Yesterday I was searching for a way to make GMail my default email provider, so that when I click on “mailto” links GMail opens.  In Windows this is pretty easy, but I couldn’t figure it out for Linux.  So, bring on Google search.  I found this web page which explains it succinctly.  While I don’t [...]

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I manage users in Oracle infrequently enough that I have to look up password management each time I want to change a password.  So, this is mainly for me to remember:
alter user user_name identified by new_password;

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Today, while trying to get a particular regular expression to work I found an online tool to help me out.  What is particularly nice about this tool is that you can try multiple strings at a time against your regular expression.  Go check it out: http://www.fileformat.info/tool/regex.htm.
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SSH never ceases to amaze me. It’s like the swiss army knife of network connections and firewall busting. For years I’ve used SSH tunneling to overcome barriers (read firewalls) stuck into my path. I’ve never been one to be malicious, but there are times when I need a certain connection that is [...]

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