•  KolibriOS 0.7.7.0 [1440k] {S}+ A small x86 assembler hobby operating system, forked from MenuetOS in 2004.  
•  Visopsys 0.69 [1440k] {S}+ A fully multitasking, 100% protected mode, virtual-memory, massively-monolithic-style kernel with a bare-bones C library and minimal suite of applications.  

/misc | Dec 31, 2009

• Vista Grapics/Boot Failure
• "screen shows a black background and alot of white exclamation points"
• Exclamation points & random characters during boot-up
• "black screen filled with a ton of white exclamation points"

/misc | Dec 29, 2009

• Tooler - Easily create shortcuts that allow you to: run, enable, or disable screensaver; eject or close optical drive tray; set volume; turn off monitor; disable mouse and keyboard; logout, restart, or shutdown.
• V-Grep - Search and replace text with visual grep
• Rainbow Folders - Customize folder colors

/windows | Dec 27, 2009

• SlimBatteryMonitor - "Space-efficient power meter monitors laptop and UPS batteries." Especially welcome is the ability to change the low battery warning to appear at a level other than twenty percent.
• DateTree - "Organize files, photos and movies by copying them into dated folders"
• SkeyCalc - "An RFC-2289 Compliant OTP (S/Key) calculator"

/mac | Dec 27, 2009

1. Right click and copy the DjVu link: http://www.archive.org/stream/wonderfulvisit00welluoft/wonderfulvisit00welluoft.djvu
2. Paste the link into your browser's address bar
3. Add an extra forward slash before "stream": http://www.archive.org//stream/wonderfulvisit00welluoft/wonderfulvisit00welluoft.djvu
4. Press Enter to begin downloading the DjVu file

/misc | Dec 27, 2009

• Kindle 1: Change HTML extension to TXT and copy file to the Kindle's documents folder - it will appear on the Home screen. Simple HTML formatting is preserved.
• Kindle 2: Copy HTML file to Kindle's documents folder, launch Basic Web browser, and enter file URL as follows: file:///mnt/us/documents/filename.html

/misc | Dec 27, 2009

/misc | Dec 22, 2009

• Xcopy - skip copying of files that exist in both source and destination (only checks filenames, not size/date/content/etc):
  echo n|xcopy "src\*.*" "dest\" /e
  (Tested in XP; nonessential syntax removed from original tip)
• AddRuby - Add furigana (aka rubi / ruby) to Japanese web pages or pasted text
• In Vista and Windows 7, C:\Users\All Users is a junction point that points to C:\ProgramData

/misc | Dec 19, 2009

1. Wiped all partitions on the 500GB drive and created a single NTFS partition
2. Installed Vista normally on 500GB drive
3. Booted from Microsoft Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset (DaRT) CD
4. Erased all files from C: on 500GB drive
5. Copied all files from 160GB drive's OS partition (F:) to 500GB drive (C:) via xcopy:
   xcopy f:\*.* c:\ /c /e /h /k /o /r /x /y
   • /c : Ignores errors.
   • /e : Copies all subdirectories, even if they are empty
   • /h : Copies files with hidden and system file attributes. By default, xcopy does not copy hidden or system files.
   • /k : Copies files and retains the read-only attribute on destination files if present on the source files. By default, xcopy removes the read-only attribute.
   • /o : Copies file ownership and discretionary access control list (DACL) information.
   • /r : Copies read-only files.
   • /x : Copies file audit settings and system access control list (SACL) information (implies /o).
   • /y : Suppresses prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
6. Booted from 500GB drive - still no joy: "Missing operating system"
7. Booted from Vista install disc and selected "Repair your computer" (with the vague idea of trying fixboot and perhaps fixmbr)
8. The following message appeared: "Windows found problems with your computer's startup options. Do you want to apply repairs and restart your computer?"
9. Clicked "Repair and restart" and booted from 500GB drive
10. Windows Vista started normally, with all data and apps intact!

/windows | Dec 19, 2009

However, the Snow Leopard upgrade DVD does not require that you have Leopard installed; it's a full install disc that works on any Intel Mac.

Can I install the Snow Leopard upgrade on a blank hard disk?
Yes. According to a number of reports, you can even install it on a Mac that does not have a Leopard disk attached.

Mac OS X can't be installed on this computer. This disc requires that Mac OS X 10.5 or later already be installed on your computer. If you want to restore your system from a Time Machine backup, click "Restore from Backup".

• How to Convert a MacOS X 10.5 Leopard Upgrade DVD into a Retail MacOS X 10.5 Leopard
• $29.00 Snow Leopard. Can I do a clean install?
• OS X Upgrade disks
• Snow Leopard; up-to-date disc version
• Installing Snow Leopard on a Mac supplied with Leopard; the bottom line
• $9.99 upgrade SL Disk same as $29 upgrade Disk?

