Category Archives: self-help

Philippine Flood Hazards Map

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How to permanently delete your Yahoo! account

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set Inkscape to open in landscape by default

I use the portable version of Inkscape from portableapps.com but this will also work for the installed version from inkscape.org. 1. Open Inkscape and configure the Document Properties (File > Document Properties or CTRL-Shift-D) to your default settings which in this case is with a Landscape orientation and I adjust the view so the page [...]

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How to give “Everyone” Win32 ACLs :)

Note: You can only do this if you are admin in a win32 machine. Scenario: You are using a shared computer which has a folder with all it’s contents set to be unreadable, undeletable by another user. Download SetACL from http://helgeklein.com/ If you’re target folder is D:\unreadable, do this: setacl -on "d:\unreadable" -ot file -actn [...]

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On choosing a CMS…

I’ve been tinkering with Helge Klein’s SetACL tool and stumbled onto how he chose the cms, design and hosting of his site here. I like the decisions he underwent in choosing his CMS. He ran through nice CMS apps but came back to WordPress at the end. It’s not WP I’m interested in, although he [...]

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Cracking lanman, md5 and other things

Back in the days there was plain-text.info (or .org). Now it seems they have been offline forever. They can still be reached via irc though. irc.Plain-Text.info:6667 ssl (+9999) #rainbowcrack irc.rizon.net:6667 ssl (+9999) #rainbowcrack This is where I cracked some pwdumps I got way back when… Visit irongeek’s website for more info about this.

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How to download your favorite MP3 songs for free

1. Find your favorite song in Youtube. 2. Google for “youtube to mp3 convert online”. 3. If you still don’t get the idea at this point then I suggest to just buy the CD.

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Convert Any Video to DVD for free

You got 3 options here: 1. DVDStyler – http://www.dvdstyler.de/ 2. DVDFlick – http://www.dvdflick.net/ 3. AVI2DVD – http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php Haven’t tried any of them. Currently using ConvertXtoDVD but it’s not opensource and I’ve had issues with out of sync audio with the finished DVD. I’ll be testing the above 3 apps and I’ll (try to) update this [...]

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USB Dead Drops

http://deaddrops.com/ http://datenform.de/blog/dead-drops-preview love the idea. dead drop being something from espionage. a single usb dead drop like this can be made b/w 2 people or a small group of people that want to share information… it doesn’t need to be globally public. but being public makes it fun. nice comments on all the possibilities (positive [...]

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My target heart rate

We should sustain this heart rate for AT LEAST 20 minutes which is the minimum recommendations for health and weight loss. You can go up to 45 or even 60 minutes depending on your requirements or medical condition.

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