I have decided that a lot of what I worked on for my undergrad University days is of no use to anyone unless it is released. While I don’t provide gurantees of how good some of the essays, powerpoint presentations and other documents will be — one thing will be sure: It’s out there! I [...]

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A very simple bash script to use in Debian/Ubuntu to convert AAC (M4A) files to MP3. This will work only with unprotected DRM-less AACs. Great for use with your shiny GPS device that can play MP3s.

#!/bin/bash
#aac2mp3.sh
for i in *.m4a; do
ffmpeg -i “$i” -acodec libmp3lame -ac 2 -ab 256k “${i%m4a}mp3″;
done

Note that you’ll [...]

One of good friends has been running his own mail, file, blog, and other services by hosting it on his servers at home. I always wanted to do the same, but it took a few years to learn enough to be able to do it myself. So far, it’s great to be able feel free [...]

I have successfully moved my blog to a non-commercial host. Let’s see how well it works.

For the new version of Fonera+ that includes firmware v1.1.0+, attached below is a very simple Python script to enter into RedBoot so you can flash it to the firmware of your choice. The script basically attempts to telnet to 192.168.1.1 which is the IP address during the first few seconds of boot up. During [...]

Randomish shot of an old couple sitting at a blood testing facility.

If you run a mail server for your organization or for fun, you should ensure that spammers don’t use your server to propagate their trash. Here’s a link that will check for you and give you the results in minutes:
http://www.abuse.net/relay.html

From the days gone by, here’s a screen shot of BBSes that used to exist in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (circa 1995). At that time, I was one of the few folks at my school who had a FAX modem. It was a blazing fast one at that, a whopping 14.4kbps! Sadly, since I lived at [...]

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