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Annotating PDF on Linux
Install wine (yum install wine or apt-get install wine ) Download and install the Windows version of Acrobat reader: ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/win/10.x/ (I chose the .exe version for the download) Install it using wine. My Install of Acrobat Reader X for...
Real Genius Stuff
How to upgrade your BIOS using a DOS Boot CD Loaded with DOS BIOS Utils http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-flash-motherboard-bios-from-linux-no-dos-windows-no-floppy-drive.html Now here's the genius stuff: How to upgrade your BIOS using DOS Boot CD and DOS BIOS Utils...
Internet Explorer 9 – Outlook Web Access 2003 Sigh
I haven't been able to get IE9 (x64) working with OWA 2003 running against an (x32) SBS 2003 Server. There doesn't seem to be any back end updates to make it work. So I'm un-installing IE9 (Despite it being the most standards compliant IE ever) When you go to...
Dreamhost VPS – You must be prepared to pay extra
I just moved this domain and a few others over to a Dreamhost VPS (Virtual Private Server). I have Wordpress, Gallery 3 and Piwik installed, plus several Joomla sites. To give you an idea of traffic affecting the VPS this Blog get's between 200 and 300 unique visitors...
Excel 2010 has Rows… and Columns
Been a long while since I upgraded MS office so the jump from 2003 to 2010 has come as a supprise. 2003 65535rows x 256columns 2010 1048576rows x 16384columns A big step up. Only thing I noticed is if Office 2010 is in "Compatability Mode" meaning it's running to...
Create Self-Signed Apache SSL Certificate on Debian / Ubuntu
Firstly you need to install the correct package to have the make-ssl-cert command available: sudo apt-get install ssl-cert Then do the following as root or prepend sudo to each command: Create a self-signed certificate using the make-ssl-cert utility make-ssl-cert...
