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General Software Discussion / Re: HotSwap! A very cool free utility that most if you don't need
« Last post by ewemoa on February 13, 2014, 11:00 PM »
Not having much luck getting through to the site for HotSwap.
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Non-Windows Software / *NIX: Mounting .vdi Files (Even Dynamic Ones)
« Last post by ewemoa on February 11, 2014, 11:20 PM »
Wanted to get at a file in a VirtualBox guest OS without starting up the system in question.  The data was stored in a .vdi file (dynamic).  It turns out that one can mount such .vdi files using some qemu tools.

From thkala's answer on serverfault:
First you make sure that the nbd kernel module is loaded with the max_part option set to a number high enough to accommodate all the partitions in your .vdi image:

# rmmod nbd
# modprobe nbd max_part=16

Then you use qemu-nbd to attach the image:

# qemu-nbd -c /dev/nbd0 test.vdi

You will get a /dev/nbd0 block device, along with several /dev/nbd0p* partition device nodes. You use them as any other disk. Once you are done, you unmount everything, and disconnect the device:

# qemu-nbd -d /dev/nbd0

To determine the relevant partition device node I used cfdisk on /dev/nbd0, but it may be that a simple use of the blkid command may be enough.  partprobe may or may not be necessary after the first qemu-nbd invocation.


I first learned about this approach via How to mount a VirtualBox VDI image, but the specific instructions in the main post didn't quite work (though with modifications suggested in the comments things worked out).
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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP
« Last post by ewemoa on February 07, 2014, 01:54 AM »
Nicely put!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP
« Last post by ewemoa on February 06, 2014, 12:56 PM »
I'd be concerned about the point wraith808 mentioned.

Putting on a tinfoil hat, the XP support ending thing isn't exactly a secret...
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Living Room / Re: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Beagle Bone: Choosing between tiny DIY computer kits
« Last post by ewemoa on February 06, 2014, 09:01 AM »
I found this comparison quite useful:

http://iqjar.com/jar...ard-micro-computers/
-phitsc (February 06, 2014, 01:48 AM)

Thanks for this!
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General Software Discussion / Re: Continuing with XP
« Last post by ewemoa on February 06, 2014, 09:01 AM »
What Shades and mouser said.
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Screenshot Captor / Re: Take a full page screenshot in Firefox using built-in commands
« Last post by ewemoa on February 06, 2014, 03:52 AM »
Nice tip!


The other day I noticed that I can watch video, listen to audio, view PDF files, etc. in Firefox without external apps.  So when is the Firefox / Emacs merger?
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Living Room / Re: Programmers: What size monitors do you guys prefer?
« Last post by ewemoa on February 04, 2014, 05:21 PM »
Similar experience to wraith808 here.  My current opinion is that a certain amount of vertical space is important but after a certain amount, horizontal space seems more important (e.g. for comparing two (or more!) documents, segments of code, etc. - sideways seems to work better for me).


On a side note...points I've learned to consider for external displays:

  • how easy it is to adjust physical orientation
  • how easy are the buttons to push
  • how long is one forced to view unnecessary info (e.g. a company logo) when turning the display on
  • how much heat do I feel from the display (less the better)
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Living Room / Re: The nerd in me loves this - The sounds of Sorting
« Last post by ewemoa on February 02, 2014, 02:09 AM »
Excellent finds  :up:

...but why is it that I expected the dancers' heights to have been correlated with the associated numbers...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Robot Odyssey - An incredible programming game from 1984
« Last post by ewemoa on January 28, 2014, 12:49 AM »
The day I figured out you could carry other robots inside your robot, I was blown away
-Edvard (January 27, 2014, 11:21 PM)

Ohhhhhhhh!  Hadn't figured that out :)

I don't suppose a robot could carry itself inside...
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General Software Discussion / Re: Robot Odyssey - An incredible programming game from 1984
« Last post by ewemoa on January 26, 2014, 07:01 PM »
Fun game...didn't finish it though :)
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Living Room / Re: Ghacks.net website asking for donations
« Last post by ewemoa on December 24, 2013, 08:37 PM »
You can also send Donation Credits to ghacks.
-app103 (December 24, 2013, 10:43 AM)

Thanks for this tip!
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Living Room / Re: Programming/Coder humor
« Last post by ewemoa on December 24, 2013, 01:02 AM »
 ;D
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by ewemoa on December 15, 2013, 04:06 AM »
Thanks for considering :)
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Skwire Empire / Re: Release: sWeather (tray-based weather app)
« Last post by ewemoa on December 14, 2013, 08:35 PM »
Any chance of being able to retain and display past N days worth of predictions (perhaps prepended to what is fetched)?

