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If you are used to Microsoft Word, you may have trouble setting up automatic page numbers in OpenOffice.org. However, it is actually quite simple to do, the menu options are just moved around.
1. You probably want to have the page number in the header. If so, go to Insert>Header>Default to make the header appear. […]

I have recently come to really like FriendFeed. If you have not heard about FriendFeed yet (your cave must have been quite cozy!), it is a social aggregator that combines content from sources like Twitter, Blogs, and StumbleUpon. It is often being portrayed as a competitor to Twitter (as in the image), even though Twitter […]

Last night (past midnight) I was sitting in a chair listening to a "radio" channel on Last.FM and reading a blog post on my Nokia N800 when all of a sudden, the music cut off. I checked my DSL modem's network page to confirm that my Internet connection had died. It is not uncommon for […]

This question was asked the other day on an IRC channel I was in: How do you make changes to about:config without opening Firefox. Though this may seem silly at first, there are quite a few reasons why this would be practical and necessary, such as wanting to deploy Firefox on multiple machines with the […]

I recently came across the Wakoopa website. For those who have yet to hear about it, Wakoopa is a social networking site for software. Their software is tracked for how much time they use by a small client application that sits in the notification area of the toolbar. Unfortunately, this client software is only available […]

The other day on StumbleUpon (I apologize for not having the link, but if someone can supply it, I'll be happy to put it here) a floppy disk notebook on sale for about ten dollars (USD). I decided to attempt this myself, and am actually quite happy with the result. You may want to make […]

Personally, Nautilus is my file manager of choice. It has plenty of built in features, and anything that isn’t included, I can add it myself with Nautilus Scripts. However, while not bloated by any means, it is a little heavier then a plain file manager needs to be. If you have decent hardware, it will […]

I realize that I've been gone for quite some time from here, but I will be getting back in the flow soon. I see I have many comments, which I will also try to get back to. Please bear with me for now.

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Full screen terminals can be useful for many reasons. I particullary like being able to use them for writing as I have little to distract me. However, using Ctrl+Alt+F1-F* (depends on your setup) can often be slow to switch back to a graphical environment. When you use Konsole, as in this tutorial, you can quickly […]