This is what I did (you need to have wget installed first. i.e su -c "yum install wget") # as root do the following cd /etc/yum.repos.d wget -nd http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium/fedora-chromium-stable.repo yum update yum install chromium
If you develop a HTML page and source (SRC=) some images or scripts using a "http://" prefixed URL and then try and convert the site to run securely using https a lot of browsers will rightly complain that you are trying to serve encrypted and un-encrypted content....
I don't use TeX much, but I am a fan of professional quality opensource typesetting and document layout. So sometimes when I try to make a TeX document I end up in a corner wondering how to do something. Just discovered this ==> link http://tex.stackexchange.com/....
Test Date: Jul 6, 2011 11:32:50 pm Connection Type: Wifi Server: Sydney Download: 6696 kbps Upload: 765 kbps Ping: 81 ms External IP: 58.168.70.107 Internal IP: 10.254.239.101 Latitude: -32.72635 Longitude: 151.53099 A detailed image for this result can be found...
Today I tried to add a firewall rule in Windows 2008 using syntax such as 1024-2000 and got an error message saying that I had to specify the ports correctly. Seems that it doesn't allow an inclusive range but you need to specify each port individually such as...
It's been years since I was on the certifications treadmill. The MCSE, CCNA and CCA certs that I got are so long in the past that the knowledge gained by passing them has diminished in relevance and usefulness. Not that attaining certifications is pointless. If you...
I created this howto a while ago. How to password protect files by saving them as PDF's using Open Office. Note: The file must be in Open Document or a format that Openoffice can read. And then: Using Openoffice. Open the file you want to password protect. Click File...
Just had a strangely unresponsive banshee not allowing me to click on other songs while one was already playing. (In my case banshee was downloading album art at the same time I was trying to switch tracks). Did the sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade...
Currently at the Apple store in Charlestown Square on a Mac.... nice cable-less computer... my wife would love one (less mess). My wife is buying an iPhone (sigh).... We are going to be a split smartphone household as I have an Android (HTC Desire). Oh well. Anything...
Just had a learning experience. Virtualbox-ose (4.04) on Ubuntu 11.04 will not allow the Fedora 15 Guest Additions to Install successfully. I had to download Virtualbox-4.0 (4.08) from from the http://www.virtualbox.org site and the guest additions installed and...