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I've just become a fan of this amazing piece of software . Just everything about it seems to be perfect. The noise reduction is stunning...

Ok, I'm most linking to a great page here. But I'll also give you my favorite choice: GhostScript, which is available almost on eve...

I have already posted an entry somewhere on this blog on how to disable your touch pad if you plug in a usb mouse. But I've just found o...

This error occurred to me with a Fritz Box as access point and WPA/WPA2 mixed mode. The first time the camera still connected, later attem...

You know that when you use a lock screen, it's often quite easy to know your combination by simply looking at the grease traces of your ...

I've recently found out the USA service seems to end. It's still going on in other countries, though, apparently. Well the margins i...

Especially if you encrypt your phone only with a PIN, it appears that it's quite easy to find that PIN . More than that, there is alread...

Google has a webpage where you can opt out of apps customized to your profile . Note that the popup will be high up on the page, where you p...

This is just a side, but I just found out Youtube tracks all your searches and videos watched by default. Here's a post which describes ...

Installing the Veromix Widget for KDE4 lets you comfortably adjust pulseaudio volumes. Make sure to reassign the shortcuts, then you no long...

I'm not sure how long this information will remain accurate, because the network is still i...

If you get these errors, the two most frequent issues are: 1. wrong Anki version (you need > 2.0) for websync to still work 2. wrong pass...

Agedu is a great tool, as it doesn't only show you where the data is, but also how long ago it was last accessed. It's a bit sad tha...

This blog post made a nice overview of the common choices you have and how much memory they use by default.

While I'm about releasing power scripts, I've quickly written this script to monitor power usage on various Linux systems. It needs ...

Suspending to RAM is allows the system to quickly wake up. But Suspend to Disk allows the system to completely power off, saving more power....

The easiest option is with transcode: transcode -J stabilize -i MVI_1234.MOV && \ transcode -J transform -i MVI_1234.MOV -y xv...

All you really need to do is put the intuitive command - as back in the times of Windows - in quotes: # locate "*.exe"

The Samsung Notebook already runs pretty well out of the box with Ubuntu 12.04.3. All this information is used at your own risk, you might d...