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Carlo
Splitting MPG files with ffmpeg
This is just a short reminder for me and a note for you: this one-liner might be helpful if you need to write a little script for splitting a long MPG file in shorter parts without quality loss (this example cuts from 40th minute to 1 hour). ffmpeg -sameq -ab 256k -vcodec copy -acodec ac3 [...]
WOW in onda :)
Pietro Cambi ed io siamo stati intervistati da Radio24 (sempre sui temi energia e finanza :D) all’interno della trasmissione “Archimede” andata in onda sabato 14 agosto: avevo aspettato a scriverlo perché sarebbe dovuta comparire la registrazione sul loro sito ma, non vedendola ancora, lascio comunque queste righe come ricordo della cosa. :)
U10i Aino and CIFS
My Sony Ericsson U10i Aino is able to join a Wi-Fi network and then export its file system using CIFS, so on my Ubuntu side I was able to mount it (and then rsync it, of course) with the following one-liner: mount.cifs //$PHONE_IP/Memory\ Stick /mnt -o password=fake
genisoimage one-liner
This is just a short reminder for me and a note for you: having recently remastered a CentOS, this one-liner might be helpful to properly create the small bootable ISO. genisoimage -o $(date +’%H%M’).iso -b isolinux/isolinux.bin \ -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table ./
WOW in prima :)
Mi sono capitate in passato interviste in campo informatico: pur su di un periodico locale, questa è la prima sui temi energia e finanza (ci hanno dedicato sia l’editoriale che l’intera terza pagina).
I want my money back! :)
A few days ago, Slashdot pointed out that the massive computers of the top investment banks failed their World Cup predictions: we are talking about firms like Danske Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and UBS. Now everyone on Earth knows that an octopus correctly predicted six eight matches in a row. Hire that beast or [...]
Time Lapse Across America
Counting out a well known 3D science fiction movie, though it’s 9 minutes in length, Time Lapse Across America is the most interesting film I’ve seen in the just ended first half of 2010: it’s a coast to coast trip made with pictures taken every 15 seconds. It might recall your last trip in the [...]
PHP5 class for bit.ly API
Having chosen to convert a bunch of long URLs using bit.ly, I slightly modified and packaged in a simple PHP5 class the code written by David Walsh. The following is an example of usage of this class: $mbit = new BitlyWalsh($login, $apiKey); echo $mbit->getShort($yourLongUrl); // echo $mbit->getLong($bitlyShortUrl); You can download here this basic class.
Caring about what?
I spent most of the last two days helping my mother after her cataract surgery so only yesterday evening I noticed the statement of our friend Carl-Henric Svanberg: as everyboby knows, he said that “We (BP) care about the small people”. Was it just a weak sentence of a non mother-tongue speaker? Perhaps, but even [...]
Intervento Congresso Rientrodolce 2010
Il 12 e 13 giugno si è tenuto il quarto Congresso dell’Associazione radicale Rientrodolce dal titolo “Verso il rientro… scenari, proposte per una gestione della cosiddetta crisi economico-finanziaria”. Riporto qui di seguito il testo del mio intervento: la registrazione audio è su Radio Radicale. Ringraziamenti Cari amici, voglio subito ringraziare Stefano Bilotti, il nostro Tesoriere [...]