Location of Tomboy notes files on Ubuntu 11.04
I keep forgetting where the location is for tomboy notes on my old ubuntu laptop, and occasionally I need to retrieve them.
They are located in $HOME/.local/share/tomboy/ where each note is in an xml file with a name like 74ce8803-d17a-4537-b502-2a792567828e.note.
Fast and easy way to send Apache logs to syslog
I keep forgetting how to do this and have to look it up every time, so I'm writing it down. 
If you want to send Apache logs to syslog, it really is simple. I'm talking about RHEL/CentOS/Fedora servers with standard packages installed. Follow these simple steps:
In your Apache config where you set CustomLog, make that line look something like this:
CustomLog "|/bin/logger -p local1.info -t apache" combined
ErrorLog syslog:local1
Let's break this down and explain it....
Sagetv, is it doomed or saved?
A few months ago it was announced that Sagetv was acquired by Google. There was a press release, and the hompage of Sagetv was updated, but otherwise it was a pretty quiet and under the radar operation. No one really knows the details of the deal, or what will become of Sagetv.
You can no longer purchase Sagetv or any of its products, as the entire store on their site is gone. The only part of their site that is still operational is the forums, but I've always felt that their forums weren't that helpful.
They did say that for those who own Sagetv can expect the program guide (the tv schedule for upcoming shows and what is on what channel) to still be functional until next Summer. So that means that either they need to provide a new solution for my DVR/PVR/Media center/streaming center/music/photos/etc server or I'm going to have to abandon Sagetv and go find something else.
This really has me worried. I expect good things out of Google, but Sagetv has been as very good product and solution. The next best thing out there is probably MythTV, but the best thing that Sagetv had over Mythtv was the custom made, prebuilt hardware, at an affordable price. There aren't good hardware solutions for Myth that pass the "significant other test", but Sagetv did as soon as I set it up.
Hurumph.