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Civics Quiz

Allen L. — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:28:23 +0000

Civics Quiz- Man I’m getting rusty. I missed 7 of these. Not good, but better than average (which was also not good).

Fix Disc Errors on an old Playstation 2

Allen L. — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:38:04 +0000

Dealing with PlayStation 2 disc read errors- I used this guide to fix a broken Playstation 2 and it works like a charm now.

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Automatic FTP uploads and downloads using BAT scripts

Allen L. — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:29:44 +0000

How to automate FTP uploads from the Windows Command Line - This BAT script uses the FTP command in the command line and automating the actions into a script. The script can then be paired with other processes (like Scheduled Tasks) to create an automated FTP process.

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I’ve changed OpenID plugins; Enabled Gravatars.

Allen L. — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:16:34 +0000

I’m now using the awesome WP-OpenID for OpenID authentication in the comments. Also, Gravatars are enabled.

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Los Angeles Urban League Event Board

Allen L. — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:37:27 +0000

In a similar vain to the Job Board I built for the LA Urban League, I created an event board using Wordpress. The main plugins I’ve used are the Event Calendar for the event information and the Geopress plugin for locations.

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Los Angeles Urban League Job Board

Allen L. — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:15:02 +0000

Inspired by Recruitpress, a job board made with Wordpress and a couple of packaged plugins, I’ve just deployed a job board for the Los Angeles Urban League. Basically, I’ve replaced the Secure Form Mailer Plugin For Wordpress, used to apply for this job section of each job post, with the cforms plugin, which I felt was a bit more customizable.

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Split First and Last Name into Seperate Columns in Excel.

Allen L. — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:27:07 +0000

If you have a First Name and Last Name in one column in Excel, here’s a tutorial on splitting them into two separate columns (without VB macros) from LauraJ’s blog. It involves using the Data to Text feature. Very handy.

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Getting Flash to Work with Ubuntu 7.10

Allen L. — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:00:08 +0000

If you haven’t been able to install Adobe Flash Player on your Ubuntu 7.10 install, Jayson Joseph Chacko wrote an excellent post with a set of terminal commands to get Adobe Flash installed. Thanks Jayson.

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Joe Biden’s Wordpress Blog got hacked

Allen L. — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:49:22 +0000

Joe Biden’s Wordpress blog got hacked with spam links on the footer. Al Gore was similarly hacked a while ago as well.

(via Mark Jaquith)

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Flopshow

Allen L. — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:55:23 +0000

In case you have some old floppy disks around and can’t get the files out, try out FlopShow. It’s a free and simple floppy disk restore program.

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