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VirtualBox and 16-bit code

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Recently while running Windows 98 in a VirtualBox VM I found out that it was extremely slow, even more slower than a newer Microsoft (R) operating system such as Windows XP. Perhaps VirtualBox does not support running Windows 9x and Windows 3.x? VMWare supports Windows 9x and even has a version of VMWare Tools for […]

Binaries for rarcrack 0.2 on Microsoft Windows

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Note: Were you looking for the Linux binaries? Rarcrack is a lightweight and powerful tool for cracking lost or forgotten RAR passwords. However, there is no already made package, so here is one pre-made for you. These packages are Windows binaries compiled for x86 and x86_64 machines. Download: RAR package (version 0.2, 1.6M) Download: ZIP […]

Switching page orientation in OpenOffice.org

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

If you need to switch the page orientation (from portarit to landscape, or vise versa), here is how to do it (OpenOffice 2.x and plus): Start by opening your document in OpenOffice. Open the “Format” menu and click “Page…“. Go to the “Page” tab and choose “Portrait” or “Landscape“. You’re done! Save the document if […]

Geany – the ultimate IDE for programming

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Geany (Wikipedia article) is one of the best open source, multi-platform (supports Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD) and multi-language IDE/text editors. It also supports a selection of development commands and supports lots of languages/formats (see note 1). It also supports some unusual file formats such as Makefiles, ini files and SQL files. Installing/Upgrading Geany (Ubuntu+Debian) […]

Aliases for common command line typos

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Update (2008-08-25): Lists complete and ready for download. Update (2008-08-24): The list may take some time to compile, so downloads may not be available until August 25. Are you tired from “bash: somethinghere: command not found” errors that happen when you type something like vf instead of cd, or cla instead of cls (alias for […]

Manipulating symbolic and hard links on Linux and Windows

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Symbolic and hard links are a very convenient feature of the Linux and UNIX operating systems – they enable you to create a short alias, use it to avoid duplicate data and much, much more. They are also availible on Windows to a limited extent – NTFS supports only hard links while FAT/FAT32/VFAT supports neither. […]

Stopping the “PHP Fatal error: Internal object missing in” error in PHP-GTK2

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

In PHP-GTK2, if you build your own class of an existing PHP-GTK2 class, you may encounter one of the following errors: “PHP Fatal error:  Internal object missing in YourclassName wrapper in /path/to/your/script on line *” “Fatal error: Internal object missing in YourclassName wrapper in /path/to/your/script on line *” This is somehow (not documented) caused by […]

Embeder – a free PHP to EXE solution

Friday, August 15th, 2008

If you’re looking for a PHP to EXE solution that supports PHP5, Embeder is one rarely mentioned application that will convert your PHP applications into a Windows executable file, although it will only work with PHP 5.0.3. Below are the steps to set it up on your system. (Will run under Linux with Wine, too.) […]

How to use dd to copy, move and erase disks

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Often, you may encounter the need to move a partition, copy a partition or copy a CD/DVD. The easiest and most user-friendly way to do this is with GParted. However, in a server environment or a command line environment where the GUI is not available, GNU dd is an good way to perform these simple […]

Parsing text files in PHP with FlatfileTools

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Compdigitec FlatfileTools is a API written in PHP to manipulate, read and modify plain text databases. It can also manipulate existing databases, such as CSV files. It is released under the GNU General Public License and therefore is free software. To use it, download Compdigitec FlatfileTools. Then include_once it like this: <?php include_once(‘flatfiletools.lib.php’); // The rest of your code goes here… ?> […]

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