How to change the default scan button / buttons actions.
Windows XP (maybe others)
Intuitive after you know where to look… took me a bit of time, so hope this helps others that want to change the default actions.
debating on writing a new gallery, or make a plugin for wordpress to have a gallery.
How the plugin would work…
1.) Create a keyword, to enable the gallery.
2.) grab uploaded files, that are images via mime type, and display them.
3.) display the images via lightbox2, or something else that’d be suitable.
4.) Get titles, and descriptions for files
Pretty handy utility, not much else needed. All the hard parts are already handled by WP.
Wow, that was so painless.
Use your favourite means to install mysql, probably apache, php, phpmysqladmin as well…
sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
mysqladmin -u root password myPassword
where myPassword is your actual password.
to test
mysql -u root -p
enjoy
How to/howto get gnome to show what’s running on a given monitor. After having linux installed for a while, leaving pretty much the default install running. I decided to venture out and find how to tweak some usability settings.
There is a program called utlramon for windows that already does this [mentioned above]. A Linux ultramon doesn’t exist, well not as a separate program, as the functionality already exists in gnome.
Just add a panel to each monitor you want, and add to that panel a window list. That’s it.
Instructions:
1.) Right click on anywhere on the launchbar, click “New Panel”
[UPDATE: 2010/05/02 added ALT]
2.) hold down ALT + Drag the new panel to any monitor/location.
3.) Right click on that panel, and click “Add to Panel”
4.) Select “Window List” under Desktop and Windows
5.) Click Add.
6.) Click Close, and you’re done.
Now I don’t have a cluster of ALL windows on my three head setup on one taskbar.
If this helps, please drop a line in the comments.
Windows to EMC Live
First, download the iso image. source, alternatively the mirror.
1.) unzip/copy md5sum.exe into the same folder/directory as emc2-ubuntu6.06-desktop-i386.iso
2.) in a dos window… type “md5sum emc2-ubuntu6.06-desktop-i386.iso” without quotes. This may take a few minutes.
3.) Compare the result to this “6ee5048eb9cb424aa030dfedccc5386b” without quotes.
4.) if they match, burn the image (google, howto burn an ISO image), and do verification at the end. If the numbers don’t match, you’ll have to redownload the image.
5.) Open the newly created CD, and you should see multiple files, and folders. If not, please see #4 and google.
6.) Boot off this CD. Make sure your bios looks at this CDrom as one of the boot devices.
Places to download md5sum.
http://etree.org/cgi-bin/counter.cgi/software/md5sum.exe
http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/md5sum.exe
http://www.fourmilab.ch/md5/md5.zip
http://downloads.activestate.com/contrib/md5sum/Windows/md5sum.exe
short explaination of md5sum.
How to synchronize the google calendar and motorola razr v3c
Make sure the drivers for your motorola razr v3c are installed properly.
Install bitpim and make sure it detects your phone. Get the latest version, I’m using at the moment version BitPim version 0.9.0.6.
Within bitpim, file -> import -> google calendar
That should now be in BitPim’s memory. You will have to upload the new data to the phone.
Becareful of overwriting manual phone entries.
Mac commercials annoy, but this parody of the mac commercials is just hysterical
Read more…
Requirements:
Windows (win32 – windows 2000, windows XP, windows 2003 server etc).
Apache 2.2.x (I’m using mysql 2.2.3)
Mysql 5.0.+ (I’m using mysql 5.0.22)
Php 5.2+ (I’m using 5.2.0 RC2) – Note, that only 5.2.0+ supporteds apache 2.2.x. Previous versions have to go hunting for files, so I suggest using 5.2.0+. And at the time of writing, this is in “release candidate 2″.
Installation of the above programs should be straight forward. However, the setup of the applications afterwards may not be.
I’m here to just talk about the configuration files of php.ini, and apache 2.2.3 (httpd.conf)
I’m going to assume you installed php to “c:/php/”
add at the end of the apache httpf.conf file:
#—
LoadModule php5_module c:/php/php5apache2_2.dll
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php-source .phps
# configure the path to php.ini
PHPIniDir “c:/php”
#—
in the c:/php/php.ini-recommended file modify the following lines and SAVE AS php.ini
find the extension_dir definition and change to:
extension_dir = “c:/php/ext/”
search for “extension=php_mysql.dll” and uncommend that line.
or alternatively, “mysqli.dll”
uncomment any other extentions you want turned on.
That’s pretty much it.
Links update
Games
Utilities
Security
Patches
This article “UK wants power to demand encryption keys” reports that Great Britain is daft.
What’s going on in the minds of legislators in GB. Seems like the fancy with 1984 is running a muck in the queens parliament.
I mean, where’s my privacy, when I want it? Why would I want to turn over evidence to the crown? I guess the reverse argument is, “why do you need to hide this – if you don’t have anything to hide, why not show us”. That reverse argument is ludicrous, as it’s an invasion of privacy. I should not need to justify myself to anyone. If you have something to accuse me of, do so in the proper channels.
The article I linked too, has a good argument as well. What happens if one is on the receiving end of an encrypted communication, and does not have the key. How does one prove a negative, being the argument – “how do I prove I don’t have something?”
I’m amazed at the incredible stupidity of some lawmakers.