Linux Apps in Windows Remotely
Using Putty and Cygwin, you can run a linux application, on a REMOTE linux comuter, and have the GUI interface displayed in windows |
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Contributed by:
Phocus
[01/21/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Google Prefers HTML over PDF
To most of the online world, if your information isn't indexed by a major search engine it might as well not exist. One experiment suggests that information formatted using HTML has a better chance of getting indexed than the same information formatted using PDF. |
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Contributed by:
Sid Steward
[01/17/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Control your Mac with a WiFi enabled PDA
Controling iTunes and other applications via a WiFi enabled PDA (like Palm Tungsten C). |
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Contributed by:
Doncqueurs
[01/15/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Restrict what sendmail listens to
If you only use sendmail internally, you don't need to listen to outside hosts. That's one of the easiest ways of protecting yourself from sendmail abuse. |
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Contributed by:
JimRamsey
[01/12/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Kernel sys requests
Send commands to the kernel when the kernel panics or other desperate situations |
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Contributed by:
dom2319
[01/07/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Internet Search Engines: PDF vs. HTML
So much information is stored in PDF, yet a little experimentation suggestes that PDF gets short shrift from Google. So let's experiment a little more in this two-part PDF vs. HTML Google shootout. |
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Contributed by:
Sid Steward
[01/06/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Remote Reboot
A fun and interesting implementation of a remote reboot system on the cheap |
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Contributed by:
Chris97b
[01/03/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Open bash Right Where You Want It on Windows
MSYS brings the Bourne shell to Windows. Use this hack to wire bash into the file explorer. Right-click a folder, select "Open MSYS," and the shell opens right where you want it. |
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Contributed by:
Sid Steward
[01/03/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Google for Adwords results
Google Hacks co-author Tara Calishain spots a way to Google only for sponsored results. |
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Contributed by:
Rael Dornfest
[12/28/04 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Christmas Shopping Hacks
Find gift suggestions using the given social hack or the given Google/Amazon hack. |
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Contributed by:
Sid Steward
[12/20/04 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Quickly Change Your File > Open Path
Instead of always using My Documents, this hack shows you how to make Word open to the folder where your documents really are. |
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Contributed by:
Sarah Breen
[12/08/04 | Discuss (2) | Link to this hack] |
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Blocking ads in internet explorer
A good way to block ads and unwanted sites in Internet Explorer without a third party applic ation |
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Contributed by:
ujjwald
[11/07/04 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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stripping off word special characters
You can remove formats, etc from MS Word files by copying from .doc into .txt (say in Notepad) then copying from .txt back into MS Word or an email program, or spreadsheet. |
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Contributed by:
leede cola
[11/05/04 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Palm Tungsten as flashlight
The Tungsten C (others?) screen is so bright you can use it as a low-level flashlight. |
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Contributed by:
leede cola
[11/05/04 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack] |
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Using JavaScript to close the opening window
When you try to close a window in JavaScript with self.close(), it asks the end user permission to close the window if it doesn't have a parent window. A simple property change will fix it. |
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Contributed by:
bconklin2
[09/22/04 | Discuss (1) | Link to this hack] |
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