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Safely opening a suspect USB Drive
If you have a USB Drive that may or may not be contaminated, what is the best way to retrieve data from it without reinfecting yourself?
Converting tabs to spaces in many files
I have a lot of files with tabs littered throughout, and I'd like to convert them all into spaces. I know about the command, but unfortunately I would have to type out every single file using it. Is there any easier way to do this on Linux?
How can I take a screenshot of my logon screen in Windows 7?
Ideally, this can be done for a non-virtual installation of Windows 7 and without the use of an RDP client connection. There are numerous blog posts, how-to's, etc that include screen shots of the Windows 7 logon screen... how did they do it?
Can you really get a trojan in an image file and if so how will it be executed?
I've just digitized a couple of LPs and needed some cover art. My scanner isn't big enough to scan the album so I searched for and downloaded the images off the net. When I did so Avast reported that one of them contained the "Win32:Hupigon-ONX" trojan and immediately quarantined it. Not wishing to…
Can I import existing PDF books into Kindle for PC?
I have a touchscreen laptop and Kindle for PC works great as a ebook reader with touch functionality. However I have several PDFs books which I would like to import and read using Kindle for PC. How do I import existing PDF books into Kindle for PC? thanks
Prevent laptop from going to sleep when I close the lid, but only if I'm connected to an external display
When I'm connected to an external display, I would like to close the laptop without it going to sleep. When I'm not connected to an external display, I would like to have closing the lid put the laptop to sleep. I know I can achieve this by manually switching the power settings, but I'd like someth…
How to make Chrome open bookmarks and URLs in new tabs?
I principally use Firefox both at home and at work, but on occasion I use Chrome. I have Firefox working the way I like it by having it open bookmarks in a new tab when left clicked, as well, URLs open in new tabs. Although having URLs open in a new tab can be annoying if I type a bad URL, I still …
How can I insert an image sequence into Blender's Video Sequence Editor?
I just started to play with Blender's Video Sequence Editor. I see I can add Image(static) and Movie. Can I add an Image Sequence ? If so how ?
Run Script on File Change on Mac OS X
Anyone know about a program for Mac OS that you can pass the name to an executable and a file to watch, so that it then runs the executable everytime the file being watched changed? I have something like this in mind:
Using a Flickr stream as a Windows 7 background slideshow?
Is there an app that will let me choose a Flickr photostream to be used as background slide show in Windows 7?
Listing and choosing WLAN access points (base stations) in Mac OS X
On Mac OS X, it's easy to use the AirPort GUI to list all WLAN networks (SSIDs) and choose one. But how can I list all access points (base stations) within one network, and manually choose one of them based on its MAC address? The reason I'm asking is the all-too-common situation in which one of th…
Hyperlink to other worksheet using hyperlink function in excel
I'm having problems using the Hyperlink function of Excel. I have a name in cell A1, In cell a2 I want a hyperlink that links to the worksheet that is named the same as the name in cell A1
How can I refresh the previews in Chrome's New Tab page?
I am using and the New-Tab-feature. Some of my (sticky) previews were created in an "unlucky" moment, eg. superuser.com before I logged in or GMail ... for whatever reason that preview is empty: How can I force Chrome to refresh a particular preview?
Change FileZilla settings in Ubuntu Linux so view/edit uses gedit
This is similar to the Super User question How to change FileZilla so that View/Edit opens .html in Notepad++, not Firefox, but I am asking for FileZilla in Linux. I am using Ubuntu 10.0.4 (Lucid Lynx). Currently my FileZilla opens files using OpenOffice. I want to change to gedit for all the .log …
Is there a program that will provide a visualization for any audio output?
Is there a program that will provide a visualizer for any arbitray audio output? Basically, I want to play Pandora at a party and supply some funky visualizations to go with it. Pandora either uses Adobe Air or its own Flash application, so I can't stream it through Winamp or something similar. I'd…
How to convert key pair from binary file to text file?
I have a gpg keypair (2048 RSA) in binary file: a.pub and a.sec, now I want to convert it to text format, how to do that?
How can you select text in a windows command prompt without using the mouse?
Does anyone know how to select a portion of text within a windows command prompt without using a mouse? e.g. shift + left/right arrow. I have tried lots of different command prompts (cmd, powershell, cygwin, mintty) and have yet to find a shell which can do this without using a mouse. I know it's p…
Turn off Linux file cache
How do I turn off write cache in Linux? More specifically, SUSE 11? My problem is that heavy I/O kills the system even if the generating process is a user priority class, and the starved processes are RR/RT class. So my high availability system breaks with lots of timeouts. I have mounted on a flas…
Parallel shell loops
I want to process many files and since I've here a bunch of cores I want to do it in parallel: I know of a Makefile solution but my commands needs the arguments out of the shell globbing list. What I found is: To use it, all one has to do is put & after the jobs and a pwait call, the parameter give…
Safe to use high port numbers? (re: obscuring web services)
I have a small home network and I'm trying to balance the need for security versus convenience. The safest way to secure internal web servers is to only connect using VPNs but this seems overkill to protect a DVRs remote web interface (for example). As a compromise, would it be better to use very l…