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Comment on Linux Toolbox: alias by glebeconnection

glebeconnection — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:49:37 +0000

to answer my own question: make the file in your bin directory and link to it from /usr/bin and bash will find its name in the path:
sudo ln -s $HOME/bin/filename /usr/bin/filename

Comment on Linux Toolbox: alias by glebeconnection

glebeconnection — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:56:12 +0000

hey, surprise, didn't realise i'd get to comment so easily. but i had a wordpress account… Good show, launchin a linux toolbox :-) Like the "hard copy" graphics too…

#run fortune when you want it; mine's commented out in .bashrc
alias 4tune='mint-fortune'
# edit this .bash_aliases file
alias bal='vi $HOME/.bash_aliases'
# access a pen drive called disk
alias cdd='cd /media/disk'
# customise .bashrc
alias custom='vi $HOME/.bashrc'
# count down the days to World Cup Socccer's kickoff
alias fifa='expr 161 – `date +%j`'
# switch to GUI to open a file
alias go='gnome-open'
# use GUI to open the home directory; 'nautilus $HOME' is slower
alias home='gnome-open $HOME'
# quit firefox without the mouse notching up miles; also clean cache
alias kf='killall firefox'
# logout from the terminal
lgt='/usr/bin/gnome-session-save –kill'
# ls varies among distributions; show hidden files only
alias lh='ls -la –ignore=[0-Z]*'
# open Open Office Word Processor but skip splash screen
oo='oowriter -nologo &'
# see your internet data usage
alias ppp='ifconfig | grep –color 'RX.by.*\$''
# use python to do calculations or serious programming
alias py='python'
# shutdown the computer from where you are
shut='sudo shutdown -h now'
# open another terminal
alias tt='gnome-terminal &'
# today in history and more
alias today='grep -h -d skip `date +%m/%d` /usr/share/calendar/*'
# open an xterm; useful since it looks different
alias xt='xterm &'

what i was looking for was a way to run a file as root. eg. source ~/bin/file followed by "file" as root would work but i had sudo in mind.

Comment on Designing For Expandable Content Boxes by @shpemu

@shpemu — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:31:49 +0000

I recently started looking into using CSS to create gradients for effects like this. The only drawback I've found is that in the coding you have to specify the height of the item. The example here,http://ow.ly/1Daz5 , is for backgrounds, but I've been able to adapt it to

tags. I started experimenting with using multiple

tags to create multiple gradients, but no luck (and not much time to do so) just yet.

Comment on Two Basic Principles of SEO by Jason Clark

Jason Clark — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:33:56 +0000

Great summation Matt!

Comment on Two Basic Principles of SEO by Jay Lane

Jay Lane — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:29:16 +0000

Hey Matt. Great post. I agree with everything you said. If you can develop great content, visitors will find you, regardless of whether or not you've paid some big SEO firm lots of money to make your site SEO-friendly. Glad to see that you're back in the saddle again.

Comment on Linux Toolbox: alias by Skiz

Skiz — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:25:09 +0000

When dealing with multiple firewalls and you have keys set up, you can initiate all of the hops with something like this to grab a clean mysql console or anything else you need.

alias devel=’ssh -t host1 ssh -t host2 ssh -t host3 mysql -hdbhost’

Comment on Photoshop Guides and Pixel-Precise Alignment by Mirko Van Colen

Mirko Van Colen — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:51:48 +0000

Hi Jay,

There is a better way ! Hold down the Shift-key while dragging the guide. It will be a pixel-precise guide !

Regards,
Mirko

Comment on Four Great Years by Sara Devlin

Sara Devlin — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:37 +0000

Brother, thank you for having the good sense to meet Sara. I LOVE how you guys are when you're together, and I love that you let her know how wonderful she is. I don't see you every day, so I don't know if you do it everyday, but I know that whenever we're with you, you're always letting her know how much you love her.

I LOVE that about you.

I happy that you're my brother, and my only regret is that we are not together all the time to become even better friends and closer companions through the years.

No matter what, I love you. The kids love you, and we miss you forever!!!

Hugs,

SARA

Comment on Four Great Years by Ben

Ben — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:08:34 +0000

Y’all so cute.

Comment on Four Great Years by matt

matt — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:10:29 +0000

Brent, I have to agree with the chewable aspirin thing… at first they tasted great—like an orange creamsicle, towards the bottom though, they got bitter. Pineapple Julius does sound good, though. Will have to try that.

And Lisa, it’s amazing how great life can be when you’re with the right person! Congrats on finding yours too!