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Gnome: Map AltGr key to Alt
I have an annoying UK keyboard which has an Alt Gr key where the right Alt key is on a US keyboard. This is really annoying when using Gnome which makes heavy use of the Alt/Meta key. Does anyone know how I can map the Alt Gr key to the Alt key?
Track kids browsing history even when they know how to clear it manually
I have a colleague with two teenage boys (yes, cue cliche's about 'I have this friend see...') He's currently having issues with them browsing pr0n and wants to do a little spying on their browsing (I'm staying clear of the philosophies/ethics on this.) The kids are savvy enough to clear their brow…
How do I enable the Windows 7 taskbar hover preview?
In Windows 7, when you hover over an application in your task bar, a preview is generated showing the contents of the application window. Another option just displays the names of the windows. Somehow, I've turned off the preview and it only displays the window names. How do I change it back?
Logged in to vi, made changes, forgot to sudo first - now what
I made lengthy changes to a configuration file on a Ubuntu Linux computer with the vi editor. Unfortunately, I forgot to sudo first, so now I'm in the editor, but can't save my changes because of missing rights. Can I retroactively sudo the user on that terminal, or what would be the best course of…
Word 2007 Equations: How to stack symbols
Does Word 2007's equation editor have any equivalent to the or commands in LaTeX? I'd like to be able to stack custom text on top of signs, etc.
Convert PDF 2 sides per page to 1 side per page
How can I convert a PDF with 2 sides per page to 1 side per page?
Change EUID of running process
On Linux, how can I change EUID of running process from command line (provided I have root access)?
Prevent extra space when setting variable on Windows command line
When setting a variable like this: then the value of the variable foo contains an extra unwanted space: How do I prevent this extra space? It disappears when I omit the part, but I need to use for other reasons.
How to convert series of MP3 to a M4B in a batch
I have a batch of MP3 based books. Some of them divide into files according to book's own structure: chapters and so on. Some of them was just divided into equally lengthened parts. So. I've bought an iPhone, and I want to convert them all to M4B format. How could I convert them in a batch? I mean …
Thunderbird 3: show total number of items in folder?
In Thunderbird 3, is it possible to show the total number of items in a folder, rather than just the number of unread items?
Empty line on a slide in Latex Beamer
I am using Latex Beamer for creating a presentation. On one slide I have I would like to have space between the first itemize block and the second question. However, if I try or , I get a pdflatex parsing error: How can I get an emtpy line?
What's the difference between RAID 1 software mirroring and Fake RAID?
I've just ordered two new hard drives for my main desktop and a copy of Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I'd like to do a clean install of Windows 7 onto the new drives (leaving my old Windows XP Professional boot partition around for a while in case something goes disastrously wrong, etc.). I want t…
Activesync/OWA Desktop Client
At my company we have Exchange 2k3 with OWA being public, serving up Activesync and webmail. There is no pop3 or imap support from our admins. Outlook 2k3's RPC over HTTP is also disabled Is there a desktop client that can connect to Activesync or OWA? If my ipod touch can connect to activesync, wh…
The Windows Registry - Why (and Where) Does It Exist?
Was talking to a friend about the registry, and realized I couldn't remember the issues Microsoft was trying to solve that brought it into being. I know it had something to do with too many different programs storing their preferences in too many different places/ways, but as I said that it didn't …
Is it possible to view HTML source auto-formatted in Firefox
I am writing a Web site in PHP, and the HTML it renders is not well formatted and hard to read in Firefox (most of it is on a single line). I don't want to mess up my PHP code by adding loads of white space formatting stuff, so I was wondering if there is an option or perhaps an add-on to Firefox t…
Are there any plugins for Microsoft Word to format source code samples inside a regular document?
I need to write a technical document in Microsoft Word, with source code samples sprinkled throughout the text. Is there any way, without leaving Microsoft Word (maybe a plugin?), to format the source code snippets within the document in the same easy way that SuperUser.com provides - a little butt…
Can I change the default language of a application / program in Snow Leopard?
It used to be so easy in Leopard via the information dialog one could set any application to start in the desired language. Some programs like Things or the Adobe Creative Suite are simply more effective in english. I want to have this feature back - but how…?
Can I make cron "random"?
Maybe I'm completely nuts, and if so - that's fine. But how would I schedule a job to on-some-random-schedule broadcast a goofy message, like from ? clarification yes - this is my personal workstation - not planning to do something wonky on a production server :)
PC Blue Screens and then instantly reboots. How do I stop this or find the error later?
I've started getting random blue screens from my (admittedly aged PC). Unfortunately it reboots straight away so I don't get chance to read the error. It's been happening when browsing Stack Overflow in Google Chrome and Firefox so I'm assuming that it's something fairly fundamental. Most of the ti…
Practical OCR solution for converting a large book to a digital format?
I was over by my grandparent's place this past weekend. My grandmother pulled out this giant (~1400 page) book of her family history going back to 1630 or so. Giant nerd that I am, I thought it would be slick to have all the information stored in a database and available from the web. I can handle …