Create Random password

Linux and Mac-
Type:

$openssl rand -base 64 6

the last digit "6" will be the length of the password.

Postfix command -- helpful

postcat -q "msg id" to display the message within the cli.

Cooking

Cooking corn on the grill:

Peel all but the last layer of husks off of the corn. Cook on grill over high to medium heat. turn corn every 2 minutes for total of 10 minutes.

Very good corn!!!

Manually change IP info on Linux

To change the IP address on Linux manually, do the following:

$ sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

You should see something like this:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Change it to this:

auto etho
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.00
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

replacing the IP addresses with your network addresses....

To change the DNS settings, do the following:

$ sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf

add the DNS servers IP address that you want to use


When you are done make sure you restart the networking components:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

When evolution is not showing all messages in the Inbox

When evolution is not displaying all message that are in the Exchange inbox.

Close Evolution

rm -rf .evolution/exchange .evolution/mail/exchange

re-open evolution

you should now see all messages again

possible bug 353715

Google reader shortcuts

I am tried of forgetting these and then looking for them

j/k	item down/up	selects the next/previous item in the list
space/shift-space	page down/up	moves the page down/up
n/p	scan down/up	in list view, selects the next item without opening it
o	open/close item	in list view, expands or collapses the selected item
enter	open/close item	in list view, expands or collapses the selected item
s	toggle star	stars the selected item
shift-s	toggle share	shares the selected item
m	mark as read/unread	switches the read state of the selected item
t	tag an item	opens the tagging field for the selected item
v	view original	opens the original source for this article in a new window
shift-a	mark all as read	marks all items in the current view as read
1	expanded view	displays the subscription as expanded items
2	list view	displays the subscription as a list of headlines
r	refresh	refreshes the unread counts in the navigation
shift-n/p	navigation down/up	selects the next/previous subscription or folder in the navigation
shift-x	navigation expand/collapse	expand or collapse a folder selected in the navigation
shift-o	navigation open subscription	opens the item currently selected in the navigation
gh	go to home	goes to the Google Reader homepage
ga	go to all items	goes to the "All items" view
gs	go to starred items	goes to the "Starred items" view
gt	go to tag	allows you to navigate to a tag by entering the tag name
gu	go to subscription	allows you to navigate to a subscription by entering the subscription name
u	toggle full screen mode	hides and shows the list of subscriptions
?	keyboard shortcuts help	displays a quick guide to all of Reader's shortcuts

Backing up Thunderbird

Backup Thunderbird to a backup_directory
tar zcvf /home/username/backup_dir/tbbackup.tar.gz /home/username/.mozilla-thunderbird.

Restoring Thunderbird
*make sure thunderbird is not running*
tar -zxvf /home/username/tbbackup.tar.gz -C /home/username

Credit to:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-backup-thunderbird-email-profile/