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Using swftools to extract resources from flash swf files

There’s a nifty tool called Swftools out there which enables you to extract resource files out of an swf file (Adobe Flash). This little bash one-liner will extract all sounds from an swf file: for i in `swfextract soundboard.swf |grep … Continued

Your old backup is about to become unreadable

After spending a few hours in the past weekend, copying old photographs and various other files from CD’s and DVDs in the archive, I have sadly learned that discs do have a limited durability. Out of 24 CD-R’s my computer … Continued

Group_concat in T-SQL

You may wish group_concat while working with MS SQL Server. Here’s a solution!

dvbloopback in Linux 2.6.38

Compiling and using sasc-ng and dvbloopback with Linux 2.6.38 is a hassle. Here’s how to get it working. Prequisites: Ubuntu Lucid Kernel 2.6.38-11-generic We need to patch both the kernel dvb module as well as the dvbloopback source. Create a … Continued