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Removing VIM .swp file in one folder

A line to remove all .swp file from VIM:

find . -name ".*.swp" | xargs rm -f

Command is referenced from 24 Hours Apps.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS CD

I found this while I was doing some housekeeping. It was given free about 5 ~ 6 years ago if I remember correctly.

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Now Canonical does not provide free Ubuuntu CD anymore. :(

Java Control Panel in Windows

Was trying to find this panel and I got lost. Now, save the time finding high and low…

Java Control Panel is located under the following Windows directory:

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\javacpl.exe

If you are using 64-bit Windows 7 or Windows 8, replace “Program Files” with “Program Files (x86)”.

Screenshot of the Java Control Panel

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Adding Windows 8 shutdown / restart shortcut icons

In case you find it tedious to shutdown or restart your Windows 8, you may choose to create a shortcut icon on the desktop like me.

To do so, right-click your desktop and create new shortcut. When you are prompt for the location of the item, enter the either of the following command for the function:

Shutdown

shutdown.exe /s /t 00

Restart

shutdown.exe /r /t 00

Screenshot of a shutdown command:

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If you need more commands, they are as follows:

Log-off

shutdown.exe /l

Lock your computer

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Git / Linux bash on Windows

For me to get Linux bash on Windows, I use Git Bash since I often need to use Git to push codes too. Git bash does support Linux commands in Windows environment.

A screenshot of Git bash on Windows

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Link to Git Bash download: http://git-scm.com/downloads

If you don’t like the idea of Git commands being embedded in the bash or you want a more advanced version, try Cygwin bash.

Changing default mail sorting order in Mozilla Thunderbird

To be quick and easy, just download the Addons SortPref.

Screenshot for sorting mail by the latest date (top-down):

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Guild Wars 2 Currency Calculator

A simple calculator script written by me to calculate Guild Wars 2 currency:

Link to Guild Wars 2 Currency Calculator

The interface looks unfriendly now and there are only 2 operations: Addition and Subtraction.

Do leave a comment if you have any suggestion for the UI and operations.

Enjoy! :D

Windows 8 RTM!

Running Windows 8 on OCZ Vertex 4…

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Bootup is amazingly fast at 3.5 ~ 4.5 seconds…

Sweet and fast!

“ipconfig” is not recognized as an internal or external command

If you are having this problem, it is relatively easy to solve.

Add the following to your System enviroment variables under Path:

C:\Windows;C:\Windows\system32

Albums not showing up in Gallery Android Cyanogenmod 9

If you try to go into Gallery, you will probably get a shock that all your albums and photos are missing. Furthermore, if you load up your Apollo, your musics are all missing too.

But do not worry! Your media files are still there. The recent updates on ClockWorkMod caused this problem. If you have updated your ClockWorkMod app recently, you should be facing the above problems.

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What I did to solve this problem:

  • Download Astro Filemanager app in Playstore
  • Navigate to the following paths:
    /mnt/sdcard
    /sdcard/android/data

    Remember to go to settings and checked “View Hidden Files”.

    Delete .nomedia found in the above 2 directories.

  • Reboot your phone

Resources ::
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834123
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1835406