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Edit Grub2 configuration (easily)

Ok, here’s the Grub2 guide:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

Anyway, I found really helpful this “Grub Customizer” (fast & easy to use).
Ubuntu installation:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

Morgan Rose @ 7dust

Morgan Rose … amazing:

Windows XP Recovery Console iso

Found this iso useful, it’s a Windows XP Recovery Console (~7MB):
http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso

Supported commands:

   attrib    del        fixboot   more     set
   batch     delete     fixmbr    mkdir    systemroot
   bootcfg   dir        format    more     type
   cd        disable    help      net
   chdir     diskpart   listsvc   rd
   chkdsk    enable     logon     ren
   cls       exit       map       rename
   copy      expand     md        rmdir

More info:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/

GoogleMaps marker clusterer

Sometimes you have too many markers on your map and the result is something like this:

Using the marker clusterer plugin you get something like this:

The plugin creates and manages per-zoom-level clusters for large amounts of markers (hundreds or thousands).

There are two versions available (for googlemaps v3 and the old v2):

Hard disk clone “dd”

List all partitions:

sudo fdisk -l

Clone and compress data on-the-fly:

dd if=/dev/sda | gzip > disk.img.gz
dd if=/dev/sda | bzip2 > disk.img.bz

Restore:

dd if=disk1.img of=/dev/sda

Social media and blogs

Interesting article (2008) on social networks and websites integration – the article was inspired by Chris Brogan

“Why invest so much time into sites that I don’t actually own?”
http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/10/06/social-media-home-bases-and-outposts/

Link your Google profile with other accounts (twitter, facebook, linkedin etc)

If you have a Google account and wonder how to connect other accounts, visit this page:
https://profiles.google.com/connectedaccounts

Supported accounts:

  • Facebook
  • Yahoo
  • Flickr
  • LinkedIn
  • Quora
  • Twitter
  • Yelp
  • Microsoft
  • Plaxo

Valdagno Plone 3

Well done Tecnoteca!

Digidesign Mbox2 & Linux

ZamAudio provides an unofficial Digidesign Mbox 2 driver for linux (kernel module):

Unfortunately the patch is not part of ALSA … I expect license problems or something like that (http://www.zamaudio.com/?p=233).
The mbox2 use their own proprietary protocol and not a generic usb-audio one.
We all should switch to some other device – motu, maudio etc – and thank avid/digidesign for their support (!).

web 2.0

With smartphones web2.0 is growing fast, with tons of applications.
Just found these two, so check them out:

  • visualize.me: visualize your resume in one click
  • foursquare.com: foursquare gives you & your friends new ways to explore your city
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