The reStructuredText plugin is now here, and it lets me use my preferred markup for entries!

I just hope it really works…

I had to fix the rst2html.py script by adding a local path element:

import sys
sys.path.append("/home/pletcher/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages")

Just ran across this, could be useful.
From http://blog.laimbock.com/2009/08/08/disable-pcpskr-module-on-fedora/

echo "blacklist pcspkr" > /etc/modprobe.d/pcspkr.conf
rmmod pcspkr

How to get a Soundbridge M1000 to work with squeezecenter:

http://forums.rokulabs.com/viewtopic.php?t=19784#p115044

To set up server and search entries in /etc/resolv.conf,
use settings like these in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:

DNS1=192.168.1.1
DNS2=192.168.1.2
DOMAIN="sub.mydomain.com mydomain.com"

Here is the right way to install Sun Java 6 on Fedora.

This method handles the alternatives system, and makes rpm packages
so upgrading is easy:

http://www.city-fan.org/tips/SunJava6OnFedora

Another, older version of this approach I used to use:

http://www.lbotti.net/blog/tag/java/

If you are editing with vi, you can enter Unicode characters with the sequence:

Ctrl-V u xxxx

where xxxx is the 4-digit hex code.

See http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Unicode/Character_reference/0000-0FFF
for a code chart.

Here is how to change the fonts used in the UI for Thunderbird and Firefox.

See:

• http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/edit
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Font_settings_in_Thunderbird
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pane_and_menu_fonts
• http://eriwen.com/css/tweaking-thunderbirds-chrome/

Create a userChrome.css file:

• in Thunderbird, create in ~/.thunderbird/<profile>/chrome/
• in Firefox, create in ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile>/chrome/

You may need to create the chrome directory in Thunderbird.

Example contents are at urls above. e.g. to set the global font size:

/* set default namespace to XUL */
@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul");
/*
 * Set all the default font sizes:
 */
* {
  font-size: 11pt !important;
}

Here is a konqueror servicemenu item that lets you
run kompare on selected files.

Put this code into ~/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus/kompare.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
ServiceTypes=all/all
Actions=kompare

[Desktop Action kompare]
Name=Kompare Files
Icon=kompare
Exec=kompare -caption "%c" %i -c %U

As a refinement, it would be nice to only show this if two files are selected.

A system board 10-pin header connector IDC10 looks like this:

  9       1
+----   ----+
| o o o o o |
| o o o o o |
+-----------+
  10      2

The two cable versions are DTK and AT/Everex/Intel

Here is a good post with ascii art:
http://hardware.mcse.ms/message235718-2.html

And one source of the DB-9 serial pinouts:
http://www.aggsoft.com/rs232-pinout-cable/serial-port-db9.htm

With the DTK assembly, the ribbon cable on either end should
come out the "side" of the connector (that is how cables
made with IDT method work).

With the Intel/Everex assembly, and the need to solder the wires to
the DB-9, it is possible the wire on the DB-9 will come out the end
of the assembly.

         Serial Port Pin Definitions
               (COM1, COM2)
Pin Number  Definition      Pin Number  Definition
   1          DCD              6          CTS
   2          DSR              7          DTR
   3          Serial In        8          RI
   4          RTS              9          Ground
   5          Serial Out       10         NC

      Serial Port Pin Definitions
            (COM1/COM2)
Pin #  Definition      Pin #    Definition
 1      CD             6        DSR
 2      RD             7        RTS
 3      TD             8        CTS
 4      DTR            9        RI
 5      Ground         10       NC