Firstly, make sure LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so is enabled in httpd.conf (Remove # before the line to enable)

Then, edit httpd.conf .. Find out the foll lines and mod -

<Directory “/www/vhosts/localhost”> #replace this with your dir name
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
AllowOverride All #Added
</Directory>

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
# AllowOverride Limit #Old Value
AllowOverride All #Added
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Satisfy all
</Directory>

Some Options are :

• Resize Firefox Window : See what your website looks like in 1024×768 or 800×600 at the click of a button
• View HTTP Headers
• View CSS Styles of page being viewed
• CSS HACK : Modify CSS in real time for any site you are viewing
• Reveal Form Passwords, Hidden Forms
• Cookies : Disable, clear, add, delete domain cookies, clear session cookies
• Disable Java, disable JS
• View Lotsa information regarding page
• Validate code
• View Source , Generated source .. ..

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Visit Addon page on Firefox Add-ons

First, download the Patch for changing max TCP connections from here [ EventID 4226 Patcher Version 2.23d-english]. Change the value to a value between 50-100..

Next, uTorrent: Options > Preferences > Advanced options > net.max_halfopen and increase it from 10 to a decent value like 80..

Features of Ubuntu Tweak:

• View Basic System Information (Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
• GNOME Session Control
• Show/Hide/Change Splash screen
• Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
• Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icons
• Tweaks for Metacity Window Manager’s Style and Behavior
• Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects Settings, Menu Effect Settings
• GNOME Panel Settings
• Nautilus Settings
• Advanced Power Management Settings
• System Security Settings

Ubuntu Tweak at Google Code | Homepage
Latest Version : Deb Package: ubuntu-tweak_0.2.4-ubuntu2_all.deb

Specifying your own Keywords
var ch_queries = new Array(’ ‘);
var ch_queries = new Array(’iPod’,'Dell Computers’,'DVD Players’);

Turn off search
ch_nosearch = 1;

Change the default tab
If you are using a 250×250 or smaller, add: ch_default_tab = “Deals”;
Otherwise, add: ch_default_tab = “Best Deals”;

Customize Ad backgrounds
ch_color_bg = “#D6D6DF”;

Customize fonts
ch_font_text = ‘Comic Sans MS’;
ch_font_title = “Verdana, Arial, Helvetica”;

Here’s the workaround to get that fixed. Try alternative DNS servers like OpenDNS.

OpenDNS is a better DNS, free to all. OpenDNS uses its distributed network of DNS servers to speed up your Internet experience, increase reliability, improve security and make DNS smarter for users all over the world. OpenDNS is a zero downtime service.

OpenDNS servers : 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220

Goto Control Pannel > Network Connections and find your connection under “LAN or High-Speed Internet” and change the DNS servers for that.

Click image below for info. on how to change the DNS server setting.

OR try the easy to remember AT&T / Level 3 DNS servers
4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, 4.2.2.3, 4.2.2.4, 4.2.2.5, 4.2.2.6

This is actually very simple. All you have to do is modify some PHP code.

First, goto Manage > Categories and get the ID of the Category you wish to exclude. Then, go to WP admin and selet Presentation > Theme Editor ..

For your current theme, edit the loop where the posts are displayed. (It varies according to the theme… It was theloop.php for my K2 theme. )

Here is the sample from K2 Theme’s post display loop.

<?php /* Start the loop */ while ( have_posts() )

{

the_post();

?>

MODIFIED CODE :

<?php /* Start the loop */ while ( have_posts() )

{

the_post();

if (is_home()) if (in_category(’14′)) continue;
if (is_home()) if (in_category(’47′)) continue;

?>

The modified code doesnt show posts that belong to Categories 14 and 47 in homepage.

1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then press Enter.
2. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the dialog box that pops up, enter config.trim_on_minimize and hit Enter.
4. Now set value to True.
5. Restart Firefox.

Now, FF would use very less memory, which is very evident from the Task Manager too.

However, when you restore Firefox again, it takes more time as everything needs to be brought back status quo. This can make your surfing experiences a lot slower, having to wait for FF to regain virility again.

So, it’s better not to enable trim_on_minimize if you have a decent enough system.

unknown wrote an interesting post today on ‘your_blog_post_title’
Here’s a quick excerpt

your_post_content here …………………………………..
……..
…..
Read the rest of this great post ‘your_blog_post_link’

Although these trackbacks looks harmless, they come from subdomains of cheap sites that are trying to boost up their pagerank.
The splogs (spam blogs) installed on subdomains of sites are made exclusively to get posts from other blogs and get a trackback.

Akismet does a good job by holding back these pings. Just delete them off.

Updated : The earlier Rapidshare Link was reported to have a trojan ..  DO NOT DOWNLOAD http://rapidshare.com/files/68157650/Yahoo__Messenger_9_Beta_Ad_Remover.zip.html from other sites too .