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Compiling Apache HTTP server as 32-bit on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion

I had a need to re-compile Apache as 32-bit with SSL support.  This is on a MacBook Pro with the Intel Core i7 processor. Here are the configure params I ended up using to make this work.  ./configure CFLAGS="-arch i386" CXXFLAGS="-arch i386" --prefix=/etc /apache2 --enable-ssl --enable-so

Manual duplex (two-sided) printing on a Brother laser printer

I have a Brother HL-2280DW black & white laser printer.  I try to save paper by printing duplex when I can.  But sometimes the pages are on separate PDFs or image files.  I know I can use some free software like pdfsam  but when I just need to print it out, I don't care to have a merged PDF. The Brother support web site drove me nuts when I tried to find the information.  The short and easy method: 1) print your first page 2) take the printed page out, open the paper tray 3) put the in paper in with the printed side face DOWN [edit: this reversed on me later, what gives?  needed to be face UP - please add a comment if you know why it changes], with the top of the printed content toward the rear of the tray. 4) print your second page.  You should now have a perfect two-sided page with the words showing from the top down on both sides.