Tutorials by Xiao Feng

Short, concise, and accurate.

Using imapsync to backup / archieve your Gmail emails

Keep copy of your Gmail somewhere else

Replace the anemic Mac clock

Mac: Spice up your clock with calendar and better customization with MagiCal

Capture your Mac screen

Mac: Quick keyboard shortcut to save your screen as image

Remove and rebuild font cache files on Mac OS X

FontNuke to the rescue!

ATSServer and mdworker consuming significantly huge amount of CPU resources

...and caused the Leopard to slow down...

How to fix "VMware Workstation was unable to claim the device (No such file or directory)"

Workaround for Workstation 6.0.2 under Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10. Most probably would work under different distribution and kernel.

Accelerate Plone with Varnish

Speed-up Plone site with Varnish and lighttpd

Defragment XFS File-system

Linux: How to defragment XFS

Adding bookmark button to Plone page

Plone: Tips on how to add bookmarklets to Digg, Del.icio.us, Furl, Facebook, Yahoo Myweb, Reddit, Ask, Live, Stumbleupon, and more.

Using modinfo

Linux / Kernel: Introduction to modinfo

Installing and configuring FireHOL

Linux / Network: Beginners guide to FireHOL

Setting up Nokia phone as modem

Linux: Guide on configuring Nokia phone as GPRS / 3G / EDGE / HSDPA modem

Starting with SQLite

Programming / C: Gentle introduction to SQLite using C.

Speed up file transfer

Linux: How to use lftp and Axel to fully utilize your bandwidth

Setting time using NTP

Linux: Quick one-shot time synchronization

Recovering from stuck modifier keys caused by VMware

Linux: Simple command to restore modifier keys function