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* Click the View tab, Change View.
* Change to a List view.
* Sort the list by end date.
* Highlight old past events and delete them.
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In the hopes of reducing my monthly smartphone bill, I've been investigating the current state of VoIP and its potential to completely replace the traditional mobile phone. I made a list of just about every free calling app/service I found on the iPhone app store.
Specifically, I was looking for a VoIP service boasting these features:
* Inbound phone number, particularly a Japan phone number (e.g. 050...)
* Call recording - not a must-have, but would be nice for when I crank-call friends in the USA
Here are my snap impressions and notes I made during my research.
Read more: The Hunt for the Ultimate Free Calling App
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So I wanted to find a quick way to replace all instances of <ul> with <ul class="gkBullet2">. Here's what worked for me. Go into PHPMyAdmin and execute these 2 queries:
update joomla_content set `introtext` = replace(`introtext`, '<ul>', '<ul class="gkBullet2">')
update joomla_content set `fulltext` = replace(`fulltext`, '<ul>', '<ul class="gkBullet2">')
Change "joomla" to whatever DB prefix you use.
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I've been a hard-core Untangle fan for several years now, but I recently wanted to explore other firewall options. Being wrapped around a commercial product, Untangle charges money for its high-end features. However, I figured since most all those features are covered by the open source community, there must be non-commercial options out there. I began my hunt for the best free firewall. I scoured the internet, downloading any and all offerings from 2 principal types of entities: 1. companies with an open source community branch or free non-trial version, and 2. open source community projects ("free as in speech" or free software / paid support biz models).
I tried just about every ISO I could get my hands on. I thought I had my work cut out for me since I found far more of them than I had expected. But I did notice some common themes--several of them seemed to share common ancestors / packages (e.g. Squid, Debian, FreeBSD, etc). Here's a list of what I found along with my impressions.
Read more: The Hunt For the Ultimate Free Open Source Firewall Distro
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I'm obsessed with bluetooth. So much so that I've been hunting for heaven's own pair of bluetooth headphones for my Tokyo subway commutes. I'm already on my 5th pair (thank God for Yahoo Auctions), so here's a summary of my bluetooth headphone adventures so far:
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I hate spam. I detest it. And I'm not talking about the scrumptious processed meat product. I think you all know the spam I'm referring to—the kind peddling cheap viagra, phony rolexes, and desperate but gorgeous Russian girls pining for your love.
Most people I know pack up and leave an email address after it starts getting loads of spam, but being a dedicated IT nerd I didn't want to throw in the towel that easily. I made it my life's mission to stop all spam from getting into my inbox. Well, maybe not my life's mission, but my primary home IT project for the next few months or so. This was my mission, and this is my story. Maybe you'll see this in theaters next summer.
Read more: My Adventures in Spam Blocking