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Leopard: Connect to a VNC Server

You can connect to a VNC server from your Leopard system, making it easy to control a remote system. Leopard has this functionality built right in, so you won’t even have to install any other applications to accomplish this.

Symfony: Fix propel-insert-sql error: Can’t connect to local MySQL server

After building your model and the SQL code to represent it, symfony offers a mechanism to insert the SQL code directly into your configured database. If you are running MySQL locally, this should work for you with no additional configuration. If you are running MySQL on another server, as is common in shared web hosting and other environments, you’ll get an error. In the past, I’ve just grunted and sent the SQL code to the database manually, but there is an easy fix to make things work as they should.

IE7: Clear History, Cookies, and Temporary Internet Files

Browsers hold a lot of personal data. Clearing your history, cookies, and temporary internet files will clear a lot of this personal information from your browser. Have you cleaned up your browser today?

Flickr: Add Friends from Email Address Books

Flickr has a new feature where friends and family within your yahoo, microsoft, or gmail address bookes can be easily found and added.

Add Vista Gadgets Directly to the Desktop Without a Visible Sidebar

I hear many people say that they would use vista gadgets if they just did not have to use them within the sidebar. Well, you don’t. The sidebar is just a gadget holder. Running vista gadgets without the sidebar being visible is easy.

Google Blog Search: Use a Bookmarklet to View Posts That Reference Your Page

Google Blog Search (as the name implies) is a search engine focused entirely on blogs. By using this handy bookmarklet, you can view a list of blog posts that reference the selected page. This makes it easy to see what others are saying about your blog post.

Firefox 3: Display Search Results in New Tab

When you use Firefox’s search bar, the results are displayed in the current tab. This can get rather annoying when you are don’t want the current tab to leave the web page you were on. To make your search results appear in a new tab, follow these steps:

Firefox 3: Restore Home Button Back to the Navigation Toolbar

By default, Firefox 3 places the Home button on the Bookmarks Toolbar. If you don’t use the Bookmarks toolbar or if you just want the Home button to be back where it used to be, you can easily move it to the Navigation Toolbar by following these steps:

How To View Detailed Stats on YouTube Videos (with Screencast)

Users can now see detailed stats for any of their videos that they have uploaded to youtube. Here is how to find the stats for your videos.

Firefox 3: Shorten URL Bar Rich Results

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Firefox 3’s URL bar has the ability to show rich results, relevant sites that you have visited in the past. Here’s how to limit the amount of results you get.

Google Maps: Exclude Certain Search Results

This is a simple but handy tip while using Google Maps in a browser or on an iPhone. Here’s the scenario: I’m in NYC attending a conference near Grand Central Terminal. Needing a coffee fix, I whip out my iPhone, use the locator button to find my rough location, and type ‘coffee’ into the search bar. Nine of the ten results were Starbucks. What if I didn’t want Starbucks? Gasp!

Digsby: Prevent from Starting When Windows Starts

Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that also acts as both an email notifier and social networking tool. Since all of this functionality takes up quite a bit of memory, you are wasting resources by leaving it running when you don’t need it. If you took the default settings during the setup, Digsby starts when Windows does. To stop this from happening and shorten your system’s boot up time, follow these steps:

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