Fixing broken Firefox preferences (side menu plus a question mark in a yellow square).
Hi there. I am using Firefox Nightly 32.0a1 and all of the sudden I have noticed this problem: when trying to open the preferences… Possibly…
Year: 2014
Block annoyances on HealthierSmoker.ie using Adblock Plus.
Block annoyances on HealthierSmoker.ie using Adblock Plus. Add those to the filters: www.healthiersmoker.ie##div.gray_box www.healthiersmoker.ie##div.testimonial_wrap www.healthiersmoker.ie/modules/homeslider/gray_pager.png www.healthiersmoker.ie/modules/homeslider/images/*.jpg www.healthiersmoker.ie/themes/healthiersmoker/img/slider_bg.png healthiersmoker.ie/video/index.html Cheers. Andrzej
Block annoyances on Twitter using Adblock Plus
Block annoyances on Twitter using Adblock Plus Add those to the filters: twitter.com##*#WhoToFollow*# twitter.com##*#cookieTooltip*# twitter.com##*#js-recommended-followers*# twitter.com##*#recommended-similar-users twitter.com##*#recommended_users twitter.com##*.Footer module twitter.com##*.ProfileWTFAndTrends twitter.com##*.trends twitter.com##*.wtf-module twitter.com##div.Footer.module.roaming-module twitter.com##div.dashboard.dashboard-right Cheers….
Google Chrome / Chromium and the self signed SSL certificates.
Hi there! Here is a simple step by step instruction how to add self-signed SSL cert to Chrome / Chromium so it does not warn…
Watching a Youtube video in a very large window in the browser (and yet not full screen).
Hi there. Take address like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FTEY2hXJcQ#t=57m25s and replace: watch?v= with: embed/ so the result looks like this: https://www.youtube.com/embed/3FTEY2hXJcQ#t=57m25s and check out the difference… 🙂 Cheers….
Convert .pdf file from color to grayscale with 1 command.
Hi there. Convert .pdf file from color to grayscale with 1 command: gs -sOutputFile=./output.pdf -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sColorConversionStrategy=Gray -dProcessColorModel=/DeviceGray -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH ./input.pdf And You’re all done….
Creating a crafted YouTube URL that points to a specific time of the video.
Hi there. Sometimes You do not want to share the entire video with a friend / co-worker. Lets say its a long video and you…
How to get rid of the “Qt Warning – invalid keysym: dead_actute”
Hi there. After upgrade / starting smplayer I have noticed this warning: [andrzejl@wishmasus ~]$ smplayer “Qt Warning – invalid keysym: dead_actute” This is SMPlayer v….
Due to the openssl heartbleed bug I have issued new (self-signed) openssl cert.
Hi there. Yes. The warning that You just saw was caused by the new self-signed ssl cert. Why did I changed / re-issued it? Because…
Systemd 210 “Failed to execute operation: There’s already a shutdown or sleep operation in progress.”
Hi there! Today I have upgraded all my machines as usual and I have noticed a weird behavior on IBM Thinkpad 600E. Its a very…