RPMs required on FC10 to add VMWare Tools

rpm --force -ivh make-3.81-14.fc10.i386.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i386.rpm gcc-4.3.2-7.i386.rpm glibc-devel-2.9-2.i386.rpm glibc-headers-2.9-2.i386.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686.rpm 

VMWare tools requires

make

gcc

kernel-headers

Google Adwords Information

http://www.savvyaffiliate.com/Blog/100_day/using-adwords-to-find-profitable-adsense/

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Move MP3s perl script

#!/usr/bin/perl

$x = 1;

while(<>){

   chomp;

   $tmp = sprintf("%02d - Spanish.mp3", $x++);

   `mv '$_' '$tmp'`;

}

Battery Internal Resistance

Vdrop = Vbatt*(Rbatt/(RL+Rbatt))

Rbatt = Vdrop*(RL/(Vdrop+Vbatt))

Vdrop is the difference in your two readings above

Vbatt is the open circuit voltage measured above

RL is the resistor you load the battery with

Rbatt is the battery internal resistance you're looking for

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080214215136AACzjrF

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=980290

http://nqrc.com/?vp=PLD-IRM-004

Microsoft remote desktop connection tips

Ctrl + Alt + End
Send Ctrl + Alt + Delete to remote session; Brings up the Windows Security dialog box.

Ctrl + Alt + Break
Switches the client between a window and full screen.

--- LESS USEFUL

Alt + Page Up
Switches between programs from left to right.

Alt + Page Down
Switches between programs from right to left.

Alt + Insert
Cycles through the programs in the order they were started.

Alt + Home
Displays the Start menu.

Ctrl + Alt + Pause
Toggles between full screen and windowed mode
(note that this does not set the client desktop to the correct size)

Alt + Del
Displays the Windows menu

Ctrl + Alt + Num -
Places a snapshot of the client’s active window on the clipboard

Ctrl + Alt + Num +
Places a snapshot of the client’s entire desktop area on the clipboard

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Home
To invoke task manager for nested terminal services sessions (two levels deep)

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-xp/ctrl-alt-del-remote-desktop/

Bash script- Kill a process if it runs too long

#!/bin/bash

# Can hang (google actually doesn't respond to ab useragent)
ab -c20 -n100 http://www.google.com

# get pid from previous command
pid=$!

# Wait for 10 seconds then send an interrupt
# apachebench will produce output if ctrl-c (or kill -2)
sleep 10 && kill -2 $pid > /dev/null 2>&1&

wait $pid

Bash scripting reference card

Advanced bash scripting

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/index.html

 

Reference card (essential tool for bash scripting)

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/refcards.html