Category Archives: Computers

Adventures in Firefox – places.sqlite

Posted on 3/19/2009 by Ryan

I love Firefox. Don’t get me wrong here. It allows me to customize my browsing environment to exactly how I like it, has a ton of great extensions, and generally lets me feel like I have more ownership of my … Continue reading →

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Installing java on CentOS

Posted on 6/11/2008 by Ryan

You’d think it would be harder, but it’s not. Not that it’s documented well anywhere, which is why I’m writing this. Go to java.com. Download the linux RPM installer for your cpu type. sh /path/to/downloaded.rpm.bin follow the bouncing ball. And … Continue reading →

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gem update libxml-ruby on Leopard

Posted on 5/23/2008 by Ryan

So I’m updating my laptop to reflect the same environment as my servers – which means getting rid of macports. Part of the process was to update all the rubygems we’ve got installed. I tried to ‘gem up libxml-ruby’ and … Continue reading →

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Posted on 3/24/2008 by Ryan

Ok Firefox. Somehow you decided to disable keywords and it took me a few days to remember how to fix this. No more. Never again. And for all the other folks this happens to, all you need to do is: … Continue reading →

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Win an iMac? Yes please!

Posted on 9/14/2007 by Ryan

So my daughter Emma is 4 now, and her ruby iMac is on its last legs. It’s been up on blocks for a couple months now, and I just can’t seem to get it to boot off anything but the … Continue reading →

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Stuff you should not be clicking around in

Posted on 10/16/2006 by Ryan

VX CHAOS FILE SERVER: Virii, Worms, Anti-Virus, Hacker Tools, Warez, Codes I saw a FSM icon, clicked on it, and ended up here. Probably some useful stuff here, but sheesh – not something for the kiddies to be digging around … Continue reading →

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BackTrack

Posted on 10/16/2006 by Ryan

BackTrack is the result of the merging of two Innovative Penetration Testing live Linux distributionsWhax and AuditorCombining the best features from both distributions, and paying special attention to small details, this is probably the best version of either distributions to … Continue reading →

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Enforce your Breaks

Posted on 10/9/2006 by Ryan

AntiRSI is a program for Mac OS X that helps prevent RSI (repetitive strain injury) and other computer related stress. AntiRSI – TECH.inhelsinki.nl

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Photoshop Trick: Pencil Sketch

Posted on 10/6/2006 by Ryan

Don’t worry if your drawing abilities aren’t up to snuff, all that’s required here is the ability to scribble! Photoshop converts a Photo to a Pencil Sketch Scribble, I can. Draw? Notsomuch.

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Untitled

Posted on 10/5/2006 by Ryan

To make it all happen in one shot, follow the same procedure (type “.”, type your message, tab, type “large type”) but then hit CTRL+ENTER and it will save the “large type” command. Then you get a new list, from … Continue reading →

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