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Ubuntu Linux, SimpleShare NAS, and NFS

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 06:06:06 -0700

Had an upgrade to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon go badly. Now I’m digging out from under. Part of what was lost was my /etc directory getting scrambled so I couldn’t read my old /etc/fstab entry. Been fighting to remember how things worked to mount my SimpleShare for backup and access to my ripped CDs. I finally found this article on Ubuntu Linux, SimpleShare NAS, and NFS which includes this key part:

mediaserver:/shares/SimplePool/Photos/ /mnt/photos nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr

Neat extension for revealing FireFox passwords

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 06:06:06 -0700

I love how easy FireFox makes it to enter passwords and forget them. But sometimes it turns out to be a problem when I need to remember them. Like when I’m using a different computer or want to change my password.

Today, I found Unhide Passwords, a FF extension that will show you your password when you roll the mouse pointer over the password field. It’s easy to disable when you don’t want passwords revealed but it’s already proven useful twice today.