Archive for July, 2008
Why Firefox Caught Fire
Similar to Microsoft’s random program has encountered a problem and needs to close crash dialog, the fine folks at Mozilla have the same idea included within the Firefox browser. These crash reports are vital to the developers who are tasked to fix the bug you just experienced. While the reports rarely make sense to us [...]
Closing Multiple Taskbar Windows Quickly
Ever increasing computing power and high resolution, large screen displays have allowed for true multi-tasking goodness. I would consider myself a power user; at any given time I have at least a dozen applications running, often with multiple copies of the same program - like my Firefox browser or Windows Explorer. There was a time [...]
Get Your QoS Going with the Tomato Firmware
The Tomato firmware is a feature rich replacement firmware for the extremely popular Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS and other Broadcom-based routers. If you weren’t aware, the WRT54GL runs a highly tuned and specialized version of Linux. Because of this, it is a popular device for hackers who enjoy adding new features or coercing a bit more performance [...]
Unlock Restrictions on PDF Documents
Have you ever come across a PDF document that has restrictions applied to it that limit the usefulness of the document itself? Without the appropriate password, these special PDF documents can prevent you from printing, copying, or editing. Now, there are certainly a few cumbersome ways around this limitation - you could take a screenshot [...]
Quick and Dirty File and Print Serving
If you’ve ever spent some time and effort to configure Linux to serve files and printers to other computers on your network, you’ll know there are millions of howtos and write-ups to get you going. The bad news, here is yet another one. The good news, I’ve cut out the fluff and removed the verbose [...]
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