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  1. to alter location bar behaviou in #firefox, navigate to /usr/lib/firefox-addons/searchplugins and edit google.xml http://post.ly/DIs6 12:54 AM Nov 24th from Posterous
  2. find your mac address in #linux with ifconfig -a http://j.mp/4BIx87 http://post.ly/CMVe 11:46 PM Nov 10th from Posterous
  3. go to line 785 in #vim with :785 http://j.mp/r6OK1 http://post.ly/CIvh 3:48 AM Nov 10th from Posterous
  4. install day of ubuntu slideshow wallpaper in #ubuntu with sudo apt-get install day-of-ubuntu-wallpaper http://j.mp/10c9 http://post.ly/CA0p 11:33 PM Nov 8th from Posterous
  5. edit autorefresh in mint #linux mintupdate with Edit>Prefs>Autorefresh http://j.mp/1hW9o8 http://post.ly/C9Ht 8:46 PM Nov 8th from Posterous
  6. add .tabs-newtab-button {display: none;} to userChrome.css to hide new tab button in #firefox http://j.mp/i05zJ http://post.ly/C94V 7:54 PM Nov 8th from Posterous
  7. thanks @IT_Kills . hit Space then s in #tweetdeck to retweet an update http://post.ly/C1yp 7:51 PM Nov 7th from Posterous
  8. save page as in #firefox with ctrl+s http://j.mp/3d76wP http://post.ly/C0PD 2:33 PM Nov 7th from Posterous
  9. edit ~/.font.conf to smarten up font rendering in #firefox http://j.mp/VFFWD #linux http://post.ly/C09R 1:44 PM Nov 7th from Posterous
  10. remove the first 6 chars from a line with #sed 's/^.\{6\}//' http://j.mp/11abZy http://post.ly/BzRR 11:39 AM Nov 7th from Posterous
  11. restrict keyword search to bookmarks in #firefox by adding a '*' to the search string http://j.mp/11hpfC http://post.ly/BzO7 11:29 AM Nov 7th from Posterous
  12. open the last closed tab in #firefox with Ctrl Shift t http://j.mp/9k78A http://post.ly/BzHr 11:10 AM Nov 7th from Posterous
  13. find search additional #firefox search bar engines at mycroft.moxdev.org http://j.mp/3QQ9Bo http://post.ly/Bz5z 10:36 AM Nov 7th from Posterous
  14. edit the address bar search url in #firefox with about:config keyword.URL http://post.ly/Bz43 10:31 AM Nov 7th from Posterous
  15. attach within your #OpenOffice.org Writer document with Insert > Note #linux http://j.mp/1aIWAA http://post.ly/Brwx 10:54 AM Nov 6th from Posterous
  16. find the grub menu config at /boot/grub/menu.lst http://j.mp/7WyBw http://post.ly/77Gb 6:34 PM Oct 2nd from Posterous
  17. archive an email in #gmail with the shortcut key e http://bit.ly/19kmhr #linux http://post.ly/43HX 9:37 PM Sep 4th from Posterous
  18. add notifications to your scripts with notify-send "title" "message" http://bit.ly/1jsSgz #linux http://post.ly/3xVf 3:29 AM Sep 4th from Posterous
  19. open 3 tabs in #gnome terminal with gnome-terminal --tab --tab --tab http://bit.ly/1QpwB #linux http://post.ly/3xU5 3:22 AM Sep 4th from Posterous
  20. use the same #gtk theme for applications started as root with sudo ln -s ~/.themes /root/.themes http://bit.ly/36aNQL # http://post.ly/3hvJ 10:27 PM Sep 1st from Posterous
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