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How do I trim my Time Machine backups and find and exclude frequently-updated large files from bloating it?
Time Machine is nice because it Just Works and it does its magic in the background. But left to itself, it can really swell up due to either large files that you don't really need backed up slipping in and frequently-changing files you don't really need every version of. How can I Remove files from…
How to use Notepad++ to find files in a directory that do not contain string
Does anyone know a quick and easy way to use Notepad++'s "find in files" (or other feature) to find files that do not contain a string? For example: List all files in c:\inetpub\mywebsite that do not contain "footer.asp"
Excel chart: How to reverse the X axis of time series data
In Excel 2003, I have a time series from a financial report that goes something like this: I want to create a graph of the time series that looks something like this (please excuse the ugly ascii graph): But intead of getting an upward sloping graph, excel wants to put my time series in reverse (th…
Why can I get a virus or trojan from visiting a website?
I have seen these a lot lately. You click the link, and instant trojan. No need to download or anything. How is this possible? Is there a way I can scan the links before visiting to make sure I won't be infected?
Is there a keyboard shortcut for middle button click in ubuntu?
Shift insert will paste what's in the clipboard, but the middle button click (paste selected text) doesn't seem to have a keyboard shortcut that I can find. This is ubuntu. Anybody know?
Scanning with the Canon mp620 with error code U163
I have a Canon Pixma MP620 with an empty black ink cartridge. This particular printer is an "all-in-one" and can scan documents. However, every time I turn the printer on, the LCD shows the following error message: U163 The following ink has run out. Replace the ink tank. [image of ink cartridge wi…
Leave bash script running on remote terminal while not logged in?
I have a bash script that takes several hours to run. While it's running, I would like to do other things, which may involve logging out or disconnecting from the internet (my script runs network tests on various computers). I understand that there is a command that would allow me to run my tests f…
Passing PATH through sudo
In short: how to make sudo not to flush PATH everytime? I have some websites deployed on my server (Debian testing) written with Ruby on Rails. I use Mongrel+Nginx to host them, but there is one problem that comes when I need to restart Mongrel (e.g. after making some changes). All sites are checke…
Create Firefox Profile via Command Line
Is it possible to create Firefox profiles via the command line? I need to programatically launch Firefox with different proxy settings. From my understanding, I can do this via creating a profile. However, I don't want to create these profiles manually.
How do I use keyboard tab navigation in reverse?
When I press Tab on my keyboard, it navigates forwards through page elements. How can I navigate through page elements backwards?
Stop a Mac from sleeping while a bash script is running, then allow it to sleep as normal once complete
I've got my Mac to wake up during the night and run an rsync to back it up. This is configured through Energy Saver > Schedule. However it seems that it's going back to sleep before it can get anything done, so I need to stop it sleeping during the execution of the bash script that rsync runs from.…
How do I get subtitles automatically?
I would like to use a movie player that downloads subtitles in the language of my preference automatically. Is there anything like it? And plugins?
Interrupting the "Spinning Wheel of Death"?
I am running Snow Leopard. It is up to date. Every few days, I get the "Spinning Wheel of Death." I can't do anything except hold down the power button to shut off my MacBook Pro. I've even tried a from a root shell that was already opened. It just hangs. The Spin Control app just says "Sampling" o…
How I do to modify the contents of a ISO file?
I want to open a ISO file, add files and then burn it to a disc. By example, I get the Windows98 SE boot disk. That ISO have 2.6mb, and if I burn the iso, I will lost the remainder 697mb of the disk! To burn the ISO, I use CD Burner XP or ImgBurn, but I don't know which free tool I can use to add/r…
Windows 7: Search indexing is stuck
When I open Indexing Options, it says: 4,317 items indexed Indexing in progress. Search results might not be complete during this time. It's stuck at 4,317 though; no more items have been indexed. Worst of all, SearchIndexer.exe is taking up 100% CPU (well, 50%, but I have a dual core CPU; it's tak…
What directories in a Windows 7 SSD install would you link/junction to an HDD?
I'm planning on installing an SSD/HDD combination with the SSD as my boot (Windows 7 x64) drive, and a spinning HDD as a storage drive. Are there any log files in particular best suited to a mklink to the SSD? Is it worthwhile to move/link the main user profile to the SSD? How much space should I t…
Repair encoding of ID3 tags
I have inherited about 2000 MP3 files. For the majority of them, their ID3 tags display garbled in Amarok. I need a software that upgrades the ID3 tags to v2.4 type (i.e. UTF-8 encoding), removes any v1 tags, and is also smart about figuring out the original encoding on a case-by-case basis (most l…
Linux: rename file but keep extension?
In Windows/DOS, I can say to change the name but keep the extension. How is that accomplished on Linux? The man page only suggests how to change the extension, but that's the opposite of what I want. Bonus: I actually want to put a photo's creation date into its filename, to get something like . I'…
How do I fix monitor detection in Windows 7?
I'm using Windows 7 + Windows Media Center for my HTPC. It works great except from one annoying issue. Whenever I turn off my TV while listening to music, the music stops for a second or while Windows 7 tries to figure out what monitor is attached. After that second it settles down on a default 800…
Tell aptitude to ignore broken package
I installed a Amsynth from Lucid in Karmic using: The reason for installing the Lucid version is because Karmic version is 3 years old and crashes on my machine. The Lucid Amsynth package depends on newer versions of libatk1 and libjack0 than Karmic has, but I thought I would take a risk, and turns…