Google Calendar CSV format

"Subject","Start Date","Start Time","End Date","End Time","All day event","Reminder on/off","Reminder Date","Reminder Time","Meeting Organizer","Required Attendees","Optional Attendees","Meeting Resources","Billing Information","Categories","Description","Location","Mileage","Priority","Private","Sensitivity","Show time as"

"Toronto @ Atlanta SCORE",01/19/09,02:00:00 PM,,,,"ON",,,,,,,,,"Toronto @ Atlanta SCORE",,,,TRUE,3,

Heading is "Private" - value True, False

Heading is "Show time as"
Value is "3" for available ("2" for busy).

Change resolution / scale in mencoder

mencoder -oac copy -ovc xvid -vf scale -zoom -xy 320 -xvidencopts bitrate=450 -o output.avi ~/input.avi

audio is copied
video is xvid
-xy is the resolution, in this case 320 is X and the Y will be proportional
bitrate is 450 (this is small).. usually 8-900kbps

Bluetooth in Linux

~/.asoundrc

pcm.bluetooth {
  type bluetooth
  device 00:11:22:33:44:55
}


mplayer -ao alsa:device=bluetooth

Audacious
options->preferences->Audio->Current Output Plugin->ALSA
Output Plugin Preferences->Device Settings->audio device: "bluetooth"

Append text to cell data in Excel

A1 has "Bob"

in A2 type  =a1&" Loblaw"

then A2 becomes Bob Loblaw

Convert .bin .cue to .iso

yum install bchunk
[user1@localhost Download]$ bchunk rcty.bin rcty.cue rcty

[user1@localhost Download]$ bchunk rcty.bin rcty.cue rcty
binchunker for Unix, version 1.2.0 by Heikki Hannikainen
Created with the kind help of Bob Marietta ,
partly based on his Pascal (Delphi) implementation.
Support for MODE2/2352 ISO tracks thanks to input from
Godmar Back , Colas Nahaboo
and Matthew Green .
Released under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later (at your option).

Reading the CUE file:

Track 1: MODE1/2352 01 00:00:00

Writing tracks:

1: rcty01.iso 237/237 MB [********************] 100 %

VMWare keypad doesn't work

~/.vmware/config

xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R
xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide
xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter
xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up
xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down
xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # Left
xkeymap.keycode.114 = 0x14d # Right
xkeymap.keycode.105 = 0x11d # Control_R
xkeymap.keycode.118 = 0x152 # Insert
xkeymap.keycode.119 = 0x153 # Delete
xkeymap.keycode.110 = 0x147 # Home
xkeymap.keycode.115 = 0x14f # End
xkeymap.keycode.112 = 0x149 # Prior
xkeymap.keycode.117 = 0x151 # Next
xkeymap.keycode.78 = 0x46 # Scroll_Lock
xkeymap.keycode.127 = 0x100 # Pause
xkeymap.keycode.133 = 0x15b # Meta_L
xkeymap.keycode.134 = 0x15c # Meta_R
xkeymap.keycode.135 = 0x15d # Menu

Canon CHDK links

Includes HDR imaging, Depth of Field and CHDK firmware main site. Works on my SD630.

http://lifehacker.com/387380/turn-your-point+and+shoot-into-a-super+camera

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/CHDK_firmware_usage

http://abaditya.com/2008/04/19/playing-around-with-chdk-and-hdr-imaging/

http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Samples:_High-Speed_Shutter_&_Flash-Sync