Every time I copy data between my desktop and laptop, I think about how it would be faster if my laptop had gigabit ethernet. I have a gigabit switch and an onboard gigabit NIC on my desktop, but the laptop is slow old 100BaseT. However I do this rarely enough that shelling out 30 bucks […]
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The Joy of C Programming
The assignment was simple – take our implementation of a toy cipher called baby rijndael, and adapt it to do CBC mode. Basically all the hard work was already done. For some reason I felt the need to do the original assignment in C, which always inspires me to do all sorts of pre-mature optimization. […]
Middle mouse button paste in Firefox
While searching for a “clear location bar” button add-on for Firefox (like in Konqueror) I stumpled upon this dot.kde.org thread. Summary: If you click the middle mouse button in the body of either firefox or konqueror, it will paste whatever is in the x clipboard into the location bar and go there. This really eliminates […]
robotfindskittenDS input fix
See Projects page for details, source, and binaries.
Downloading and extracting album art
Album Cover Art Downloader I use this to download cover art for CDs I’ve ripped. It displays a list of covers that match and let’s you choose the right one. It took a while to find this, as everyone links to the old defunct site which has no link/redirect to the new site. Note: I […]
Kmail Imap delete immediately
Shift+Delete This deletes a message immediately (after confirmation) without sending it to the trash. This is very useful if you have a spam folder that you like to scan for false positives, and then delete everything. It took a good 30 seconds to move a few days of spam messages to the trash. Ctrl+A, Shift+Delete […]
HOWTO: Install skype on 64-bit ubuntu
From the ubuntu forums. Worked like a charm with skype 1.4 for feisty, downloaded from skype.com. Includes instructions for dapper and feisty, both 32 bit and 64 bit. Now if only changing my sound card capture input to microphone didn’t steal sound from MythTV…
