Linux: cups giving 404 Not Found when trying to access http://localhost:631/
PROBLEM
When trying to access http://localhost:631/ for the cupsd / cups configuration, you receive:
404 Not Found
SOLUTION
Terminal Emulators: Dynamically changing the tab title text in Konsole and alternative emulators.
Some time back I was introduced to konsole and never went back to terminal emulators like xterm, however a list of good tabbed linux terminal emulator alternatives is provided below in case konsole isn’t available to all. There are ones such as putty however this is an Windows ssh client. Just the fact that I could start multiple sessions in tabs from a single window freed my desktop from alot of clutter I could do without. One thing I wanted to do from an early start with konsole is to have the tabs renamed depending on where I was working with such as including the host name when working with multiple hosts so I could easily tell where I was amongst the many tabs I had open. Here’s how to go about renaming tabs using the DCOP communication protocol bound to DCOP commonly used on Fedora 8 and earlier. including all applications not yet updated to use the newer KDE communication protocol DBUS that came with Fedora 9 and above.
Winamp: No sound when playing MP3 files or other media.
PROBLEM
When trying to play MP3 files in any version of WinAmp, there is no sound. The same file may play well in other players like Windows Media Player but not in WinAmp.
WEB: Webhosting / ISP (Hosting, VoIP, DSL, Cable) Survival Guide
In the not so distant past, there has been an explosion of ISP’s on the web which caused the only thing all of them could: dirt cheap hosting. In fact, the web is virtually flooded with ISP’s offering everything imaginable under the sun and space has literally become a door prize. But what really separates a great host from scams and basement ran hosting companies that are fleeting at best. The answer isn’t as easy to find as it appears and true value doesn’t exist in the up front offers but what happens once you actually join.
MS Windows Tweaking: Performance, Security and Annoyances
Here is a set of things to try for those of you suffering from poor PC performance, very slow boot up times, very slow application start up times, generally slow windows performance, security problems and other annoyances on Windows systems.
Windows Excel: Creating Drop Down Menus
Creating Drop Down Menus in Excel
1. Type the list of items you want to include in your drop down menu in an area of the worksheet that is not visible and/or will not be typed over. 
Windows Word: Creating Drop Down Menus
Creating Drop Down Menus in MS Word
1) To create a drop down menu in Word, go to the area where you would like your menu to appear: 
Microsoft Word: Cursor is at the top of the page in MS Word 2003
Cursor is at the top of the page in MS Word 2003
Most people check their page setup but find that everything is set right. What may have happened is that the View settings for the Print Layout somehow got changed to hide any white space between pages. To correct this, go to:
F9, KDE 4.X and Konsole: Extra spaces on console command line between cursor and text.
PROBLEM
Following some recent upgrades to my distro the Konsole window cursor was always ahead of the text that was typed. The problem was compounded when lines of text were longer though this problem wasn’t present in other terminal applications. This really looked horrible using vim, as you can probably imagine. As you can see in the image below there was consistently space between end of typed text the cursor: 
This appears to have occurred after removing the obsolete font package after the Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 upgrade, as the font worked before but not after the upgrade and removal of the font package.
SOLUTION
Employment, Careers, Jobs: Searching for new work
For those of you unfortunate enough to have lost your job or bored enough to start looking for one again, here are some resources for you. As you may have already experienced, job hunting is another job in itself altogether so for those of you that have a busy life style, this may be a good option. The lists below cater mostly to IT jobs within the Canada, Ontario region but many will also cater to other world locations and specialties as well.
