Filtered response in gmail
I use my gmail account to manage multiple email accounts/addresses. I recently wanted to set up a vacation responder for one of my email address. However, the default vacation responder in gmail uses...
View ArticleMount box.net on Ubuntu Linux via webDAV
I recently signed up for a free 50gb account at Box.net. At the time of this writing, Box.net does not have an application to sync files from a Linux machine to their servers. I followed this guide and...
View ArticleUpdate WordPress plugins via sftp (ssh)
I have an FTP server running on my web server to easily update plugins via the web admin page since the default WordPress install only allows updates to be made via FTP and FTPS. FTP is an old protocol...
View ArticleEmacs 24 crashing when launched with Synapse and an emacsclient window is closed
I’m currently using Emacs 24 (pre-release) installed from this repository on Ubuntu 11.04. An error (crash: segmentation fault) that arose after moving from Emacs 23 to Emacs 24 is as follow (could...
View ArticleUsing Google Adwords to max out Dropbox referrals
I stumpled upon Vladik Rikhter’s post via Hacker News on how to utilize Google Adwords to max out your Dropbox referrals for less than $10. Basically, you set up an ad campaign that leads people to...
View ArticlePublic data sets
The Washington Post keeps a list here. There is also the UCI Machine Learning Repository. UPDATE 2012-03-29: Genome data of 1000+ individuals per this post.
View ArticleObject-oriented programming in Python and Java
This is a great introductory series to object-oriented programming (oop) for Python. There’s also one for Java.
View ArticleAccess or stream remote files on Android using EStrong File Explorer
I currently use AndFTP to download files remotely using the ftp or sftp protocol. For local file access, I use something like ASTRO File Manager or Linda File Manager. I recently discovered EStrong...
View ArticlePlay music in background or while multi-tasking on Android with doubleTwist
When I stream podcast files from Google Reader or play mp3 files, I like to be able to work on emails and other tasks. Most default music apps stops the music when another app is accessed. I found...
View ArticleWiFi Tether on HTC EVO 3D
Owned my HTC EVO 3D (rooted, stock rom) for almost half a year already and I have not gotten WiFi Tether working until now based on this post. I’m currently using version 3.9 Beta 9. To get tethering...
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