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Rolling desktop recorder?
I want a piece of Windows software that will constantly record what I'm doing on my desktop, discarding footage that's over [30] seconds old. Its recording would be a rolling one. The idea is that I can somehow hit a button and see "what just happened". I don't want to have to babysit it. That is, …
Save processes priority settings?
Is there anyway to save the processes priority settings in Windows 7 instead of opening the task manager in every session and doing it manually?
installing packages without sudo access
Is there an easy way to install packages with a large dependency tree, provided that you don't have superuser access? For instance, say I wanted to install firefox. Firefox has a ton of dependencies, each of which have their own dependencies, etc. Installing these the "./configure; make; make insta…
Office jukebox systems
We're looking for a good office jukebox solution where staff can select songs via a web interface to be played over the central set of speakers. Must haves: Web Interface RSS / easy to scrap display of currently playing songs Ability to play mp3s and manage an ordered playlist. Good cataloguing of …
Prevent MacOS from making .* and ._* files
Whenever I plug someone's FAT32 flash drive into my computer, MacOS loves to add all sorts of hidden files. A couple of these include: .Spotlight-V100/ .Trashes/ .fseventsd/ .DS_Store When they get the drive back, they see all this cruft. How can I prevent this from happening? Thanks!
bulleted lists for plain-text documents in Vim
While Vim supports automatic indenting in lists, the default setting only covers ordered lists, starting with digits, such as: I have not been able to figure out how to extend this to unordered, bulleted lists, such as: Changing the RegEx did not lead to the desired results (indeed, it even broke o…
How can one join files with seperating data in bash?
So one can easily join files in bash with cat: But what if one wants to insert something between the input files, like for example a linefeed?
How do you make mono audio track playback in stereo in Ubuntu?
Every once in a while I'll come across a video that I want to watch (whether it be youtube or otherwise), and the sound, for whatever reason, will be only coming out one speaker. It's not a problem with my hardware, or any kind of configuration; it's because whoever encoded the video, messed up the…
How do I (properly) access another users' recycling bin without logging in as him?
I am using Windows 7 daily as a limited user with UAC enabled. I log in as $USER and have have a dummy user called $ADMIN with Administrative access I use for elevation purposes. Unfortunately, some elevated applications are aware of being elevated: running Explorer as admin still shows $USER's fol…
Run Visual Studio command line tools in Windows Powershell
In cmd.exe, I would simply run to set up the environment for running the Visual Studio command line tools (i.e. cl, link, mt, etc.). I wonder how I can set up the environment for running these tools in the Powershell. Sure, it is possible to run batch files using but then the environment would be g…
Is there a way to sort my windows within a screen session?
I use screen and have ssh sessions open to a number of different machines from within my screen session. I'd like to keep them in order, for obvious reasons. Often I'll have to connect to a new machine which alphabetically/numerically should fit in between two existing windows. I can't find any way…
How do i get bibtex entries from Amazon.com
Has anyone written an interface through which i can get a citation of a book/paper from amazon.com Thanks for the suggestions from fellow users. I'm updating the questions to detail in more specifics: Citeulike.org issue: I used BibTeX "Export from My library" features. However its not that accurat…
Windows 7, files reappear after deletion
I'm trying to delete some files from a folder. I've taken ownership of the files and the folder. When I delete these files Windows doesn't report any errors and deletes them. BUT, after I press F5 these files reappear again. There are no messages whatsoever, they are just undeletable. I know login …
Can Preview (mac) alter the background and text colors of pdfs?
Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to alter the background and text colors of pdf - either to preset 'high contrast' colors or your own choices - and this makes reading onscreen much easier. Is it possible to do this with Preview? Thanks.
How do you send Ctrl+Alt+Delete to Windows in VMWare Player
I run VMWare player 2.5.0-118166 from Ubuntu 8.10 using Gnome 2.24.1. I can find no menu options to send the combination to the welcome screen. Ctrl+Alt is being picked up by VMWare Player and releases input, so Ctrl+Alt+Del/Ctrl+Alt+Ins can't be typed in directly. Ctrl+Alt+Space should suppress VM…
Make grub keep its default boot under kernel updates
I dual-boot my machine and I want it to default to boot into windows so that whenever I restart the machine remotely from my home it will be able to get back into Windows (instead of Ubuntu). The problem is that every time Ubuntu upgrades the kernel, I have to reset the default boot item of grub ba…
What is the Mac equivalent of the file:// URL?
I want to look at some options that will help to manage the size of an Exchange mailbox. There are lots of utilities out there that will extract an attachment from an email and replace it with a URL link. Now comes the wrinkle - the URL works great on Windows - what is the equivalent on the Mac?
Are all bluetooth adapters the same?
I have a wireless bluetooth mouse which I'm not using. It used to have a bluetooth adapter with it, which I lost a long time ago ... (don't ask). Since my regular mouse just died (bad contact in cable from messing with it too much) I was thinking of buying just the new generic bluetooth adapter ? A…
Good Alternatives to Windows Task Manager
Does anyone know of any good free alternatives to the standard Windows Task Manager besides the Resource Monitor? I'm looking for a lightweight program that displays detailed info about my CPU, RAM, Hard Drive, processes, services, and etc.
Adding a second wifi router / wireless access point
I have an existing wireless router setup and I want to add better coverage to a certain part of my house. The current wifi covers the area, but the signal is fairly weak and the throughput is commonly falls below what I can sustain through my cable modem. I have pulled an ethernet cable through the…