Here's a quick tip for those of you looking to find your LOCAL (as in within your network) IP address.  In Windows, you would simply issue the following command from the command prompt (Start > Run > "cmd")

ipconfig

Which would yield something similar to the following results.

U:\>ipconfig
Windows IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : mshome.net
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 177.21.101.137
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 177.21.101.1

From a Linux shell, you would issue the following:

ifconfig

Which would yield something similar to the following results

eth0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:EA:91:04:07
 inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
 inet6 addr: fe80::20f:eaff:fe91:407/64 Scope:
 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
 RX packets:31167 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
 TX packets:26404 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:38338591 (36.5 MiB)  TX bytes:3538152 (3.3 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
 inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
RX packets:1994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1994 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0			
RX bytes:188041 (183.6 KiB)  TX bytes:188041 (183.6 KiB)

I ended up having to get a new 360 Elite (79FL) because my DVD drive on my old unit (79FK) crapped out. It wouldn't read any type of media: DVDs, Games, Backups, etc.  I just took apart my new 360 today and installed my NME 1.2 chip into it, but I can't get it to work.

I saw this great post on SharkSpace by Amanda about how to change your server's shell port. It said it was part of the dedicated server guide, but I thought it was good for people with VPSs (Virtual Private Servers) as well. Here's the post:

1) Login to shell via root.

2) Open the shell configuration file.

nano -w /etc/ssh/sshd_config

3) Change port.

Uncomment and change

#Port 22

to look like:

Port 6472 (choose your own 2 to 5 digit port number (49151 is the highest port number)

4) Save and exit.

Ctrl + X + Y

5) Restart shell. (Make sure if you have a firewall installed that you have the new port unblocked.)

/etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart

I was trying to add my grandparent's e-mail to my Gmail contact list, but gmail kept telling me "Please make sure the email address you entered is valid."  I figured it probably wouldn't import it because they were using something of a non-standard address.

The culprit here happens to be the ampersand sign.  I realized that gmail also has a contacts import option which allows you to import contacts from a CSV file. A CSV file is essentially just a text file with values separated by commas. It essentially allows you to put tabular data into a non-proprietary format.

Editors Note: There is not supposed to be a space after the ampersand, but for some reason my blog software keeps adding it.