Install Pandora Desktop App on Linux

The Pandora desktop app works great on Linux since it runs on Adobe's cross platform AIR platform. First, install Adobe AIR.

Click Install Desktop App from the Pandora One menu, then click install Adobe AIR. Save the file. Open a shell and go to directory with the AIR download. Do:

chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

Next, download the Pandora app and open it, which should start the installation.

Cloud computing explained

Cloud computing alone won't suffice in today's enterprise business environment. You must leverage core skillsets and world-class team synergy through enterprise-quality J2EE XML-based platform providers to provide clients worldwide with robust, scalable, modern turnkey implementations of flexible, personalized, cutting-edge Internet-enabled e-business application product suite e-solution architectures that accelerate response to customer and real-world market demands and reliably adapt to evolving technology needs, seamlessly and efficiently integrating and synchronizing with their existing legacy infrastructure, enhancing the e-readiness capabilities of their e-commerce production environments across the enterprise while giving them a critical competitive advantage and taking them to the next level.

Best CDMA HTC Touch Pro ROM - Energy ROM

I think I've finally found the perfect CDMA HTC Touch Pro rom, EngergyRom. There are too many little tweaks and addons to Windows Mobile 6.5 for me to even begin to list, but this ROM is definitely my new favorite. Check it out here.

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Upgrade No Sound

After upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala my system was without sound. Alsa couldn't find any sound cards.

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)

alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory

aplay -l
aplay: device_list:223: no soundcards found...

After poking around I discovered that the updater did not update /boot/grub/menu.lst to use the latest installed kernel.

You can fix this automatically by running update-grub. Choose install package maintainer's version if you don't have any custom entries.

Printing to PDF from Excell produces blank PDF

I've had a couple of incidents where printing a chart from Excel 2007 to a PDF produces a blank PDF. It happens with Acrobat 8 and 9. This leads me to believe it may be an Office issue, but I've also seen the same file work on one machine and not another with the same versions of Office and Acrobat installed. The only workaround I've found is using the Save As PDF feature instead of the PDF printer.

Windows 7 Slow Network access

I've seen a similar problem on Server 2003 machines a few times, but I've just recently encountered it on a Windows 7 machine. It's always on a machine with a Broadcom 57xx chip, and in this case it was a Dell Precision 690.

The issue is browsing file shares on other machines. File transfers will be very slow, as will just browsing between folders on the share. If you are experiencing network performance issues on Windows 7, try running the following from a cmd prompt with elevated privileges:

netsh interface tcp set global chimney=disabled

Disable Apache and PHP Version on Ubuntu Server

Edit /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
Add the following lines to the end of apache2.conf

ServerTokens Prod
ServerSignature Off

Edit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
Change expose_php = Off