Today I have to fix a bugged program developed with Apple Xcode. Fixing broken code and replacing deprecated functions is a very energy consuming job and having a version control service can relieve the pain. Luckily Apple Xcode can natively work with GIT but this feature is not simple to enable. Read more…
Sometimes opening a big PDF file with your favourite image editor (maybe GIMP?) only to extract a JPG of the first page is a waste of time. Using the convert command (from the ImageMagick suite) you can do this task in less time needed to launch the image editor itself Read more…
Ok, also with the new Windows 8.1 release, I’m experiencing serious problems with my external USB3 drive. I have found this excellent guide, explaining how to replace the broken “Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller – 0100 (Microsoft)” with the Intel driver: Windows 8 and Intel USB 3.0 Host Controllers Read more…
I use often lftp to move data from server to server/client. I like this FTP client because is small, very powerful to use and present in every Linux distribution. Plus, I can run lftp from the shell (maybe from a screen session) and forget it until the job is done Read more…
This is a very fast and great program to undelete files for Windows. It’s powered by a nice wizard (easy even for the average user) and it simply make the job. You can easily recover photos from a formatted SD/CF card. Plus: the base version is also free. Surely you Read more…
You can bind a specific IP address from the router, but if you are not the network administrator (eg: you work with your laptop) you can try to request your “preferred” IP address editing your dhclient.conf like the following example (append this config to the bottom of the file): interface Read more…
Remove Image Backgrounds: nicely done with this simple and slick HTML5 application! via Easily Remove Image Backgrounds Online – Clipping Magic.
I’m using for my personal cloud Sparkleshare and I’m very happy with it. The 26 of May they released a new version (the 1.1) but for Linux you can get only the source code. I have built for myself the binary package (using checkinstall) for Ubuntu and I put the Read more…
Nice idea. Only for Windows and Mac (no Linux ;( ). Screenhero | Collaborative Screen Sharing.
I’m playing with a new laptop (DELL Inspiron) and after the initial Windows 8 setup it’s time to create the recovery DVD. After some confusion with the new Metro Interface to locate the Dell Backup and Recovery application, all went smooth until the second DVD. When you have to burn Read more…