Extract Flash Files from Browser Cache

Whenever I want to save a flash file, like a game or animation that I have been playing / watching, I have to go to the cache folder of Firefox and search for a file with the right extension and size. This is a lot of work if you have either a large cache or [...]

Linux bash shell command shortcuts and tips

Bourne-again shell (BASH) is default shell for most Linux distro as well as on Mac OS X Tiger, and it can be run on most Unix-like operating systems. It has also been ported to Microsoft Windows within the Cygwin POSIX emulation environment for Windows, and to MS-DOS by the DJGPP project.
This article covers bash shell [...]

10 bad UNIX or Linux command line usage patterns to avoid

Michael Stutz is author of The Linux Cookbook, has published excellent set of 10 bad UNIX usage patterns. These are applies to Linux, OS X shell as well
You can adopt 10 good habits that improve your UNIX / Linux command line efficiency — and break away from bad usage patterns in the process. [...]
10 bad [...]

Free Online FLV Converters

In you intend to download video from video hosting and sharing sites such as Youtube, MySpace, Metacafe, iFilm and Google Video or flash video embedded on web page, and later transform or convert the FLV flash video clips into another video media format such as AVI, MPEG/MPG, 3GP and MOV, you can save the works [...]

Dreamhost Gives Free Hosting to Non-Profits

If you are the webmaster of a non-profit organization, or you run one yourself, you can now get Dreamhost’s “Strictly Business” Shared Hosting account for free. Just fax them the payment page for your account with your 501(c)(3) papers as proof of your non-profit status.
That is a pretty good deal with 500GB of storage space [...]

How to compile a 32-bit application using gcc on the 64-bit Linux version

I had to compile a 32-bit application using GNU gcc on the 64-bit version Linux.
Luckily gcc man page directed me to -m32 and -m64 option. These options generate code for a 32-bit or 64-bit environments.
=> The 32-bit environment sets int, long and pointer to 32 bits and generates code that runs on [...]
How to compile [...]

Taksi Open Source Alternative to Fraps

Fraps is a application that lets you capture videos / screens of 3D applications and is mostly used for recording in game movies. The biggest drawback of Fraps is that it is not freeware, you have to purchase it to use all of its features. Taksi steps in and provides a similar functionality with the [...]

Running Multiple Instances of Google Talk (GTalk Polygamy) and Login as Multi Users

Other than Windows Live (MSN) Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger, users of Google Talk (GTalk) can also let Google Talk go to polygamy, that’s running multiple instances of Google Talk and login to multiple Google accounts on Google Talk. The polygamy trick can be done without any crack, patch or hack, with just a simple command. [...]