Why I will get an iPhone

<p> I've been weighing it back and forth for a while. Which smartphone will be my first, after the Nokia N93 fiasco some years ago? (Symbian S60 seemed so cool back then.) Well, I think I've come to the conclusion that it'll be an iPhone 3GS. Here is why. </p> <p> I like Android as a mobile OS, probably more than iPhone OSX. But, and this is an important objection, there is no comparably cool hardware devices out yet to run Android.
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mp3fs for Linux

<p> 1. sudo aptitude install libfuse-dev libflac-dev libmp3lame-dev libid3tag0-dev<br /> 2. wget mp3fs-0.13.tar.gz (<a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=174365">http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=174365</a>)<br /> 3. tar xfz mp3fs-0.13.tar.gz<br /> 4. cd mp3fs-0.13<br /> 5. ./configure<br /> 6. make && sudo make install<br /> 7. sudo mkdir /srv/mp3fs<br /> 8. sudo mp3fs /FLAC/,256 /srv/mp3fs/ -o allow_other,ro </p> </div>
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mp3fs in OSX

<p> mp3fs is a very nice idea and a smooth way to use a vast library of lossless archived CDs in the awesome <a href="http://flac.sourceforge.net/">FLAC</a> with <a href="http://www.apple.com/no/ipod/whichipod/">silly mp3players</a> without native support. </p> <p> The concept of mp3fs is a FUSE filesystem which converts FLACs to mp3s on the fly (CBR only as of now) via lame. Thus you can have the original FLACs stored, and expose a folder structure of converted mp3s to whatever you want.
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How to read Mac .dmg images in Linux

<p> Quick Guide that was tested on Ubuntu Linux Jaunty Jackalope. </p> <p> 1. Download and compile DMG2IMG <a href="http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?dmg2img.tar.gz">http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?dmg2img.tar.gz</a> (<a href="http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/">http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/</a>) : </p> <blockquote> <p> wget -O dmg2img.tar.gz <a href="http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?dmg2img.tar.gz">http://vu1tur.eu.org/tools/download.pl?dmg2img.tar.gz</a><br /> tar xfz dmg2img.tar.gz<br /> cd dmg2img<br /> make </p> </blockquote> <p> 2. Convert the DMG to IMG with dmg2img : </p> <blockquote> <p> ./dmg2img file.dmg </p> </blockquote> <p> 3. Install hfsplus : </p> <blockquote> <p> sudo apt-get install hfsplus </p> </blockquote> <p> 4.
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Norwegian holidays in Zimbra

<p> 1. Switch to the Calendar view in the Zimbra webui.<br /> 2. Click &#8220;New Calendar&#8221; (or &#8220;Ny kalender&#8221; in Norwegian).<br /> 3. Name it something nice like &#8220;Norwegian public holidays&#8221;.<br /> 4. Check the box &#8220;Synchronize events from remote calendar&#8221; (&#8220;Synkroniser avtaler mot ekstern kalender&#8221; in Norwegian).<br /> 5. Paste <a href="http://ical.mac.com/bjorkheim/Norske%20helligdager.ics">http://ical.mac.com/bjorkheim/Norske%20helligdager.ics</a><br /> 6. Click Ok. </p> <p> As long as the calendar maintainer bothers to update, Zimbra wil automatically receive updates.
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