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File Sharing Between Linux and Windows

I wanted to backup from my work (Windows) box to my personal (Linux) box. I found these useful videos on setting up Samba file sharing. This first guy was right I didn't know about the extra configuration changes.

http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/SAMBA_Filesharing

Funny story. I did all this and didn't see the Linux box on the network. Hmm that's strange. I opened Firefox on Ubuntu to find no Internet either! With a quick glance at the back of the computer I saw the network cable was not plugged in. :)

I need to get another network cable for the mac. I keep switching between them.

Here is the Ubuntu Wiki page for Samba. Which has more details.

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Drag and Drop from Eclipse Navigator

Eclipse Navigator

My primary editor is Eclipse, EasyEclipse for PHP flavor to be exact. I usually open another few Windows Explorer windows to move files around.

Today out of shear laziness I dragged a file from Eclipse Navigator to my open WinSCP tab in the task bar and into the remote site. It worked! That's my tip.

Edit Last Chat Line in Skype

Skype Last Chat Line

I should lookup shortcuts in help. I use Skype most of the day. I just found out if you hit up arrow in chat you can edit your last chat line and enter to replace it.

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FireShot

Fireshot

Just found FireShot a cool Firefox extension. You can take screen shots of web pages, annotate it and do much more. Should be very useful for sending feedback to a web designer etc.

From the developers:

FireShot is a Firefox extension that creates screenshots of web pages. Unlike other extensions, this plugin provides a set of editing and annotation tools, which let users quickly modify captures and insert text and graphical annotations. Such functionality will be especially useful for web designers, testers and content reviewers. It's possible to choose whether entire web page or only visible part of this page should be captured. Screenshots can be uploaded to server, saved to disk (PNG, JPEG, BMP), copied to clipboard, e-mailed and sent to external editor for further processing.

Adds the ability to take a screenshot of web page (entire of visible part), edit it, add annotations and upload to server, save (PNG, JPEG, BMP), copy to clipboard, send to external editor or e-mail it.

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YouSendIt - Send large files

YouSendIt

Lets face it emailing large files is a pain. I was reminded of that again today. Dropsend seemed to have a new Windows client but I needed to sign up and stuff. Which is a hassle when you are in a hurry. So I turned to YouSendIt and 4 minutes later my 5mb file was sent.

This is what good web applications should be like, fast and simple. Maybe if both of these sites had OpenID I wouldn't have minded logging in.

YouSendIt - Send large files - transfer delivery - FTP Replacement