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How to Mount a VirtualBox VDI Hard Drive Image in Fedora 15

I wanted to mount my VDI image which I created using VirtualBox. I am using a Fedora 15 host system and a CentOS 6 guest.

First I found this post but it was for Ubuntu:
How to mount a VirtualBox VDI image | Be the signal
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How to grep a $_REQUEST, $_GET or $_POST variable in all files recu…

Have you ever wanted to do a grep search on all files for a variable such as $_REQUEST, $_GET or $_POST but couldn't figure it out? I have tried to do this a few times but end up just giving up because I don't usually figure it out. This time I wanted to jot down my solution and figured I may as well put it here so everyone can see it. Skip to the end to see the right command to use.

Basically I wanted to recursively search through all files in the current folder including all…

Run Apache as a different user - Fedora

Every time I update PHP on my system I have to redo this process and every time I seem to forget all the steps. So here it is and hopefully I will rememeber were I put them next time.

The reason I want to change my user:group in the first place is because it is a development machine and I don't want to have to keep messing with file permissions. I want the user I have logged in right now to be the one running these services. There are probably other ways to get all users to run services under them, such as…

New CMS releases

I doubt I am the only one who is excited about all the new CMS releases going on these days.

Since my last post a long time ago, Wordpress has released Wordpress 3. And actually is about to release 3.1 soon. I really like it. I ended up setting up a few new sites with it just for fun to get some experience with it.

http://templatesite.ca - This site is for releasing templates of all shapes and…

How to fix Gallery2 keyword albums matching the wrong keywords

I have been working on a bug in Gallery2 for longer than I care to say.  The problem is that in the dynamic keyword album in Gallery2, it will match more keywords than it should.

For example if you  visit the "man" keyword album you will also get the "woman" keyword album in the results, as well as anything else that has the word "man" in it.
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Build ATI driver in OpenSuse

I had to install the ATI driver in OpenSuse on my old desktop computer because its running a RadeonHD 2600 Pro AGP.  However nothing I would try would work.  So I had to build a package for it.  Unfortunately I would keep getting an error that the build failed.  I let it go on like this for far too long… until now.

Funny thing was that when I had windows on this computer ages ago ATI never did make a proper driver for…

Syncing a local folder to a remote folder in Linux

I occasionally find myself wanting to sync a local folder with a remote folder in Linux and I just found a way to do it that I really like so I had to get it written out some place so that I remember it next time.

In this particular instance I was trying to figure out why there were a few more files on the remote server than there were in the original directory I uploaded them from. It really…

Python multiple installs

I wanted to save this for future reference.

I installed Python 2.6.5 along side of 2.4 in CentOS 5.4

The thing is it apparently can't overwrite 2.4 because then it may mess up yum and other things.  So here is what I did.


Install Python 2.6.5

Download and extract Python 2.6.5 from Python 2.6.5 Release
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Better Junk/Spam Filtering in Thunderbird in 20 Steps

I noticed I was getting a lot of spam email that Thunderbird wasn't filtering no matter how many I got and clicked Junk.  This is a little guide to show you how to fix that.

I have been using Thunderbird for many years ever since my Outlook Express database became corrupted after getting too many emails.  Apparently that happens.  Go figure.
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mootools.js error: el.set is not a function

Have you ever had this error?  Maybe you are coming to see what the fix is to this crazy error?

Well I have discovered it!

I discovered that you can actually fix this by making jQuery and MooTools work together again.

First you have to add an extra line to your page.  Insert this usually right above your     </head> tag:

Setting up a Dedicated Linux Server

Recently I had the chance to set up a dedicated server running CentOS 5.

The web host installed the basic operating system and perhaps did a couple of minor adjustments.  They also installed Apache, PHP and MySQL.

Well since I never setup a dedicated server on a remote host like this I figured I should just be able to upload a website and go.  But once I logged into SSH I realized it is going to take a little bit more…

ICQ and Windows right to left text alignment.

Ok lately I have decided to go back to the old ICQ.  Why?  Because MSN really sucks in comparison.  It doesnt save my history properly, it doesnt send files very fast at all, and it doesn't have the abilities to search up new people like ICQ.  It doesn't really have anything that ICQ does.  It sucks!  I really don't know why people switched to MSN, at least my friends anyway.  It really really sucks!  I wish you would all switch back.  I still have my old ICQ # from back in the…

RyanRhode.com

So I finally decided I should have my own website with my name on it.  This will not be a website specifically about me but rather one from me.  One that people who know my name will know how to find easily and one where I can post anything I want on and not be about any specific subject.

Feel free to sign up and create your very own account, post in the forums, comment on posts etc.
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