Here's how to set up password-free ssh.  Work out any problems with passworded ssh before proceeding.

1. On the client machine, run "ssh-keygen -t rsa" (Note: Only do this if you don't have ssh without password connecting from this client to ANYWHERE.)
2. Copy your id_rsa.pub (or your identity.pub, or whatever you've named your public key) to the server as ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.  If you already have an authorized_keys, append your id_rsa.pub to that file.
3. On the server:

For some reason, we use proprietary instant messaging software at work.  Sometimes it isn't obvious how to add a new contact.

1. From the menu, select Tools/User Search
2. Search for the desired user
3. Drag-and-drop from the search result onto My Contacts

Inside the .app's Info.plist set:
<KEY>NSUIElement</KEY>
<STRING>0</STRING>

If you are trying to use the Todoist (www.todoist.com) API

­­­I'm revisiting the the topic of my to-do list.  Some things that are important to me for a task list:

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When running script/server, I was getting the error message

Rails requires RubyGems >= . Please install RubyGems and try again: http://rubygems.rubyforge.org

• Ruby Enterprise Edition in /opt/ruby-enterprise/bin
• Ubuntu's default ruby

apt-get remove ruby

fixed the problem

Ubuntu has a habit of beeping the virtual PC's speaker.  To silence it, add the following line to your VMX file on the host:

mks.noBeep = "TRUE"

Note: Make sure you get ordinary quote marks around the TRUE, and not typographic quotes.

If that doesn't work, in Ubuntu:

• vi /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf and add "blacklist pcspkr"
  

(Much content based on http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/ruby/rapid-ruby-weblog.html)

Some web sites drop connections from the guest, without returning anything (even headers).  This happens with twitter.com when run from

    * VMWare Fusion 2.0.2 on an OS X 10.5.5 host, with bridged networking, from a Windows XP SP3 guest

    * VMWare Player 2.0.5 on a Windows XP SP3 host, with NAT networking, from a Windows XP SP3 guest

This behavior is independent of the tool I use to send the request to the server:

Sen. Charles Grassley (R. Iowa) has said that he thinks AIG execs shouldn't be taking bonuses, and would prefer that they resign or kill themselves.

The interesting thing is, that awhile back, under the guise of "deregulation," the House and the Senate and the President... All worked together to pass legislation that made it possible for AIG to begin dealing in credit default swaps, via the Commodity Future Modernization Act of 2000.