I just spent an hour trying to figure out why I could run firefox over ssh from two remote offices but not from a third. The DISPLAY variable was not set when I connected with: ssh -X user@host Turns out…
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Install xauth to do X over ssh
$42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan
That’s the title of the latest tit-for-tat that has made all the headlines today. I’ll be blunt. The infrastructure investment is “good” – goodness knows parts of the country need it. I’d do things differently. But whatever. However, in terms…
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FeedBurner Migration
Google has, finally, set a date to move old FeedBurner accounts across onto the Google accounts setup. The migration process is pretty straight forward. Login to old feedburner account. Click transfer to Google account link at top. Wait. Have lunch.…
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Windows 7 beta (7000)
I installed Windows 7 beta as a Parallels virtual machine on the work iMac yesterday; and then on my laptop last night to try it out. Here are my thoughts so far: Libraries: Are cool! Basically a library is a…
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My Ultimate Backup Stack
This isn’t a howto! Seriously. You should know your data. Which means you should contrive your own policies and procedures for backing up. This is simply the stack I’ve decided best suits my needs. Windows desktops: robocopy batch script. Target…
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