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Clone your Ubuntu installation onto a new hard disk

use gddrescue to clone disk: ddrescue -v /dev/olddisk /dev/newdisk

Before you drop the dough on a whole new system, here's a list of upgrades for squeezing a few more months, years even, out of ol' faithful, during these trying economic times.

Just might be a good idea

Help rid the world of IE6 with one line of javascript!

IE6をIE7として動作させるJavaScript

With this code installed, a user with IE6 will receive a dialogue box that tells them their browser is outdated and how to get a newer version.

ie6でアクセスするとアラートを出すJS

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he ie6-upgrade-warning is a little script (7.9kb) that displays a warning message politely informing the user to upgrade the browser to a newer version (links to newest IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome are provided). The webpage is still visible behind a transparent background, but access to it is prevented. The idea is to force users to upgrade from IE6 and avoid the website from a bad reputation that website is not rendering correctly in IE6. The script is completely translatable in any language, very easy to set-up (one line of code in webpage and one parametter configuration).

Implement in TYPO3

Web developers’ ability to easily customize and extend WordPress makes it one of the most popular and powerful publishing platform. However every time a new WordPress version is released, developer’s should look at their customized solutions and accommodate changes.

There are a lot of exciting new features in Wordpress 2.8. Here, we list down 10 things that you should know before and after you upgrade, and also some tips for the theme/plugin developer.

Wow. Como atualizar do XP para o 7! Útil!

The Windows 7 beta or RC releases were Ultimate edition, so you’ll only be able to upgrade to the RTM (final) if you are installing Ultimate Edition.

more than the title implies

Here is a quick rundown of common tasks you might have to do to migrate properly.

Good reminder of why it's important to keep your Wordpress blog updated and patched

RT @wordpress: How to Keep WordPress Secure: http://bit.ly/12zHUd [from http://twitter.com/Jennerosity/statuses/3785091291]

There is another serious WordPress hack making the rounds. If you run WordPress, make sure you upgrade ASAP

"I was asked to "upgrade" a relative's machine from Windows XP to Windows 7, so I figured this was a good time to write-up the experience in case it helps others."

Article about how to migrate to snow leopard.

clean installing Windows 7 with Upgrade media

Clean install of widows 7 from upgrade media

So you're thinking about going to Windows 7, eh? Chances are your head is swimming in a sea of TLAs and confusing charts -- enough to have the most adamant Microsoft defender reaching for a something with an Option key. Fear not, noble purchaser of legal software. Though XP users have been punished for skipping Vista by not being able to directly upgrade now, the process of backing up your data, formatting and installing Windows, and then restoring your goods again has never been easier -- even if you're on a netbook with less storage than your smartphone. Vista users have even less to worry about. We'll have our full impressions of the finally finalized OS later this week, but for now let's journey hand in hand down the gently sloped path of the upgrade process.

Will need to look this up in October

This list of the top things to do immediately after installing your newly acquired copy of Ubuntu doubles as a general list of great software to try out and use, complete with links to any special instructions on how to set them up... Repositories can be added easily ... Feel free to pick and choose; enjoy! You generally don't need antivirus with Linux, but if you'd like to play it safe, you can install the ClamTK Virus Scanner, a graphical front-end to ClamAV. If you feel the need to have a firewall, Firewall configuration is a graphical front-end for Uncomplicated firewall (ufw). If you'd like to make sure all of your internet traffic is encrypted and anonymous, you can pass it through a proxy by using a Virtual Private Network service like IPREDator. We can't kill the music and movie industries if they can make money just by suing all of us! Mozilla Firefox 3.5 brings some major improvements like..., but we all hate how bloated it is. If you want something faster and more...

Rails 3.0 is a landmark release as it delivers on the Merb/Rails merge promise made in December 2008. Rails 3.0 provides major upgrades to all of the components of Rails, including a complete overhaul of the router and query APIs.

These big picture changes have concentrated on a few key areas: * Decoupling Rails components from one another as much as possible, making things more modular and a la carte. * Pulling in improvements from Merb and rewrite/refactor much of the internals to improve performance. * Exposing explicit, documented API’s for common tasks and integration of wider ecosystem components from testing, ORM, etc.

Hi, I'm Jeremy McAnally. I work at Intridea and tweet at @jm and get my open source on at http://github.com/jm and write run-on sentences.

Save Synaptic markings, packages and sources when reinstalling Ubuntu.

HOWTO Reinstall all of your current packages if you do a fresh Ubuntu install Tutorials & Tips

dpkg --get-selections "*" > myselections

HOWTO Reinstall all of your current packages if you do a fresh Ubuntu install

# dpkg --get-selections "*" >myselections # or use \* # debconf-get-selections > debconfsel.tx

Tips on conserving energy and saving money at the same time

Fun tech ideas from Gizmodo that will save money and potentially increase the value of your home.

Adding larger hard drive to Mac - instructions

My Mac hard disk got really fat and full, it was disgusting. This problem is happening to many people who have bought th...

Upgrade Your Apple MacBook: Data Backup and Preservation.

Snag the Blu-ray offer. Upgrade your Warner Bros. HD-DVD to Blu-ray discs without paying full price at Red2Blu.com.

- Blu-Ray Offer - Upgrade Your Warner Bros. HD-DVDs for New Blu-Ray Discs

git diff --staged git log --oneline --graph

If you're not yet sportin' the 1.6.3 hotness, here are ten reasons to Git up!

Q:Holy Crap, Microsoft Is Tripping on Acid! A:Yes http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/05/winground.jpg

Windows 7 has been sounding very promising.

Upgrading a Rails 2 App to Rails 3

In this article, we’ll go through the main areas of Rails 3 that have seen major improvements. We’ll see how the evolution of Rails into its current mature form makes it easy to accomplish usual tasks, while also packing up new features any serious developer would appreciate.

Upgrade a Rails 2 App to Rails 3