I have published a page teaching how to install OpenELEC (an embedded operating system built specifically to run XBMC) directly into the HDD instead of a USB key/memory card. The tutorial includes also GRUB modifications and more 🙂
This a nice solution to make little modifications to PDF without installing anything, from any browser and OS. PDFescape – Free PDF Editor & Free PDF Form Filler.
Some days ago I have received from UPS a brand new Raspberry Pi Model B! I have made some tests and experiments and I’ll create some pages about it. As always, configuring, installing and using something can be difficult and the Raspberry Pi is not an exception 🙂
Just what the world needs, another jQuery slider. YAWN. I know, check this one out though, it’s got lots of cool features. Home · ProLoser/AnythingSlider Wiki.
This livecd it’s a simple but powerful solution to backup and restore partitions. Easy graphical user interface boots from CD in less than a minute No installation needed; runs from a CD-ROM or a USB stick Saves and restores Windows and Linux machines Automatically finds local network shares Access your files Read more…
This board is the coolest thing I’ve seen in computing for years. The price (25$ for the basic one and 35$ for the advanced one) it will be awesome. I can’t wait! 🙂 FAQs | Raspberry Pi.
The guys from Box.net are giving away 50gb of space forever if you install the last APP on your iPhone/iPod/iPad. It’s a nice and free backup solution! http://blog.box.net/2011/10/12/were-giving-ios-users-insane-amounts-of-free-storage-box50gb/ PS: It’s working also if you are an old user (like me). Just install the APP, log in and enjoy the space! Read more…
Well, I have just made a little discovery: under recent distros (I’m using Ubuntu 9.10) the cron stuff is changed.
If you label your script with a name containing a dot, the cron job is not executed. (!!!)
Until now, I used to label my scripts like script.sh but now this is evil 🙂
Si tratta di una protesta partita in Norvegia, dove uno dei siti piu’ popolari del paese finn.no (una specie di eBay locale) sta cercando di far uscire di scena Internet Explorer 6, un “nonnetto” del web, che non ha piu’ senso supportare. Ho semplicemente tradotto il “banner” in Italiano e Read more…
If you have your vm hosted on a NTFS partition and the mount.ntfs-3g is eating all your CPU power, try to update the NTFS 3G to the last version and add to your .vmx file this config line: mainMem.useNamedFile=FALSE