HOWTO Add favicon to your web site

To add a favicon to your site or blog do the following (tried on Linux):

• Create an image in GIMP 16×16 or 32×32 in size, number of colors – below 16
• Save it as favicon.ppm
• Convert it to ico using this command:

1	ppmtowinicon -output favicon.ico favicon.ppm

• If previos step doesn’t work – install netpbm and netpbm-tools packages:

1	$ sudo yum install netpbm netpbm-tools

• Copy favicon.ico to your website document root directory
• Add the following lines to your index.html or header file:

1 2	<link href=’http://www.URL.com/favicon.ico’ rel=’shortcut icon’/> <link href=’http://www.URL.com/favicon.ico’ rel=’icon’/>

USA government’s war on … people?

With the NDAA inked by President Obama on Dec 31, 2011, pretty much anybody can be accused of a crime against US government and thrown into a prison cell for an indefinite time.

Quote from Chris Hedges, Pulitzer-award winner who sued Obama over this act:

I suspect the real purpose of this bill is to thwart internal, domestic movements that threaten the corporate state,” says Hedges. “The definition of a terrorist is already so amorphous under the Patriot Act that there are probably a few million Americans who qualify to be investigated if not locked up.

Full story: http://rt.com/usa/news/obama-hedges-ndaa-sued-933/

HOWTO Fedora 16 won’t shutdown

Seems like you need to install ACPI service:

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