GUnzip all found files

GUnzip all the files from a directory hierarchy

find . -type f -iname '*.gz' -exec gunzip {} \;

Want to have a verbose output?

find . -type f -iname '*.gz' -exec gunzip --verbose {} \;

Ruby on Rails -=- Formatting Rails text_field_tag

Hi!

If you want to format a Rails text_field tag, simply do the following:

   <%= f.text_field :my_var, :value=> my_function(f.object.my_var) %> 

Where my_var is my variable and where my_function is a function where I can apply a format. You can apply directly the format that you want in :value instead of using a function

Ruby on Rails -=- Removing trailing zero

Hi! With RoR I'm always getting trailing zero for numeric fields. Example, 23 will be 23.0 In order to round theses values, simply do the following

"%g" % my_value

Where my_value is my variable

IE9 -=- Border on link images

With IE9, when we have anchor on images, Internet Explorer adds a border to this image. To remove it, simply use this CSS

a img {
     text-decoration: none;
     border: 0;
}

Adobe Flash Player 11 on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/RHEL 6/5.7

Good tutorial that explains how to install flash on a CentOS / RedHat Linux machine

Adobe Flash Player 11 on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/RHEL 6/5.7

Virtualbox Guest Additions on CentOS & RedHat Linux

Check this URL if you want to configure the VirtualBox Guest additions on a Linux box.


http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/

Configuring Pidgin with Google Talk for Google Apps

Here are the steps the configure Pidgin:

• Open Pidgin.
• Select Account.
• Select Manage Account
• Click Add
• Enter the following information in the Add Account window:

• Protocol: XMPP
• Username: your Google Talk username (without any @ symbol or domain).
• Domain: Your domain name (after the @)
• Resource: Leave empty
• Password: Your password
• Remember password: Check the box
• Local Alias: leave this field blank
• New mail notifications: check the box if you'd like Pidgin to notify you of unread email in your inbox.

• Click on 'Advanced' tab and enter 'talk.google.com' in the Connect Server box.
• Click Save.