Looking at this photo, you can practically smell the apple pie and hear the crack of the bat, can’t you? Now THAT’s America!

Brian Higgins says “Please take a moment to reflect how much Congress has ignored you for the past 18 months, and all that wonderful (cough) ‘Hope and Change‘ you’re presently enjoying as a result. Be sure to support your anti-incumbent, conservative and independent candidates in mid-term elections this fall.”

Brian also asks that you check VoteSmart.org and the Political Courage Test on a regular basis to keep tabs on how your Congressmen are ‘representing‘ you.

He goes on to say “We are looking forward to seeing you as part of an exceptionally large, record breaking turnout this November in support of the true conservative moral majority in this state. Thanks for your support.”

I am Brian Higgins and I approve this message.

To set the window size control button back to the right margin, there are two main steps you’ll need to perform. Neither require a reboot or even a restart of X11.

Install the SYSTEM TOOL called CONFIGURATION EDITOR

• Right-click the Ubuntu Menu Icon
• Click the EDIT MENUS option
• In the MAIN MENU window’s left pane, click SYSTEM TOOLS
• In the right pane, enable CONFIGURATION EDITOR

Reconfigure the title bar buttons:

• Click APPLICATIONS / SYSTEM TOOLS / CONFIGURATION EDITOR
• Navigate to APPS / METACITY / GENERAL
• Double-click the BUTTON_LAYOUT key
• Change VALUE from “close,minimize,maximize:” to “:minimize,maximize,close”

You should notice the window size controls move to the right margin immediately.

Creating volumes from files:
$ truecrypt -c myVolume.vol

Mounting volumes:
$ truecrypt myVolume.vol (mounts next available slot under /media)
$ truecrypt myVolume.vol /media/truecrypt5 (mounts in specific slot under /media)
$ truecrypt myVolume.vol -k myKeyFile.key (when keyfiles are required)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdb (mounting encrypted devices with prompts)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdb /media/truecrypt6 (mounts in specific slot under /media)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdc1 (mounting encrypted partitions)
$ truecrypt /dev/sdc1 /media/truecrypt7 (mounts in specific slot under /media)

Dismounting volumes:
$ truecrypt -d /media/truecrypt5

Viewing mounted volumes:
$ truecrypt -l (lists volumes with short info)
$ truecrypt -l -v (lists volumes with long info)

*** It’s a little dated, but still a great article here on building and running TrueCrypt installed from the command line – http://polishlinux.org/howtos/truecrypt-howto/

• To reset Internet Explorer automatically, click the Fix this problem link. Then click Run in theFile Download dialog box, and follow the steps in this wizard.
• This fix does not work in Windows 7. Instead, you can use the Internet Explorer troubleshooters to achieve this automatically.
• This wizard may be in English only; however, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.
• If you are not on the computer that has the problem, you can save the automatic fix to a flash drive or to a CD, and then you can run it on the computer that has the problem.

** NOTE: If the article mentioned above has disappeared, you can download the MSI executable here. Run it to reset all user settings in IE8, then restart IE8 for the Wizard to reappear.

• Log on to your GOOGLE CALENDAR account.
• In the left column, under CALENDARS, click the arrow button next to the calendar that you want to add to Outlook as an INTERNET CALENDAR SUBSCRIPTION.
• Select CALENDAR SETTINGS.
• Under PRIVATE ADDRESS, click ICAL.
• Select the URL that appears, and then press CTRL+C to copy the selected text to the Windows clipboard. Do not click the link. If you click the link, the calendar will be opened in Outlook as a Calendar Snapshot which is not updated.
• In Outlook, on the TOOLS menu, click ACCOUNT SETTINGS.
• On the INTERNET CALENDARS tab, click NEW.
• Paste the URL from the earlier step using CTRL+V.
• Click ADD.
• In the FOLDER NAME box, type the name of the calendar as you want it to appear in Outlook, and then click OK.

** NOTE: To make changes to your Google calendar, you must use Google Calendar. Changes made in Outlook are not sent to your Google Calendar.

** NOTE: This text was copied for personal use from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ha101674951033.aspx

On the FILE menu, click SAVE AS. Type a name for the iCal file in the FILE NAME text box.

A summary of the calendar name, date range, and detail level appears next to MORE OPTIONS.

From the DATE RANGE list, choose the amount of calendar data to include in the iCal file, or click SPECIFY dates to enter a custom date range. If you choose a large date range or select WHOLE CALENDAR, you might create a large iCalendar file.

From the DETAIL list, choose the amount of detail to show the recipients. By default, the AVAILABILITY ONLY option is selected. None of the options include your items marked private unless you change the privacy option in ADVANCED.

Optionally, click SHOW to see ADVANCED OPTIONS.

Include details of items marked private.   This option requires DETAILS to be set to LIMITED DETAILS or FULL DETAILS. The existence of private items will be included, but no further information will be shared.

Include attachments within calendar items This option requires DETAILS to be set to FULL DETAILS. All attachments in calendar items, such as spreadsheets, are included. This might increase the size of the iCalendar file significantly.

Click OK, and then click SAVE. If your calendar contains no items, a dialog box appears to provide you with a chance to cancel saving the iCalendar file.

Log onto your Google Calendar account.
Click SETTINGS at the top of the page.
Under CALENDAR SETTINGS, click IMPORT CALENDAR.
Under Step 1: Select FILE, click BROWSE, choose the file that you created above, and then click Open.
Under Step 2: Choose CALENDAR, select the GOOGLE CALENDAR where you want to import your Outlook calendar.
Under Step 3: COMPLETE IMPORT, click IMPORT.

** NOTE:   This is a static calendar that does not update, regardless of changes made to it in Outlook. To update the calendar in Google Calendar with the changes made to it in the Outlook calendar, you must repeat this procedure.

** NOTE: This text was copied for personal use from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/ha101674951033.aspx