/mac | Dec 14, 2009

• CanoRemote - "Easy to use remote control for most Canon Power Shot Cameras without built in remote control receiver. The only things you need is the CanoRemote receiver, a USB cable and a standard Apple Remote. The range of the receiver is more than 10 meters."
• R1Soft Hot Copy "takes online volume snapshots on your Linux server. It does NOT use LVM so it can work on any Linux system and any block device ... Hot Copy creates a point-in-time online volume snapshot of the disk while the system is running, without interrupting applications even on the busiest Linux servers. As block level changes are made to the device, Hot Copy makes a backup copy of only the changed blocks instead of replicating the entire drive. These changed blocks are then efficiently stored in the unused space on the hard disk."
• IntelligentFind 3.2.2 - The best Palm OS Find replacement, though it suffers from an ungainly installation and registration process.
• Vegetarian low protein diet could be key to long life
• VMLite XP Mode - Like Microsoft Windows XP Mode, but without the hardware virtualization requirement. (via Claus)
• Fotografix - Tiny (367K) image editor with layer support, magic wand selection tool, more. (via Phan)
• Fossil - "Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management" (via ec)
• Doszip Commander "is an LFN-aware TUI file manager (NC clone) for DOS with built-in unzip. The original program was written in Borland C, but the latest version compiles with Open Watcom 1.8 and the JWasm assembler." (via Mike Mills)

/misc | Dec 13, 2009

• stamppdf.pl - Apply a mark to each page of a PDF
• extractallimages.pl - Save copies of all PDF images to a directory
• deletepdfpage.pl - Remove one or more pages from a PDF
• appendpdf.pl - Append one PDF to another

$ perl -MCPAN -e shell

cpan> install CAM::PDF

$ pdfinfo.pl pcasm-book.pdf 
File:         pcasm-book.pdf
File Size:    1071411 bytes
Pages:        195
Author:       Paul A. Carter
CreationDate: D:20050320210800
Creator:      LaTeX with hyperref package
Keywords:     80x86 assembly programming
Producer:     pdfTeX-1.10b
Subject:      80x86 Assembly Language Programming
Title:        PC Assembly Language
Page Size:    variable
Optimized:    no
PDF version:  1.4
Security
  Passwd:     none
  Print:      yes
  Modify:     yes
  Copy:       yes
  Add:        yes

$ changepagestring.pl -o pcasm-book.pdf Borland Inprise output.pdf

#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;
use CAM::PDF;
 
my $infile = '/path/pcasm-book.pdf';

#open file
my $doc = CAM::PDF->new($infile) || die "$CAM::PDF::errstr\n";
 
#look for string
for my $page (1..$doc->numPages) {
	my $content = $doc->getPageContent($page);
		print $content
		}

Borl)1(and)1('s
Borlan)1(d's)-2
Borlan)1(d)-497
Borl)1(and)-241

/nix | Dec 13, 2009

chown -R new_username:new_group directory

/mac | Dec 13, 2009

chflags -R uchg directory
chflags -R nouchg directory

$ ls -lO
-rw-r--r-- 1 user staff uchg 0 Dec 13 07:19 locked_file
-rw-r--r-- 1 user staff -    0 Dec 13 07:19 unlocked_file

Unlike the Read-only attribute for a file, the Read-only attribute for a folder is typically ignored by Windows, Windows components and accessories, and other programs. For example, you can delete, rename, and change a folder with the Read-only attribute by using Windows Explorer. The Read-only and System attributes is only used by Windows Explorer to determine whether the folder is a special folder, such as a system folder that has its view customized by Windows (for example, My Documents, Favorites, Fonts, Downloaded Program Files), or a folder that you customized by using the Customize tab of the folder's Properties dialog box.

/mac | Dec 13, 2009

• Chyrp "is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is powered by PHP and has very powerful theme and extension engines, so you can personalize it however you want."
• FlatPress "is an open-source standard-compliant multi-lingual extensible blogging engine which does not require a DataBase Management System to work."
• Jekyll "is a blog-aware, static site generator in Ruby" (via Jalada)
• NanoBlogger (first covered over 5 years ago; still under active development) "is a small weblog engine written in Bash for the command line. It uses common UNIX tools such as cat, grep, and sed to create static HTML content."
• PluXml "is a script to create a site or a blog, no need for knowledge in programming nor d' need; a database on its lodging, a traditional environment php is enough for him. PluXml wants to be light and easy d' use thanks to an interface d' simple administration and the storage of your writings in easily transportable XML files." (translation via Babelfish)
• PyBlosxom "is a lightweight file-based weblog system. The project started as a Python clone of Blosxom but has since evolved into a beast of its own. PyBlosxom focuses on three things: simplicity, extensibility, and community."
• reprise - "Minimal static blog with atom and tag support." Available as a single Ruby or Python file.

/nix | Dec 03, 2009