Posts Tagged ‘tips’
Lucky Day
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
This will be a somewhat scatterbrained… err, random post. First off if you are having problems with a certain contest, then plugging the secret letters into the Internet Anagram Server could be very helpful. I like RPGs and play in a couple now & then. I have also run the occasional session or two, but lately […]
Tags: contest, RPGS, Sick, ssh, tips, ubuntu, Upgrade
Linux CLI Tip
Posted by Mark | Filed under Computers, Quickie, Software
Sometimes when you’re staring the bash prompt, you want to be able to see if a specific program is currently running. There are a couple of ways to do this; generally I run: ps –ef | grep ProgramName However I once saw a tip for doing something similar with top but I lost the link […]
Problems with Norton AntiVirus 2006 and ODBC Connections
Posted by Mark | Filed under Software
While I run Kubuntu as my primary OS on all my home machines, my work machine has Windows XP on it. Recently our IT dept installed Norton AntiVirus 2006 on all our machines. Some people had problems with this immediately, while others (like myself) had not noticed any problems. Then today I tried to export […]
Web Design for Business Owners
Posted by Mark | Filed under Noteworthy, Web Design
In my day job, I deal with massive databases of business listing information. Occasionally, I am required to go through those listings to review the sites attached to the listings. And for the love of god, people you’re making my eyes bleed. In hopes that some of you out there find this blog post and […]
Windows Tips
Posted by Mark | Filed under Computers, Software
This post was inspired by a recent article over at LifeHacker. But before I get into the tips, I’m going to bore you with a slight digression. LifeHacker is one of the very few blogs that I actually check daily for new content. And I’m not talking about using an agregator, I will actually pop […]














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