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What's wrong with my custom LAN cable?
This question is basically a continuation of this previous question. Never mind, here's the deal: I've made a LAN cable that goes through a wall, but it doesn't work. The cable is roughly 10m/30ft long. I crimped both ends myself according to this detailed explanation, and the job looks to be well …
Git equivalent to hg update
I've used Mercurial for some time now, and am used to its workflow. Suddenly, I need to work with a Git repository, and I cannot make the install work from the head revision. In Mercurial I would just update to an earlier revision and go, but I don't see how to do that in Git. So, how do I revert t…
My Spam Trap Caught A Company - How Legitimate Is Their Response?
I have my own domain (lets call it MyDomain.com), and my email account is set up such that all mails sent to @MyDomain.com will end up in the same mailbox. So, think of a word, put it in front of @MyDomain.com, send me an email, and I will get it. When I sign up for SomeService.com, the email addre…
How to split a tar file into smaller parts at file boundaries?
I have a tar file that I want to split into multiple smaller tar files. This would be easy with , but I want the splitted files to be fully usable tar files themselves, which can't do as it will split at arbitrary points, not at file boundaries. So how to split a tar file into smaller parts at file…
How do I setup keyboard shortcuts to bookmarklets in Firefox?
I'm using the wonderful bookmarklet Readability by Arc90, and it's been useful to the point where I almost always load it on pages I intend to read. I'm using Firefox 3.5 and/or 3.6 (it depends on if I'm at home or at work), and so far I've been using the following combination of keys to apply Read…
How to escape commands in a bashrc alias?
I need to occasionally touch a file with the current timestamp as the filename. I would do so this way: However, I'd like to define an alias for this. When I try adding to the bashrc this: the result is that the filename is the same during the entire session, since the `date ..` gets calculated jus…
Powershell tab-complete trailing slash
In Powershell, when you are typing in a path, using tab-completion, directories don't get a trailing (back)slash, meaning that at each level, I have to type Tab - . Is there any way to make Powershell add the trailing backslash to directories it has autocompleted, like Bash does?
Remote desktop to Win2k3 server starts new session
I use RD to connect to a number of remote servers over a VPN. This VPN can sometime drop out unexpectedly and then it seems to be a lottery as to whether I can connect back to the same RD session I was on or a new one. Every time this happens I can view the sessions in Task Manager and see that the…
Option-key with VNC Viewer to remote control a Mac from a Windows 7 PC
I use a Mac Mini as Home Entertainment System (no keyboard or mouse connected). To access the Mac Mini from my Windows 7 PC I use VNC (note the Windows 7 PC has a German keyboard). My problem is that I can't get the Mac "Option-Key" to work. Googling the internet brought up the following tips (whic…
How to get Bash shell history range
How can I get/filter history entries in a specific range? I have a large history file and frequently use Now, my memory is pretty bad and I also want to see what else I did around the time I entered the command. For now I do this: get match, say , then I do this is usually good enough, but I would …
Force Firefox to remember passwords for the sites that don't let users save them
With Firefox 3.6.10 on Windows XP (I haven't tried other combinations), it seems like some websites prevent visitors from saving their password. That happens a lot with bank websites (for obvious security reasons), but I'm also experiencing that with myopenid.com and others. Is there a way to force…
How to generate web picture gallery offline? (no php on server)
I've just attended a huge family gathering, and now an hour after getting home people are texting asking for the photos. The deal is that the images are like ~5mb a piece, so e-mailing people isn't an option. I have access to a few web servers with plenty of space, but no php or any other server si…
Is there a stable Linux distro using btrfs?
I'm a big fan of ZFS on FreeBSD (I've been using it on my home server since before it got stable; bleeding edge, baby!) and I'd like to try out btrfs to see how that's evolving. Since it's still largely in development, none of the usual mainstream distros have btrfs as an option. I haven't used Lin…
How to delete files in linux older than 1 year?
Possible Duplicate: How do I delete files greater than a certain date on linux How to delete all files in current directory and it`s sub directories older than one year?
scp'ing multiple files in one pass - to multiple destinations on one target server?
I would like to scp about a half dozen files in a couple directories to the same directories on a target machine. Without utilizing ssh keys, is this possible in one call? For example:
Is it possible to make a non-locking Windows share (files that other people use remotely don't get locked)?
The subject pretty much says it. I'm a developer and at my workplace I've developed a little internal application that me and some of my colleagues are using from time to time. To make the latest version available to them I've shared the folder where the compilation results are. However this means …
How do I graphically "pop" keystrokes and mouse clicks so they are useful in playback videos?
GoTo Webinar does not support recording on the Mac, so I am going to be using iShowU HD Pro to record webinars. A nice feature is that it shows keystrokes and mouse clicks and sounds on the recording, but it does not show on my screen as I'm interacting. I'd like to disable the webinar's feature an…
Does SSD TRIM work with a 'Boot from VHD' scenario?
I have recently purchased an Intel X-25 G2 SSD (160GB) as an extra drive for my laptop. I created a fixed size disk virtual disk (40GB) and have installed Windows Server 2008 R2 onto this VHD. I now 'boot to VHD'. (I want multiple development environments, therefore separate VHD's are the way to go…
How much hard drive space should I give my Windows 7 Virtual Machine?
I'm going to reformat my computer today and install Linux Mint on it. I developer on a .NET stack mainly for work and home, but I hate using Windows (go figure). What specs do I need for Visual Studio 2010 to run decently on my Virtual Machine? How much hard drive should I give my VM so I don't acc…
Recommendations for utility to paste plain text?
In order to paste unformatted text, I need to paste into notepad, then cut, then paste in my original target app. I came here looking for a way to avoid this and found How do I cut-and-paste an email, so that paste will be in pure text (stripping all html), but the accepted answer said to do my not…