Author: Maurice Ruckman

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Backing up Firefox Portable Settings

This is an update of previous notes for pre-3.0 versions. It's untested. I recommend you backup the entire folder just in case.

signons3.txt
key3.db
bookmarkbackups\*.json (for import)
cookies.sqlite

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Samsung Memoir T929

Uses a Micro SDHC card
Headphones require special jack
Addresses sync, goes against phone not SIM card

Software and Manual

Special Notes:

  • You need to install both the Samsung PC Studio and the USB Modem driver
  • The USB settings needs changed in phone settings to work with the software.
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Manual removal of Firefox extension, if normal removal fails

  1. Open the Firefox profiles folder, which normally located at %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xxxxxxxx.default\, where xxxxxx is a random string. User should pick the profile folder (if inside Profiles folder there are multiple sub-folders) that are active, i.e. profile for user account to uninstall the extension.
  2. Open the extensions folder inside the profile folder.
  3. Each folder here inside the "extensions" folder corresponds to an extension. Some folders may have readable name that resembles the plugin, extension or toolbar, and can be easily recognized. Often the names of the folders are obscured. To identify which extension or plug-in the folder is representing, go to each folder and perform the following steps:
    1. Use a text editor to open the install.rdf file inside it.
    2. Search for the following text: em:name
    3. Locate the folder with install.rdf file with the name after the "em:name" corresponding to the extension intends to remove or delete.
  4. Delete the whole folder for the extension.
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Force WordPress to use SSL (HTTPS) for Login

To easily enable (and enforce) administration over SSL, there are two constants that you can define in your blog's wp-config.php file.

To Force SSL Logins

The constant FORCE_SSL_LOGIN can be set to true to force all logins to happen over SSL.

define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);

To Force SSL Logins and SSL Admin Access

The constant FORCE_SSL_ADMIN can be set to true to force all logins and all admin sessions to happen over SSL.

define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

Which Should I Use?

FORCE_SSL_LOGIN is for when you want to secure logins so that passwords are not sent in the clear, but you still want to allow non-SSL admin sessions (since SSL can be slow).

FORCE_SSL_ADMIN is for when you want to secure logins and the admin area so that both passwords and cookies are never sent in the clear. This is the most secure option.

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Changing default MP3 encoding settings for 256 bit rate

Use the following command in the terminal to see values for lame encoder
gst-inspect-0.10 lame

I've added a bitrate parm in addition to lowering the vbr-quality to 0 from 6 for best quality

My Preferred format setings:
audio/x-raw-int,rate=44100,channels=2 ! lame name=enc mode=0 bitrate=256 vbr-quality=0 ! id3v2mux

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Copy / paste in gnome-terminal

Run the following two commands; however, I did not find the copy function did me much good, because I still had to highlight the text with the mouse. It was nice to have a paste feature though.

Paste Function
gconftool-2 -t str -s /apps/gnome-terminal/keybindings/paste "v"

Copy Function
gconftool-2 -t str -s /apps/gnome-terminal/keybindings/copy "c"

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Add left hand navigation to Sharepoint

Site Actions, Site Settings, Modify Navigation

Add Heading
URL: /PH/SwineFlue/Forms/AllItems.aspx

Default Site Navigation Settings are:
Show subsites
Show pages
Sort manually, uncheck Sort pages automatically
Display the same navigation items as parent site
Display only the navigation items below the current site

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Export / import sub-site

Date: Monday, May 04, 2009
Problem:  Public Health site became out of synch on ships due to creation of new document library
Solution: Use stsadm to export sub-site, copy to ships, and import sub-site

STEP 1: Export sub-site Reference:\\halefleet01.flagship.hal.com\d$\Exports\PH\PHExport.bat

c:
cd "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN"
stsadm.exe -o export -url "http://efleet2/PH" -filename "D:\Exports\folder\PH" -includeusersecurity -versions 4 -cabsize 15

STEP 2: Copy export files and import batch to ships, refer to STEP 4

STEP 3: Sign onto ship, delete site

Site Actions, Site Settings, Modify All Site Settings
"Site Administration", "Delete this site"

STEP 4: Import sub-site Reference:\\halefleet01.flagship.hal.com\d$\Exports\PH\PHImport.bat

c:
cd "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN"
stsadm.exe -o import -url "http://staging/PH" -filename "D:\Exports\PH\PH.cmp" -includeusersecurity -updateversions 2

STEP 5: Replication Check, if necessary

Run replication, it should work with new structure