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March 25, 2009
Making Audio CD Copies on Mac OS
On Windows, I'm a big fan of Nero burning software for duplicating audio CDs. Tonight I tried using the Mac Disk Utility that comes with OSX to make a copy of an audio CD, but failed. After googling for answers, I found some comments praising a free application called Simply Burns.
http://simplyburns.berlios.de
This application worked as advertised.
--Chris
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March 05, 2009
Online Picture Editor: Pixlr
Via the Windows Weekly podcast with Leo and Paul, they mentioned a new online web service, pixlr, that allows you to edit digital photos, similar to programs such as Photoshop Elements.
-Chris
They also mentioned Quake Live.
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March 04, 2009
How to setup ssh tunnel: Cups Redirection
Today, I needed to configure cups on a server and used ssh tunneling to accomplish my task.
ssh -L 8888:localhost:631 [enter username of cups server here]@[enter ip address or server name of cups server here]
--Chris
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CUPS provides a web interface (which is sometimes called a GUI, although we rely on the web browser to provide the graphical part) that allows you to view print jobs, printers, and the online help, as well as manage your printers.
The CUPS web interface is available on your machine at the following URL:
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