Motivation for this is: I typically try to consider what to wear based on what the weather was like recently.  So if today's prediction is significantly higher or lower than yesterday's I feel that is useful to know.  (I guess it might be even nicer if actual past data was used instead of past predictions, but that soiunds like a whole different project.)
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N.A.N.Y. 2014 / Re: NANY 2014 Idea Thread - Post Your Program Ideas Here
« Last post by ewemoa on December 14, 2013, 06:37 PM »
Software that slices audio given some simple description of where to slice,

Audio input specified by URL or local file path (absolute or relative).
Slicing instructions contained in a simple text file.  At minimum, times to slice at (beginning and end points for each duration) would be specified.  Possibly names for the resulting files might be included.

Output would be multiple audio files.
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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for Dec 10, 2013 - Codename: Lucky Fourteen
« Last post by ewemoa on December 10, 2013, 05:33 PM »
Thanks for the newsletter  :up:
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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.12.01 - Apr 22, 2015
« Last post by ewemoa on December 07, 2013, 10:49 PM »
Has anyone succeeded in capturing audio while running ESR in a VirtualBox guest OS?

I've tried a few set ups without much success (host OS W7 Pro, host OS Arch Linux, guest OS XP Pro, guest OS W7 Pro).  Video gets captured FWIW.  After noticing no audio during playback I tried tweaking the audio settings in ESR (just chose non-blank values) and re-recorded but seemingly still no audio.

Would it help at all to post specific settings?
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Non-Windows Software / Re: Android: Multilingual Input Options
« Last post by ewemoa on December 05, 2013, 11:18 PM »
No I haven't, thanks for the suggestion :)

android paranoia
Input method apps appear to be in position to sniff quite a lot of info -- I'm hoping to find one for which source is available that I can build on my own...perhaps not so easy.

There are a lot of security issues associated with input methods, since they essentially have freedom to completely drive the UI and monitor everything the user enters.

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Non-Windows Software / Android: Multilingual Input Options
« Last post by ewemoa on December 05, 2013, 05:06 PM »
Any favorite options for multilingual input (vague I know) on Android?

Just found the following page and am trying out Adaptxt -- have used Hacker's Keyboard too but it doesn't happen to support one language all that well I have an interest in:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Multilingual_support_for_Android#Keyboards
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Non-Windows Software / Re: SECURITY: Article on specifics of covert acoustic mesh networks published by JoC
« Last post by ewemoa on December 05, 2013, 07:49 AM »
...adapt the communication system to implement covert and stealthy communications by utilizing the near ultrasonic frequency range.

Ah, so may be dogs can hear what's going on...yet another way they can help us!
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Non-Windows Software / Re: LINUX: Linux Mint 16 "Petra" just released
« Last post by ewemoa on December 03, 2013, 10:14 PM »
A bit of a digression...

I got to thinking whether remastering the LMDE iso with the latest update applied might be worth considering.

Has any one tried this?


I've come across a few options for remastering, but haven't tried any of them:

refracta has some relevant-looking tools
remastersys fork
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Non-Windows Software / Re: LINUX: Linux Mint 16 "Petra" just released
« Last post by ewemoa on December 03, 2013, 10:08 PM »
How does using the following seem?

linux-mint-system-monitor.png
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Living Room / Re: badBIOS revisited - it is possible to bridge the airgap after all
« Last post by ewemoa on December 03, 2013, 09:26 PM »
Is that a historical reference?  Perhaps it's actually doable as may be it's doubtful humans can produce the necessary sounds with their in-born equipment :)
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Non-Windows Software / Re: ExplainShell explains those cryptic command options
« Last post by ewemoa on December 03, 2013, 08:59 PM »
For those who use such things...

Mycroft has a search engine plugin / provider for it.
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