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Creating Email Messages with Clickable Links that Add Events to Your Calendar
This was an effort to find the best ways to create email messages that contain event information, so that the user can easily create a calendar item. The stock advice is to use .ics… (read more)
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w32tm reports the computer did not resync because no time data was available
I got the message “the computer did not resync because no time data was available” after running “w32tm /resync /force”. I had followed the various howtos out there*, and checked them against each other… (read more)
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Debian and Ubuntu Networking Configuration /etc/network/interfaces with a Static IP Address
This is easy to find anywhere, and it’s here too. This one includes the dns-* lines that will be read by resolvconf(8). root@server:/etc/network# cat interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on… (read more)
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MS Access: VBA CRC32 Function
Here’s a CRC32 function based on the work at: cCRC32. The main difference is that this is a function, and the crc32 table is not recalculated each time. If there’s a way to do… (read more)
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Make Meme/LOLCats Text with the GIMP
This tutorial explains how to make the “LOLCats” or “Meme” font so popular with the kids today. You can see a lot of these on the 4Chan /b/ channel, but don’t go there if… (read more)
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Magic Folder to Convert DOC and OpenOffice to PDF
Most of the information in this post is derived from http://www.tech-faq.com/convert-word-to-pdf.html. The code’s reposted here as a service, because the code there needs some editing. Also, a useful thread about executing OOo macros is… (read more)