Daniel Robitaille

exim -bp | exiqgrep -i | xargs exim -Mrm

Especially useful when you make a small scripting mistake, and your email queue suddenly has over 3500 emails waiting to be delivered to an external email address… (source: NixCraft)

As seen here, the command in Linux to vacuum the SQlite databases to speed up Firefox:

for f in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/*.sqlite; do sqlite3 $f 'VACUUM;'; done

As well, from the comments of that link, the command in OSX is:

for f in ~/Library/Application\ Support/Firefox/Profiles/*/*.sqlite; do sqlite3 "$f" 'VACUUM;'; done

If you are using SpamAssassin in 2010, here is something to change in your configuration file to make sure to don’t filter out too many incoming emails.

Found online, a real classic:  the Charlie Brown Christmas special from 1965.

I finally watched last night Don’t Listen Alone, the LugRadio documentary (found via Jono’s blog).  I really miss the regular shows…

From the New York Times:

“Some of the greenest technologies of the age, from electric cars to efficient light bulbs to very large wind turbines, are made possible by an unusual group of elements called rare earths. The world’s dependence on these substances is rising fast.  Just one problem: These elements come almost entirely from China, from some of the most environmentally damaging mines in the country, in an industry dominated by criminal gangs.”

More pictures here.