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June 30th, 2008

Mini Searches with Answers

These are links associated with recent searches I’ve done. They’re not difficult enough to warrant to their own posts but still super useful.

Instant SQL Formatter
Make SQL code look nice, automatically?

How to restore GRUB using the Ubuntu Live CD « Odzangba Kafui Dake’s Blog
An option for fixing grub error 18? I’ll reboot now and try it.

HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility.
Mirror a website locally for off line access

FOSSwire » Create a mirror of a website with Wget
$ wget -mk -w 20 http://www.example.com/

mysqldump on Ubuntu - Fixing: Got error: 1: Can’t create/write to file ‘…’ (Errcode: 13) when executing ‘SELECT INTO OUTFILE’
The answer is to output to the /tmp directory. Very sucky Ubuntu!

AppArmor - Community Ubuntu Documentation
Maybe good for debugging Ubuntu permissions issues?

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June 6th, 2008

Mini Searches with Answers

These are links associated with recent searches I’ve done. They’re not difficult enough to warrant to their own posts but still super useful.

DLC Taxi/Cab Phone number for transport to Westchester (HPN) Airport
Taxi: DLC Car Service (tel: (914) 946 6664) provides taxi service from the airport.

Repairing this weird Mysql error: Table ‘./mysql/user’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired.
Repairing this weird Mysql error: Table ‘./mysql/user’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired.

geocoder.us: a free US address geocoder
Lots of geographic tools with an API too. Get lat/long of an address, find distances, etc.

Flexigrid
Lightweight but rich data grid with resizable columns and a scrolling data to match the headers, plus an ability to connect to an xml based data source using Ajax to load the content. Supposedly it can convert existing tables too?

Musings of an Anonymous Geek » Blog Archive » A Couple of MySQL Performance Tips
Useful MySQL performance tips

Add new Path variables in Ubuntu
$ sudo nano /etc/profile
Add "PATH=$PATH:/new/path\nexport PATH" to end of file and save.
Then do
$ . /etc/profile (to restart)

MySQL :: MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 12.2.7.2 Index Hint Syntax
Here’s how to suggest and/or force MySQL to use an index.

How do I get my Wikipedia article to show up in the Google Earth Geographic Web layer?
You must geotag the article. The simplest way to do this is to use the {{coord}} template. This template can be used anywhere within the article text. For example, if the article for San Francisco, California contained this markup anywhere within the arti

HOWTO: open a file in Nautilus with gedit as root - Ubuntu Forums
Let’s you right click on a file and open it in a text editor as root in Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04)

Speeding up GROUP BY if you want aproximate results | MySQL Performance Blog
This guy claims grouping by crc32(<some string>) instead of just <some string> will make your query 120 times faster…

Places to store your kayak - The Stamford Kayaking Meetup Group (Stamford, CT) - Meetup.com
Places to store your Kayak near Stamford, CT

Thad’s Tech Blog: How to add disk space with LVM on Linux
$ sudo fdisk /dev/sda (new partition type 8e, w for write)
$ sudo pvcreate /dev/sda1
$ sudo vgdisplay
$ sudo vgextend PFA-CT-LPDB01 /dev/sda1
$ sudo lvextend -L +930G /dev/PFA-CT-LPDB01/root
$ sudo ext2online /dev/PFA-CT-LPDB

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April 29th, 2008

Mini Searches with Answers

These are links associated with recent searches I’ve done. They’re not difficult enough to warrant to their own posts but still super useful.

How to get a Windows UNC path of a file on a Mapped drive
If you’re just doing this manually, I recommend installing this path copy utility, it will let you right click on a file and get its UNC (network) path.

How to move iTunes to a new computer (preserving playlists, etc)

Cool Date Picker JS (Timeframe)
Still needs IE support, but might be good someday

On-line PDF form Filler, Editor, Type on PDF ; Fill, Print, Email, Fax and Export
Actually fill out a PDF form on a computer.

The Blog Authorship Corpus
The Blog Authorship Corpus consists of the collected posts of 19,320 bloggers gathered from blogger.com in August 2004. The corpus incorporates a total of 681,288 posts and over 140 million words - or approximately 35 posts and 7250 words per person.

pyExcelerator (xlwt) cheatsheet (create native Excel from pure python)
xlwt looks like a better alternative than pyExcelerator. This guy even gives us a cheetsheat (i.e. ANY documentation)

The Linux Newbie: Installing a WiFi (Wireless) Card in Kubuntu: Using ndisgtk and ndiswrapper
Perhaps try ndisgtk next time you need a weird driver for Ubuntu? It’s supposed to be an easy to use wrapper around the utlra-complicated ndis whatever thingy …

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April 15th, 2008

Mini Searches with Answers

These are links associated with recent searches I’ve done. They’re not difficult enough to warrant to their own posts but still super useful.

Changing the Task Scheduler log file settings :: sanx.org :: Windows the way you want it
nt task scheduler increase log size

mysql contactentate

Color Palette Generator
Enter the URL of an image to get a color palette that matches the image. This is useful for coming up with a website color palette that matches a key image a client wants to work with.

Want to Type Faster? (Not Another Touch Typing Course) | MakeUseOf.com
free Games to make you type faster, yay!

Feature: Automate Repetitive Typing with Snippits
Finally a text expander for Ubuntu (linux)

Administrative share - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here’s how that C dollar (c$) syntax I always see people using to view their files remotely. Here’s an example mostly for my own future reference: \\nfa-nt-wks2001\c$

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April 5th, 2008

Mini Searches with Answers

These are links associated with recent searches I’ve done. They’re not difficult enough to warrant to their own posts but still super useful.

What is an upsampling DVD player and how does it work? (or my other search term: Does my DVD player upconvert?)

Make your own Aerogel - Hack a Day

A way to check if a website is down for everyone, or just you.
You could also use it to test if your .htaccess changes to limit access to only your IP address is working (maybe …)

The ‘’Heroes'’ season finale: Dropping the bomb | Heroes | TV Recaps | EW.com
how heroes seaon 1 ended

Remote Access and Desktop Control Software for Your Computer
Is this really a free copilot like thingy??

Xaprb - Informative Looking MySQL Blog
I’m going to read the back entries when I get a chance, and also subscribe in Google reader. I’m tired of not knowing what’s going on in MySQL.

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