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microdc2 for Windows/Cygwin

odie5533 — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 04:09:02 +0000

microdc2 (http://corsair626.no-ip.org/microdc/) is a command-line Direct Connect client originally developed for flavors of Linux. This is a version compiled for Windows/Cygwin and requires a Cygwin environment to run. This program provides a command line version of Direct Connect on Windows which is especially useful if you run an SSHd server with GNU Screen on Windows and want to be able to remotely manage a Direct Connect client. Read the README.WIN.TXT for installation instructions and read the README for usage instructions.

Download microdc2 v0.15.6 for Windows/Cygwin here

microdc2

A quick look at Chromium development

odie5533 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:23:25 +0000

I’ve been using the latest trunk builds of Chromium for about a week now. One feature I’ve noticed is the Bookmark Manager, which alone should be enough reason to try out the latest snapshot.

Chromium Bookmark Manager

So what else has changed? Take a look at the issues list and see for yourself. There’s also the code review site where you can take a look at some of the actual chunks of code that changed along with a description of what was changed. And finally, there’s the ViewVC site where you can see the svn check ins and their descriptions.

So what are you waiting for? Dump your Google Chrome beta, grab the latest trunk, and post your thoughts on it below!

Google Chrome Dev Channel? Weak.

odie5533 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:16:00 +0000

Is Google Chrome Dev Channel not bleeding edge enough for you either? Time to start using Chromium snapshots. These builds are released multiple times daily and contain the latest bug fixes and patches the Chromium team has been working on. While technically they can introduce new and worse bugs, using these can at least assuage the old ones.

To get started, head to http://build.chromium.org/buildbot/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/ and grab the latest build at the bottom. Download and install the mini_installer.exe. Now close all your copies of Chrome/Chromium. Copy C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data over into C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USERNAME\Local Settings\Application Data\Chromium\User Data

Now goto Start > Programs > Chromium and run Chromium. Click the little wrench in the corner and goto Options and ‘Make chromium your default browser’.

Enjoy your bleeding edge copy of Chromium and be sure to report any bugs to the Google Code Chromium project.

Chromium

Google Docs lets websites grab your email address

odie5533 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:59:03 +0000

When a user clicks an invite link to join as a collaborator on a Google Docs document, his or her information is automatically added to the document without any confirmation. Using frames, this can allow websites to automatically add you to their Google Document without your knowledge, giving them your email address and name (if you have it set on your account). This is a huge security risk. Don’t believe me? Check your Google Docs account.

Live attack link, right-click save as: http://odie5533.com/attackexample.html

mp3gain 1.4.7 CVS 2007-06-09 (Unofficial Beta)

odie5533 — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:03:49 +0000

It’s been a while since the last update on this program, so I checked out the latest revision from the cvs server and compiled it with gcc. This is a beta version, and I have no idea if there were any bugs introduced from 1.4.6 -> 1.4.7. If there are any, and they are extremely small, I may be able to fix them. Audio manipulation really isn’t my forte, so pray the only bugs are typos. Anyways, enjoy this, and hopefully snelg can find some time away from his singing to continue work on this great program

All credits go to snelg, NOT ME!!! I just typed “make” in a command prompt and saved the output!

mp3gain-dos-147-CVS-2007-06-09.zip

Free Software?

odie5533 — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:13:08 +0000

Most people could care less whether or not they have access to the source of programs they use, they care about how much it will cost them. More and more commercial software is being released as freeware, just not open source. What does this mean for the end-user? More free software of course. Thus, I present you with a nice list of commercial software that for one reason or another you can now get free of charge.

Microsoft Virtual PC
VMWare Server
Bryce 5 (was free)
Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edition
WinRAR 3.51 Installer (WinRAR 3.51 Free Key)
WS_FTP, Paragon Partition Manager, misc (Scroll down to ‘Recommended Downloads’)

If you know of others, feel free to post them in a comment.

Bryce 5 Free

odie5533 — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:25:14 +0000

Daz3D is currently offering Bryce 5 for free. As the software normally costs almost $100, I am guessing many people will want to grab it while its free. The offer says it ends September 6th, so be sure to download it before its over and save to a disk/hdd so you won’t loose it. Bryce is quite a nice piece of software, and I do recommend downloading it even if you don’t use it now, you may sometime in the future.

Free Bryce 5