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Use Putty as terminal for Cygwin (vs cmd)

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

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I use Cygwin when I need to use linux tools not available in Windows. The generic windows command line terminal cmd.exe is pretty lame. I use Putty all the time as a remote terminal for our Linux and Solaris machines, it’s wonderful. Here’s how to use Putty for Cygwin as well:
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How to make All Day Events in Outlook using iCalendar format

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

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iCalendar is a file format that allows internet users to download files that automatically add events into their local calendar system. This is how I created All Day Events…
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How to find the author on flicker w/ a URL directly to a picture

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

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Summary:
URL: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3003/3078807322_46ec8afc1e.jpg
extract the first part of the filename: 3078807322
insert it here: http://flickr.com/photo.gne?id=3078807322
yeay!

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