Monthly Archives: November 2008

Migrating Firefox instances and saving issues

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

I recently performed a fresh install of Intrepid Ibex on one of my home PCs, and restored the files I cared about from backup. I decided to use a Firefox backup created by FEBE from a machine whose Firefox setup … Continue reading →

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Show the largest MySQL tables on a box

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

This post shows some handy things you can do with the information_schema database created by default in instances of MySQL 5. I especially liked the query to show the largest five tables in a given instance. I wrapped that query … Continue reading →

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The Snipping Tool and GScrot

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

One new tool I have come across in my foray into Windows Vista that I have found quite helpful is The Snipping Tool. The average Vista user I talk to has never come across this utility and, as mentioned here, … Continue reading →

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Finding missing modules and making them available

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

On a few occasions, I have needed to debug python code in some production application that I couldn’t easy get installed on my local box, either because it was old, or had a very custom setup, or I just didn’t … Continue reading →

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Web Productivity Winning Duo: Launchy + keyword bookmarks

Posted on November 15, 2008 by Samuel Huckins

This tweak is a little more involved than most I put up, but it is totally worth it. When done, you can fire off any custom web search from Launchy! Here are the steps (I assume you have Launchy installed … Continue reading →

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