kernel demonstrated by Eric Traut at the Reflections | Projections 2007 conference in the University of Illinois.
Strange  ’ characters in MySQL database?!
After transferring tables by copying and pasting SQL from TextEdit I noticed that the new database contained many strange characters such as  ’
A quick google suggested that you open and copy from Dreamweaver instead..
The perfect linux desktop/server setup
Newbie guides to setting up Ubuntu or CentOS as desktop/server from HowtoForge.
Desktop The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” Installation Guide: CentOS 5.1 Desktop
Server The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10) CentOS 5.1 Server Setup: LAMP, Email, DNS, FTP, ISPConfig (a.k.a. The Perfect Server)
Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 7.10 →
sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager
reCAPTCHA: Stop Spam, Read Books →
Stop Spam. Read Books.
“Over 60 million CAPTCHAs are solved every day by people around the world. reCAPTCHA channels this human effort into helping to digitize books from the Internet Archive. When you solve a reCAPTCHA, you help preserve literature by deciphering a word that was not readable by computers. Learn more.
reCAPTCHA is a project of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie...
Allowing vistors to bookmark and comment on your...
Adding content to each Tumblr post To add content you will need to add the {block:Permalink} {/block:Permalink} custom theme tag to each type of post. Heres an example of the regular post:
{block:Regular}
<div class=”regular”>
{block:Title}<h2><a href=”{Permalink}”>{Title}</a></h2>{/block:Title}...