Open .rm files in Real Player, not totem in Firefox 3 beta 5

Install Real Player from here
Inside Firefox, Tools, Add-ons, Get Add-ons, mediaplayerconnectivity (or click here
for .rm/Real Media files, you'll want to point to the path to realplayer that you installed.

Depending on your settings, you might have to click *again* the link in the black sidebar.

Maintain contact anonymity when adding facebook game friends

Did you know you could add people to additional groups and not just "All friends"? If you aren't interested in sharing your personal contact information, you can choose to allow friends except for a group to view your information.

For instance, I friend requested Scavenger Hunt Friends, and at the same time, added the request to Scavenger Hunt Friends group. Then, I went to my profile and for each padlock, I edited it and chose "Only Friends" Except "Scavenger Hunt Friends". I hope that helps a bit if you want a bit of anonymity while randomly picking people to befriend.

Otherwise, thanks for adding me!


(Also, it helps to know why this person you barely know is in your friend list.)

Upgraded Gutsy to Hardy, lost sound in mythtv

Do this:
sudo apt-get remove mythtv

sudo apt-get install mythtv

I upgraded Ubuntu Gutsy to Ubuntu Hardy and got no sound on my mythtv with my WinTV PVR-150. There was no audio.

After lots of dead ends, I tried the above and it fixed it for me.

Now if I can figure out how to get mysql to stay loaded during reboot...

Rules for living

• Tell the truth.
  
• Do what you say you're going to do.
  
• Say what you mean to say.
  
• Act like you want others to act.
  
• Behave like your spouse, mom or boss is watching.
  
• Do not expect subordinates to behave differently from their perception of you.
  
• Admit when you've made a mistake, even to subordinates.
  
• Acknowledge good results as well as bad.
  
• "Thank you" goes a long way.
  
• Promise nothing more than everything you're willing and able to give or do.
  

Obama will not defend the US Constitution. He will Destroy it.

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press, Expression. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Obama and the Democrats will enact the Fairness Doctrine which will severely curtail opposition media on the radio.

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Obama wants to keep individuals (the people) away from owning guns. He does seem to want to have a civilian militia but I guess if you're not a part of it, you don't get to keep your gun.

Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The PATRIOT Act is not likely to be repealed.

Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Obama wants to take more taxes. And abortion is deprivation of life. Care to compensate for an aborted baby?

Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Obama believes that those rights not enumerated by the Constitution can be assumed by the federal government.

Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Obama believes that abortion "Freedom of Choice Act" is something that must be decreed on a federal level. Unfortunately, it isn't up to the federal government.

PuTTY, SSH, Web Browser tunnel

This bypasses your proxy server, tunnels through your own SSH server, and provides web access.

1. Have a running ssh server, accessible from the Internet. http://www.dyndns.com can help give you a name to your IP address, if you have a dynamic one. Making the dyndns connection is beyond the scope of this tutorial.
2. Create a PuTTY session to your ssh server. Chances are, if you know what step 1 is about, you've already created a PuTTY session to it.
3. Inside PuTTY's session, go to Connection, SSH, Tunnels
4. Type a number (8080?) into Source Port. Click Dynamic, Auto, and then [Add]
5. Save the PuTTY sesssion
6. Connect to your PuTTY session
7. Configure your browser's proxy settings: Manual, SOCKS v5, 127.0.0.1, port (whatever number you used as your Source Port in 4.)
   
8. If you go to http://www.gwy.org/yourip.php, you should now see that your IP address is your ssh server.
   

There are interesting side effects that happen when you do this, especially since you usually can ssh connect any time you have any internet access.

ImageMagick is cool

Command line for images? What?

OK, so I have this .png file that makes a bevel on a picture:
except I don't *really* want to take the time and effort to load GIMP/Photoshop every time I want to apply this bevel/bezel. Now, I take ImageMagick's convert and composite and make my button from the command line:

convert -resize 244x132! originalpic.jpg resizedpicname.jpg
composite bevel.png resizedpicname.jpg buttonizedfilename.jpg



Original:
Resized:
Bevel/Bezel: