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Author: halfgaar
Disabling http(s) trimming from Firefox address bar
Some time ago, the Firefox developers decided it was a good idea to trim the http(s):// from the address in the address bar. Since then, I've been getting HTTPS site where I don't want it, because I can't see what I'm doing. Especially so because HTTPS has no concept of virtual host names, and putting https:// in front of any domain might put you on a completely different web site. So, when I accidentally typed https:// in front of an URL once, it will remember that, but not show me...
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Cheap Logitech USB video webcam
Noting this down to not forget.
The Logitech HD Webcam C270 is a cheap webcam that is simply a USB video device, so it works in all OS's without special drivers. Read More »
20×2 LCD display
There are a million 20x2 characters LCDs out there, but this is one that I like:
http://www.okaphone.com/artikel.asp?id=475234
Farnell code: 9448780
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Making my USB webcam not the first sound card
When I booted my system with the webcam plugged in, it was sound device 0, instead of 1. This is annoying, so I added this to /etc/modprobe.d/alsa.conf:
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A new Archlinux upgrade, a new unbootable system
It's that time again...
First my grub broke. So I had to type my config manually:
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinux26 root=/dev/mapper/lvmopraid-root
initrd /kernel26.img
boot
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Making a bash script terminate when a command returns an error
#!/bin/bash -e
trap "echo ERROR HANDLING HERE." ERR
echo "Starting"
asdfasdf
echo "End"
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Chemical tin for circuit boards
For the record, about chemical tin PCB treatment:
Seno Glans Tin Read More »
Making Linux less dumb about failed DNS servers
Whenever one of the servers in /etc/resolv.conf is unreachable, Linux/glibc/whatever isn't smart enough not to retry it for a while. This results in a lot of services becoming unavailable, because a lot of them do reverse lookups on all incoming connections (like SSH), which will hang for the time-out of the first DNS server query.
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Some links about Macbook sleep problems
My wife's macbook sometimes keeps waking up when you close it; it gets stuck in an endless sleep-wakeup loop. Here are some links about it that I've had in my e-mail forever:
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