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Windows 8 SSD 100% disk usage
Upgraded my Windows 8.1 PC by installing a 240GB Crucial SSD, and the performance became worse than with a spinning disk. In my instance, I was able to improve the experience simply by installing Intel Rapid Storage tools drivers (downloaded from MSI’s site for my specific motherboard). I accepted all defaults. I was using an…
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Openssl Hint for today
You find yourself trying to look at a certificate with Openssl (I’m using the cygwin version of openssl on windows 7): $ openssl.exe x509 -in certificate.crt -text unable to load certificate 2675716:error:0906D06C:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:no start line:pem_lib.c:703:Expecting: TRUSTED CERTIFICATE Openssl error messages are so cryptic, I tried looking at the code to deduce what it meant, and…
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Jquery .load() makes the target blank
If you run into the problem where calling .load(url) on an element makes it turn blank, you very likely have an unexpected space (” “) in your url. You should re-examine it, it may be a trailing or leading space, which will make it difficult to see with the naked eye. Try calling the javscript…
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Winamp 5.64 crash when importing media library
It appears that Winamp 5.64 will crash when importing a media library that contains files whose names include accented characters. I would have filed a bug report, but I can’t be bothered to sign up for yet another account on the internet.
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HTTPD Alarm Clock
When your apache web server dies when starting with a message that goes something like “alarm clock” or SIGALARM, your solution is to get rid of the file: /var/run/httpd.pipe Strace helped to track this one down: [admin@theSuperStar] httpd # strace /usr/sbin/httpd open(“/var/run/httpd.pipe”, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_APPEND|O_LARGEFILE, 0666) = ? ERESTARTSYS (To be restarted) — SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @…
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Serviio and high quality LPCM audio output
So a quick post here. If you want your Serviio instance to push 16-bit, 2 channel LPCM audio to your DLNA client or renderer, you need to configure your audio profile like this: <Audio targetContainer=”lpcm” aSamplerate=”48000″ aBitrate=”1620″> Basically, aBitrate=”1620″ for LPCM means 16 bit 2 channel. The default (as of this writing) appears to be…
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The Rift Between Airtel Nigeria and Its Call Center Agents
Airtel is the current name of the estranged Second Mobile operator to launch its Network in Nigeria back in 2002. The Company started out as Econet, became Vee Networks, and then switched to V-Mobile before people could get accustomed to the new name and then settled on being owned and operated by Celtel for a…
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Samsung SyncMaster B2230 Monitor with HDMI Input
The Samsung SyncMaster B2230 looks like a sensible 22″ Display, with a HDMI port for hooking up your PS3 or XBox 360 (my wishlist ) , and VGA + DVI ports that enable the device to also serve as a pretty functional computer monitor with a resolution of 1980×1080 (1080p in HD parlance). All the…