John begins a quest for an automatic web-based documentation program that will allow him to make some poorly formatted work look consistent on the web.

Hashing passwords is a common way to secure them in a database and make sure that they cannot be read easily.
But did you know there’s a website that reverse engineers the hashes and stores them in a searchable database?
The folks over at RedNoize have created such a site.
Obviously, there’s no better protection than keeping your [...]

As I’m using network manager to control wireless access on my laptop and a desktop computer in my home, I’ve decided that the keyring manager is a nuisance.
I couldn’t bear for it to constantly ask for a password every time that I needed to log on to a wireless network to retrieve the stored password. [...]

So, maybe in part 1 the data recovery didn’t work for you?
Well, that’s OK because Linux is robust against bad discs in one form or another. The trick is to work out what that might be.
A good method is to use dd or dd_rescue. These tools create a forensic copy of your hard disk drive [...]

I finally completed getting all of my printers working together nicely today.
It’s been a while, but I must admit that while I’m using the Windows XP virtual machine for my office work, the need to print in Linux is not that great.
Oddly, the HP psc 2510 was the first to behave itself. Using the HPLIP [...]

There’s a small incompatibility in Beryl which causes certain program windows to appear translucent or transparent.
A simple fix for this is to

Open up the Beryl Settings manager
Click Windows Management
Enable and select the WIndow Specific Settings option
Under the Rules tab, expand Disable ARGB Visual, and click Add (the + button).
Select Class Name in the list, [...]