Archive for the 'Everyday Tips' Category

Mac Mail: Signature With A Link

July 15th, 2008

I’ve been asked a few times how to make a signature with a link in Mac Mail. I’m using Leopard and I agree that it’s not very obvious how to pull this off. The steps are fairly simple as long as you know what to do.

Open a new mail message
Create a link in your mail […]

How To Tar A Directory

February 23rd, 2008

I constantly forget how to tar a directory. I think the ln command and the tar command have their parameters in different orders and I can never seem to remember which parameter is the dir you are archiving and which one is the name for the archive. So here it is:
tar -czf archive.tgz dirName

Vim Uppercase & Lowercase

August 29th, 2007

I have been using vim for a couple years and every week it seems I learn some new feature or trick you can do. Recently I learned how to convert a selection to either all uppercase or all lowercase letters.
Convert a visual selection to all uppercase letters.
:gU
Convert to lowercase letters
:gu

How To Get Your Scanner Working In Ubuntu Feisty

August 1st, 2007

My scanner (Canoscan N676U) suddenly stopped responding when I upgraded to Ubuntu Feisty. I first noticed the problem when I was unable to import a scan through Gimp. Well it took a couple hours to figure this one out, but the sollution turned out to be easy to implement. From what I understand, the problem […]

How To Delete Saved Form Data In Firefox - One Value At A Time

June 1st, 2007

As we all know, Firefox will save the values you type in a form. Then, Firefox will provide a drop down list of previously entered values for form fields that you have completed and submitted in the past. Today, I mistyped my username in a form causing Firefox to store an incorrect value in my […]