Tutorials

How To Tether Your Samsung Instinct (SPH-M800)

By | June 18, 2010 at 11:57 am | No comments

Sprint told us it couldn't be done. They deny that it is even possible to use the Instinct as a modem. Impossible? Not quite. Not only is it possible, it's faster than most DSL connections. Sprint would much rather you spend an extra $60 a month on an aircard than use your...

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Webmin Install Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server

By | May 29, 2010 at 8:47 pm | No comments

Log into your server wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/webadmin/webmin/1.510/webmin_1.510-2_all.deb sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.510-2_all.deb If you get errors, just type sudo apt-get install -f (this will install all the required pre-reqs) And then I usually...

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Webmaster Tools – About /robots.txt

By | May 26, 2010 at 1:09 pm | No comments

About /robots.txt In a nutshell Web site owners use the /robots.txt file to give instructions about their site to web robots; this is called The Robots Exclusion Protocol. It works likes this: a robot wants to vists a Web site URL, say http://www.example.com/welcome.html....

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The “tar” comand and examples on how to use it

By | May 26, 2010 at 1:08 pm | No comments

Examples Note: A ".tar" file is not a compressed files, it is actually a collection of files within a single file uncompressed. If the file is a .tar.gz ("tarball") or ".tgz" file it is a collection of files that is compressed. If you are looking to compress a file you...

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Change the Max Number of Downloads in FireFox

By | May 10, 2010 at 4:26 pm | No comments

In firefox by default you can only download up to 6 items at one time. If you want to add a 7th item you must wait until one of the other downloads has finished. This tweak allows you to change that number (6) to any number you want (say 10). Launch FireFox In the...

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