Removing old or wrong entries in the ssh known_hosts file

Look familiar…

 

$ ssh server
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
@    WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!     @
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
[...]
Offending key in /home/user/.ssh/known_hosts:21
[...]
Host key verification failed.

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Hacking Philips Hotel Television’s

If your are ever in a Hotel and want to connect a device via HDMI to the flat screen LCD or Plasma you are normally out of luck as the Hotel lock down the TV so that you cannot change anything. They usually do this so that you cannot get round their pay-per-view channels etc. They also replace the normal remote with another remote with limited buttons and options. When you try to change to one of the AV inputs on the set you are normally greeted with an menu disabled warning or something similar.

There is a way around this though.

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XBMC on the Acer Aspire Revo R3600

The Revo R3600 features an Intel Atom N230 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM (I’ve upgraded to 2) and a 160GB SATA drive with the latest NVidia ION chipset. It’s perfect as a discrete media centre box.

Gizmodo did a review here: http://i.gizmodo.com/5204432/acer-revo-and-nvidia-ion-hands-on-flawless-blu+ray-playback-changes-cheap-computers-forever

I’ve been itching to try XBMC for a long time and this was the perfect machine to try it on. I decided to use the Ubuntu 9.04 mini installation rather than go for XBMC’s own installer.

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Very Useful Guide on Parking Tickets in the UK

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets

Thankfully, I’ve never had to use it, but, if I ever do, this is useful information.

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Fix Firefox Judder whilst watching YouTube videos

http://lifehacker.com/5342636/how-to-fix-annoying-youtube-jumpiness-in-firefox?skyline=true&s=i

I hate how videos judder whilst watching YouTube videos in Firefox. This about:config hack fixes it.

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