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ncurses and non-existent termcap file
Whoa, has it been this long already? Anyway...
Assume you have an ncurses program that is used remotely (either via telnet or ssh) and it resides in a chroot. The program (of course) needs terminfo files inside the chroot.
Usually, ncurses mode is started with:
initscr();
But what happens when user uses some strange terminal (for which you ( Read more... ) -
Rescue corrupted Firefox visited pages history
Sometimes Firefox can corrupt the visited places history database, or places.sqlite. This is a simple way to get almost all of those back ( Read more... ) -
xosd and aumix
a script for volume adjustment, with on-screen display. Uses aumix and xosd.
#!/bin/sh
aumix -v"$1"
DAT=`aumix -q | head -1 | awk '// { print $2 }' | sed -e 's/,//'`
osd_cat -b percentage -p middle -A center -d 1 -P "$DAT"
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Recent Reads 3
It's time to do another list of books I've read recently, or at least since the last such post:
- Weston, Robert Paul - Dust City: YA, Fantasy. Fairy tale, in a gritty modern(ish) setting. Not one of those urban fantasies with sexy elves, but a real fairy tale, with nods to several Grimm tales. 3/5
- Bear, Greg - Hull Zero Three: SciFi. Enjoyable, but ( Read more... )
- Weston, Robert Paul - Dust City: YA, Fantasy. Fairy tale, in a gritty modern(ish) setting. Not one of those urban fantasies with sexy elves, but a real fairy tale, with nods to several Grimm tales. 3/5
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Swimming
him: "Do you want to come swimming with us, we're going to the public sauna & pool ( Read more... ) -
More Moosic
- Goldfrapp - Head First: Pretty good, in a vaguely 80s way, though it probably works best as background music.
- Goldfrapp - Supernature: More "modern" sounding than Head First, but I can't say which of the Goldfrapp albums I like more...
- Joan Osborne - Little Wild One: For some reason, this album felt a bit religious to me. Good, though.
- Kids of 88 - ( Read more... )
- Goldfrapp - Head First: Pretty good, in a vaguely 80s way, though it probably works best as background music.
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Opinionated About Music
Massive Attack - Heligoland: Not recommended. The tracks are indifferentiated mush; I couldn't even tell when one ended and another started. Some small glimpses that might've turned into Protection or Teardrop -like brilliance, but those sunk into the murk.
mind.in.a.box - Crossroads: Commodore 64 goodness, but none of the tracks really stood out ( Read more... ) -
Recent Reads 2
Recently read:
- Terry Pratchett - Nation: Excellent. In tone this was closer to the Amazing Maurice, than the Discworld stuff. Almost got teary eyed at some parts. 4/5
- Dru Pagliassotti - Clockwork Heart: Steampunk. Somewhat predictable, but the setting was pretty nice. 3/5
- Alaya Johnson - Moonshine: Set in 1920s. Contains traces of non-sparkly ( Read more... )
- Terry Pratchett - Nation: Excellent. In tone this was closer to the Amazing Maurice, than the Discworld stuff. Almost got teary eyed at some parts. 4/5
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Ropecon
Quick Ropecon 2010 synopsis:
- I only took about half a dozen photos. It seemed like I'd already seen everything in previous 'cons.
- Couple people asked about the horns I wore. (Yes, they're real horns) I think they will/have become "my" costume at the 'con.
- Stayed up the saturday-sunday night. (2-3am was the worst, nearly all of the gang I know ( Read more... )
- I only took about half a dozen photos. It seemed like I'd already seen everything in previous 'cons.
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Recent Reads
Recently read books, not in any order:- Ian Tregillis - Bitter Seeds: Worked for me, though the German language felt a bit strange. A linguist friend took one look and decided against the book. There's a short story online set in the same universe at tor.com.
- Robin Wasserman - Skinned: Pretty good (for a YA), actually.
- Skyler White - And Falling, ( Read more... )
- Ian Tregillis - Bitter Seeds: Worked for me, though the German language felt a bit strange. A linguist friend took one look and decided against the book. There's a short story online set in the same universe at tor.com.