Firefox 2.0 on Fedora Core 6

Note: As of today (November 30th 2006), for whatever reason Mozilla is not releasing a version of Firefox 2.0 that is compatible with FC6. That said, they are allowing an untested beta version to be installed. Here's how to get it...

1> Log in as root:

$ su root

2> Download and install it:

$ yum --enablerepo=development install firefox

3> Enjoy. I've been using it and it seems to work fine. Not sure about security issues but it does seem stable enough.

16 Hidden Windows XP Goodies

1. Installer music
Start > Run > "C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma" > Ok

2. Hibernate
Start > Turn Off Computer... > press Shift key to change the "Stand By" button to "Hibernate"

3. Hidden Devices
Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > select "View" and Show hidden devices

4. Character Map
Start > Run > "charmap.exe" > Ok

5. Clipboard Viewer
Start > Run > "clipbrd.exe" > Ok

6. Dr Watson
Start > Run > "drwtsn32.exe" > Ok

7. IExpress Wizard
Start > Run > "iexpress.exe" > Ok

8. Old Windows Media Player 5.1
Start > Run > "mplay32.exe" > Ok

9. ODBC Data Source Administrator
Start > Run > "odbcad32.exe" > Ok

10. Object Packager
Start > Run > "packager.exe" > Ok

11. System Monitor
Start > Run > "perfmon.exe" > Ok

12. Network shared folder wizard
Start > Run > "shrpubw.exe" > Ok

13. File siganture verification tool
Start > Run > "sigverif.exe" > Ok

14. System Configuration Editor
Start > Run > "sysedit.exe" > Ok

15. Driver Verifier Manager
Start > Run > "verifier.exe" > Ok

16. Windows for Workgroups Chat
Start > Run > "winchat.exe" > Ok

Things are starting to look good

So today I got my midterm grade back. I only got a C but that's fine with me because I thought I did much worse. The class is UNIX Shell Programming. Anyway, at the time I think I just studied way too much and burnt out my brain cells. But over the Thanksgiving holiday, I was able to have a more relaxed approach to my studies and figured out a lot of things I wasn't really getting before. Anyway, hopefully I can get a B in the class as long as I do well on the final. Well,.. time to go get some sleep now because starting tomorrow I will begin my final 2 week stretch to finish this class and I must master this stuff before the final exam.

Hidden Program In Windows XP

Hidden Program In Windows XP
Go to Start>Run. Type in eudcedit - this will open up a font editor - allowing you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in things like MS Word.

Common 'nix vi commands

These are some commonly used commands that can be used from within the vi editor in any UNIX or Linux based operating environment. Sorry for the jpg, but if people want to use these commands, I'd rather see them type the commands in then just copy/paste from here. :)

Moving pictures or images in Word

This tutorial covers documents that are already made with pictures and assumes you would like to replace an image with another image.

1. Click on the image you are replacing and delete it.
2. Go to the menu and.. Insert>Picture>From File...
3. Select your new picture and insert it.
4. Once the new picture lands on the page, resize it if you like. Make sure you don't deselect the image by accident. If you do then you will probably have to do these steps again.
   
5. Go to the menu and.. Format>Picture... then select the 'layout' tab.
   
6. Select the 'tight' option and click on the 'advanced...' button.
7. Deselect all checkboxes under the 'Options' section and click ok.
8. You should now be able to move the picture to anywhere on the page.
   

My new and improved XBox

Not sure exactly what was wrong with it, but something funny was going on with the power. I'd plug it in and it would go on and off in a sort of timed fashion. Could see the fans go, the led's light up, but the drives weren't getting any power. So I removed everything from the case, laid it out flat and connected it all together and it works. So since it's nearly impossible to reassemble it back into the xbox case, I just laid it out in cardboard box. A cut here and there and some tape and I Macgyvered it back to life.

Ubuntu to OS X

Fantastic Four movie (1994)

The Fantastic Four 1 of 2 (version 1994)
Uploaded by dj-T-goth

Firefox doesn't know how to communicate with server

Problem:
Unexpected response from server
Firefox doesn't know how to communicate with server

• Check to make sure your system has Personal Security Manager installed.
• This might be due to a non-standard configuration on the server.

Why?
When you upgrade Firefox from an older version to version 1.5.0.7 this might happen.

How to fix it?
Open up a terminal and ...
$ yum update nss
$ yum remove firefox
$ yum -y install firefox