I'm not ranting on Lauren

So, OK, I am, but in defense of Lauren ...


and bless him, Seth Weintraub makes good points, but in the end, it doesn't matter.

Look, I get it that the AMD processor isn't top of the line, nor is the RAM not super fast, nor is the LAN 100Mbps and the WIFI 802.11g. On the other hand, when Lauren starts getting online to the Internet from her ISP at greater than 8Mbps or starts moving files between her server and her laptop... Oh, wait. I get it that more could be had for the price, but did Lauren choose poorly because of any of the above? That, my friends, is in the eye of the beholder. Is Lauren likely to play Crisis? Probably not. Is Lauren going to be connected to any source that provides gigabit? Probably not. Yes, yes, it's nice to have the assurance that it's there when you could use it, just like Garage Band is. I use Vista Home Premium. It's not that horrible. I connect to my domain, use Outlook, even Terminal Services.

There are people who demand more. Those are the people who will choose their own operating system and supplier. There are then the other people who don't care. They buy what they can afford, and walk obliviously through the realm of techdom because they can, and to them, it works. Because it's just what they think they'll ever need.

Installing Java 6 release 13 on ubuntu

For Firefox (sudo su):

mkdir java6
cd java6
wget http://ftp.mgts.by/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/s/sun-java6/sun-java6-plugin_6-13-1_i386.deb
wget http://ftp.mgts.by/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/s/sun-java6/sun-java6-jre_6-13-1_all.deb
wget http://ftp.mgts.by/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/s/sun-java6/sun-java6-bin_6-13-1_i386.deb
dpkg -i *.deb


Parent Pager Blank Screen

If you're using Parent Pager, here's a 1024x768 "blank".

(If you want to customize Parent Pager background, you simply change C:\Program Files\Acink Corp\Parent Pager\ParentPager.ini and edit the Background= line to point to your new background. )

Dansguardian schedule an exception during the day.

So, you're using dansguardian and would like to schedule an exception...

I created two scripts:
_start_.sh

cp /etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitenoon.noon /etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitenoon
/usr/sbin/dansguardian -g


_stop_.sh

cp /etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitenoon.normal /etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitenoon
/usr/sbin/dansguardian -g


And added this line in /etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitelist:

.Include </etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitenoon>


Then, crontab -e

min hr * * * /path/to/_start_.sh
min hr * * * /path/to/_stop_.sh


And, of course, made a file /etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitenoon.noon that had a list of the domains I wanted to allow (for my case, at noon) and another /etc/dansguardian/exceptionsitenoon.normal that was empty. The reason I used the .Include option was that I wanted to keep the permanent exceptions separate and manageable from the temporary exceptions -- If not, I'd have to make updates to both "noon" and "normal" lists every time I needed to make a permanent exclusion.

Sort GMAIL FREE with mail2web.com

You'll kick yourself how easy this is: www.mail2web.com
Login: youremail@gmail.com
Pass: yourgmailpassword
It'll give you sort (From, To, Size, Subject) without hassle. Plus you can delete.

ETA: On second thought, maybe it's not so special. It's incredibly slow. Well, at least it's an online option. I got it up and then it stopped working for me when I started sorting. I tried IMAP4, and it is sluggishly moving.

This Operation Can't Be Performed Outlook Web Access

This operation can't be performed:
Can't add a calendar item in Outlook web access. For one person. He has exceeded his send/recieve quota and therefore can't add via OWA because it's an email via OWA.

XP Home won't remember network passwords

Easy "fix": Create a file, login.bat and put it on your desktop and (optionally) shortcut in Startup


net use h: \\servername\sharename /user:domainname\username password


or to have it ask your password:

net use h: \\servername\sharename /user:domainname\username *


change h: to whatever drive letter makes sense. Once the password is entered, it should affect all connections to \\servername including printers.

CAVEAT: of course password is in PLAIN TEXT so, you know, if you lose control of your PC, you lose your security.