Little Handy Tips

The Solaris Tar is unable to handle very long file names.
If a tar file contains very long names, it throws an errors and creates a file @LongLink.
The solution is to use GNU tar instead, which is available on Solaris 10 at /usr/sfw/bin/gtar

If you’re working with sensitive materials or in a public environment, such as in the office, it is good practice to lock your screen whenever you are not at your desk. This is especially important if you have your keychains unlocked or have auto-fill forms enabled for your browser.
There are a few ways to lock your screen, you can log out or close the lid of your macbook. However that will close any programs which you have running or log out any remote users who are currently logged in to …

Little Handy Guide on setting up Push Emails for Hotmail, Windows Live or Msn Accounts on the iPhone.

I have multiple calendars on Google. One for work, one for blogging and a social calendar for everything else. I have a different color for each separate calendar, which makes it easier to distinguish the different types of appointments/tasks in my calendar.
Having all those calendars on my iPhone allow me access to them even when I am away from the computer. And the color coding which I have setup for each calendar is also displayed in the iPhone. The calendar events between the iPhone and Google are automatically synced so …

One of the great thing about Google for the iPhone is that you can truly integrate your Gmail, contacts and calendar with your iPhone.
Before Google for iPhone
A frustration I used to have is that I struggle to keep my address books sync between Google contacts and my mobile phone. I would get someone’s contact details in an email, save it to my address book, but forgot to put it in my mobile. And when I’m out and about and needing that contact details, I had to open up the mobile …