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There are a large number of command line tricks out there for Linux. These are some of the more special things I try to remember. Repeat the last command you just entered !! Repeat the last command you just entered thru ... Read More...

Oiling a paper shredder is a pretty straight forward process & for most home/SOHO paper shredders, it should not need to lubed too often. Shredder Lab's blog has a great write-up of how to properly oil a paper shredder... Read More...

If you're like me & use your home/SOHO shredder at least once a week, you will find that over time, it tends to get a little sluggish & paper tends to get more jammed inside the shredder's cutting section. Here is ... Read More...

If you are using a later version of Fedora Linux (such as in Fedora 14), you will find that GUI login to 'root' is no longer allowed from the login screen.  It however is possible to re-enable this. You will either nee... Read More...

I have repaired a many large number of Windows PCs in my time.  With the advent of newer more complex viruses & malware, which dig really deep into the operating system (such as the Antivirus Live, and other rogue/... Read More...

You will need to run these commands as 'root'. This command blocks IP "123.123.123.123" at the firewall. iptables -I INPUT -s 123.123.123.123 -j DROP This command lists all the IPs currently blocked at the firewall iptab... Read More...

WiFi is great when it works, offers you greater flexibility & removes the need of wires getting in the way.  I find it especially useful, when wireless bridges can be used to connect 2 or more physical networks tog... Read More...

If you setup a playlist and found that XMMS only plays a single song and then stops, there is a solution. After upgrading my pretty much vanilla installation to Fedora 16, I ran across this exact problem. There are 2 thing... Read More...

If you are a Linux guru, then you may already be aware of the power of the 'dd' command.  Other then being used to clone drives/partitons, it can also be used to wipe/scrub hard drives & most removal media (such as ... Read More...

To recursively chmod files only, use this command: find /some/folder -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; This will recursively search your directory tree (starting at directory ‘folder’) and chmod 644 all files only... Read More...