Category Archives: Techy

Programming! Also Linux, web design, hardware… But mostly programming.

DRM idiocy knows no bounds

How ridiculous is this? These terms of use are from the new Coldplay CD: This CD cannot be burnt onto a CD-R or hard disk, nor can it be converted into MP3 for file sharing. This CD has been manufactured for usage in regular CD players but might not play in the following players: Some CD players [...]
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non-English characters in Linux

It's easy to make accented characters (e.g. é and ü) in Linux. Easier than in Windows, actually, because in Windows you have to remember all those crazy Alt codes, and in Linux, it's logical combinations of accents and letters.
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extracting audio from a DVD

It's pretty easy to extract just the audio from a DVD in Linux, using Mplayer, sox, and either Audacity or split.
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Clichés of a Crappy Site

If you’ve browsed through many personal sites at all, you’ve probably seen some of the following things that make me personally cringe. I don’t understand why they’re so trendy, since they don’t improve a site in the least. The example images link to the web sites from which I took the screen shot. Text Tiny fonts The purpose [...]
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beginning Linux guide

Don't look on this guide as though you have to learn all this stuff right now in order to be able to use Linux. No. You can get around otherwise, enjoying Linux and getting work done at the same time without messing around with the command-line, which is what a lot of this guide deals with. Look over this guide and then pick and choose what you need. Want to learn how to change file permissions? Check out the section on the chmod command. Want to know what program to use for a certain task? Check out that section. You don't have to memorize all this stuff to get around, but it's there if you need it.
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extensionChanger.pl

This script will rename all files with one extension to another extension. Example: all files in a given directory that end with .php will be renamed to end with .txt. Download the program and instructions The only change you might have to make is if you’re on a Linux machine and Perl is not at [...]
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PSA

Here are two lists of CD’s that shouldn’t be used in a Windows computer due to Sony’s copy protection software that is on them. http://www.sonybmg.com/mediamax/titles.html http://www.sunncomm.com/support/faq/releases.asp
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another slash against IE

It was bound to happen. I was recently intrigued by the possibility of utilizing Google Desktop for remote data retrieval of personal user data (such as credit cards and passwords) through the use of a malicious web page. – Using CSS to phish information from your computer with Internet Explorer
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speakers, FF, and grades

My speakers arrived! When I came back on Sunday, I had left them at home, so Mom mailed them to me and they came yesterday. I’m very tickled with them, especially since I have noticeable bass now. My other ones were good while they lasted, but they got to where they wouldn’t [...]
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enqueue and dequeue

Source for enqueue() and dequeue() functions to add and remove data from a queue in a class. Node Struct Definition C++ struct node {      string what; // Used for brand      string serialNumber;      node* next; // For accessing next node in queue }; Class Definition File C++ class car {           public:           [...]
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