Here is a python script to convert an .iso of a DVD to avi and to encode it using mpeg4. It is a slightly modified version of the script found at http://lists.mplayerhq.hu/pipermail/mplayer-users/2003-April/032226.html to work with newer versions of mplayer/mencoder. Later edit: It seems that mplayer/mencoder know to play/convert .iso files directly so we can do:…
Some 3d pictures I took around Rosia Montana and Piatra Corbului (red-cyan glasses needed)
How to convince the SmartGWT ListGrid to automatically fetch from the server only the data it displays
Since I was looking all over the net how to do this and I only found pieces of information, here is an example: [java] public class OperationsGrid extends ListGrid{ OperationsGrid(){ super(); TreeGridField accNoField = new TreeGridField(“accountNo”, 150); TreeGridField commentField = new TreeGridField(“comment”, 150); setFields(accNoField,commentField); setHeight100(); setWidth100(); setAutoFetchData(true); setAlternateRecordStyles(true); setDataSource(OperationsDS.getInstance()); setShowFilterEditor(true); } } [/java] [java] public…
MySQL Java SQLException error codes enum
Because I had this problem and I could not find a list of MySQL error codes on the Internet, I’ve decided to implement my own MySQL error codes enum. It is based on MySQL 5.1.35 sources, include/mysqld_ername.h file. Now I can do something like this: [java] catch (SQLException e) { if(e.getErrorCode() == MySQLExceptionCode.ER_DUP_ENTRY.getErrorCode()){ r =…
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Midnight Commander Returns
The development for Midnight Commander seems to be revived. There is a new site that supports it’s development at http://www.midnight-commander.org They are keeping the sources on a git repository and they accept patches. This is good news for me, as I have some old issues with Midnight Commander and this might stimulate me to fix…
Cifs problem in Gentoo
If you encounter the following error when you try to mount a cifs filesystem: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -22 try to: #emerge mount-cifs I did not find any indications on the net that a separate package should be installed in order to use cifs. Later Update: same problem in ubuntu, you need…
GWTpedia
As I started to look at GWT and its related widgets, tutorials and utilities, I thought that it might be an idea to put the information together into a Wiki site. This way, GWTpedia.com was born. Everyone is free to edit.
Word generator
Here is a python script to generate words using Markov chains. The archive also contains some dictionaries (English, Romanian, Romanian names). This is similar with http://www.fourteenminutes.com/fun/words/ but you have the possibility to use your own word dictionaries.
Publish your ssh public key on remote sites made easy
Here is a script to easy publish your ssh2 public key to the remote sites you frequently connect to. Example: sshpubkey.sh user@example.com You will now be able to connect to example.com from your machine without entering the password.