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How can I extract audio from a YouTube video?
I would like to hear Linus' talk about Git from youtube on my way to work, which means I'm looking for an elegant way to extract .wav or .mp3 from a YouTube video.
Music player for linux
I need to choose a music player to use under linux after having fallen out with Banshee*. What would you recommend based on these requirements: Ability to import/export ratings Automatically picks up new files/folders added to library Has an active plugins ecosystem Smart playlists Preferable: Cont…
What do you put in your computer repair toolkit?
Most of us "superusers" are regularly asked to fix computers for friends or family. To improve my chances of repairing a PC (or at least recovering important data) on the spot, I would like to assemble a portable kit of hardware and software tools that I can keep in my car. What would you put in yo…
Bash history loss when using histappend
I like to keep a lot of history, so I have set in my . Most of the time everything works fine, with history built up from many shells appending. However, every once and a while, I'll start a new shell and find that I've lost the entire history - and it often only contains some of the commands from …
Sharing the Mac OS X clipboard with the internal X server
I'd like to be able to copy and paste between native (Cocoa?) MacOS X apps and those running under Mac's internal X server. Currently I can copy and paste independently. If I select text in an xterm window I can paste it back in any other X based window. Similarly, copying information outside X can…
A decent S3 bucket manager for Ubuntu
I'm looking for a decent S3 bucket manager for Ubuntu (Gnome). I prefer it to integrate with Nautilus so it will look like just any other drive (a la WebDAV) but so far I haven't been able to find anything that I'd like to use on a daily basis. What bucket managers do you use for Ubuntu or what buc…
Move the Public folders on Windows 7
This question is not about user folders, but rather the Public user folder on Windows 7. How do you map folders such as Music, Pictures, Video to a different location. If you right click, go to properties, and look at the location tab it's not editable on Windows 7.
Execute AppleScript without opening the editor
Every time I want to run an AppleScript the editor pops up. Is there a way to run it directly?
Any Way to run Mac OSX software under Windows?
I know that you cannot run MacOSX within a virtual machine, but I am curious if there is something similar to WINE that emulates MacOSX enough to allow running some MacOSX software under Windows. Maybe even through application virtualization? Update: The site AlternativeTo.net has a lot of suggesti…
How to move from one drive to another that's a different size?
I've run into this scenario a few time: I need to replace a drive because I need more space, it's having problems, moving to a new box, etc. What's the best way to copy data from one partition size to another (presuming the target has enough space)? What about if it's a different file system (such …
Permanently deleting files on Mac OS
A while back, as relatively new Mac OS X user, I was surprised to learn that you cannot easily delete files. Directly, that is, without moving them to the trash first. On Windows and Linux this can obviously be done with ease, but not so on the Mac. I noticed this when trying clear up files from a …
Is Displayport preferable to DVI for monitor connections?
I'm currently running a single Dell 24" (2408WFP) screen, but am considering adding a second. The problem I've got is that I'm currently using the DVI connector to the on board graphics, so will need to purchase a new graphics card. The 2408WFP also has HDMI and DisplayPort inputs, so I was wonderi…
What happened to WinFS?
The most interesting feature that was ever connected to what eventually became Vista was WinFS, a revolutionary (so it seemed, at least back then) new way of storing and accessing information on a computer. This feature was cut despite actually reaching a closed alpha/technical preview release. The…
Thunderbird : Compose in HTML temporarily instead of plain text
Is there a way to allow HTML composition temporarily, while the account settings has been configured as plain text ? On google, couple of things turned up: Holding down the shift key while clicking on reply (disadvantage : no keyboard shortcut) Use HTML mode, TB will automatically use plain text wh…
Is defragging relevant to improving disk performance anymore?
Does it stil make much difference, now that we have much faster and larger HDDs? Generally I find if disk performance is getting too slow, it's probably because of too little free space, and the solution is to buy a new HDD.
Surfing the web anonymously
What is the best, fastest, safest way to surf the web anonymously, and how much anonymity can you really achieve?
Is there a certain or measurable advantage to using ECC RAM in a desktop PC?
I fuss a lot over building stable machines -- in that I absolutely hate crashes, reboots, funny behaviour, etc. -- and so error-correcting a.k.a. ECC RAM would seem to solve a big problem: memory errors. But does it really work? Is there a measurable advantage, e.g. less crashes or other behaviour?…
Why upload rates are lower than download rates in normal internet connections?
I have used dial-up and/or broadband services from many service providers (in India) and one thing I noted is that the upload bandwidth is lower than the download bandwidth. Is there any reason for this?
How can I make sure that users log out of Remote Desktop sessions instead of just closing the RDP window?
We have a bunch of servers that our engineers remote desktop into, but each server has a two connection limit. We will often attempt to RDP into these boxes and we will see the "This machine has exceeded the maximum number of connections" message. It's a big pain because we have sent out several em…
Shortcut to User Home Folder
I want to create a short cut to the System Folder version of my home folder. Actually, I want to do this for every user, but lets focus on a single user. I do not want to create a link to , while it is the same location, the view settings can be different and this for some reason confuses users. It…