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Chromium Browser on Ubuntu 9.04
Installation Instructions for Ubuntu 9.04 Just installed Chromium (the Opensource browser Google Chrome is developed from). Very snappy. Seems reasonably stable for BETA software. So now we only have Chromium, Firefox, Konqueror, Lynx, w3m and other choices for Linux....
Accessing a Microsoft Clipart Download from Linux
If you go to http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/ Microsoft has a heap of images... If you read the service agreement you will probably find that you would be better off using services that publish their content via a creative commons license or another open license....
Stop Squid Proxy Reporting the Internal Client’s IP Address
Tip from here edit squid.conf vi /etc/squid/squid.conf Find the following section of squid.conf and add forwarded_for off # TAG: forwarded_for on|off # If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name # in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks...
Simple Cross Platform Password Generation using pwgen
If, like me, you lack a certain amount of inspiration when trying to generate secure passwords pwgen may be the answer for you. It has heaps of options (see below) and can assist you to generate new secure passwords for your users. Thanks to the cygwin project you can...
Owner Builders License
After completing an ozob.com.au online owner builders course. Today I traveled to Newcastle to get my Owner Builders License. After getting the license I let the council know that I'm about to start using a "Notice of Commencement". Another small step/s in the reno...
Woo Hoo Plans Approved – On to the Manual Labour
After submitting my plans and less than a month later they have been approved. Excellent! Now a trip to the office of Fair trading to get my Owner Builders permit and we are good to go...