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Overclock the EEEPC with EEECTL

15 Feb, 2008 1 Comment

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A great article on overclocking the EEEPC with the EEECTL utility can be found at the link source below. I personally bought the 900MHZ system anyway, but there are some other great features such at:

Fan Control

Temperature display

Adjust CPU Clock Speed

Adjust CPU voltage

The most recent feature changes of the utility display the following:

PCIEX speed can now be controlled too, fan can be controlled automatically with the user-defined rules, hotkeys are now much easier to configure, command line parameters are back(-c “path\to config\file.ini”(can be used once) and -e module.method(can be used multiple times, see eeectl.ini for the short list of the most useful available methods).

EeeCTL should work with any BIOS on 701(4G[surf]) & 702(8G). 700(2G) is not supported and most likely won’t be.

Some features may not work on Windows Vista.

Definitely worth checking out. I may push my EEEPC Beyond the 900MHZ, stock barrier, but we’ll see. Some interesting pictures with regard to post performance, and a comparison of prior performance below.

Source: Scale Gamer

Mac Alt Codes (Mac Special Characters).

14 Feb, 2008 No Comment

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On MacOS, the option key functions as a modifier key like the shift key. Hold it down and press another key simultaneously. For option - shift, hold down both the option and shift keys and press another key simultaneously.

On Windows, the Alt key functions as a modifier like the shift key. To make special characters, hold down the Alt key and type in the numbers from the numeric keypad.

HTML Name Code	HTML Number Code	Glyph	MacOS	Windows	Description
‘	‘	‘	option - ]	Alt + 0145	left single quote
’	’	’	option - shift - ]	Alt + 0146	right single quote
‚	‚	‚			single low-9 quote
“	“	“	option - [	Alt + 0147	left double quote
”	”	”	option - shift - [	Alt + 0148	right double quote
„	„	„	option - shift - w		double low-9 quote
†	†	†	option - t	Alt + 0134	dagger
‡	‡	‡	option - shift - 7	Alt + 0135	double dagger
	…	…	option - ;		horizontal ellipsis
‰	‰	‰	option - shift - r	Alt + 0137	per mill sign
‹	‹	‹	option - shift - 3	Alt + 0139	single left-pointing angle quote
›	›	›	option - shift - 4	Alt + 0155	single right-pointing angle quote
♠	♠	♠			black spade suit
♣	♣	♣			black club suit
♥	♥	♥			black heart suit
♦	♦	♦			black diamond suit
‾	‾	‾			overline, = spacing overscore
←	←	←			leftward arrow
↑	↑	↑			upward arrow
→	→	→			rightward arrow
↓	↓	↓			downward arrow
™	™	™	option - 2	Alt + 0153	trademark sign
“	“	“			double quotation mark
&	&	&			ampersand
<	<	<			less-than sign
>	>	>			greater-than sign
	[	[			left square bracket
	]	]			right square bracket
–	–	–	option - hyphen	Alt + 0150	en dash
—	—	—	option - shift -hyphen	Alt + 0151	em dash
				Alt + 0160	nonbreaking space
¡	¡	¡	option - 1	Alt + 0161	inverted exclamation
¢	¢	¢	option - 4	Alt + 0162	cent sign
£	£	£	option - 3	Alt + 0163	pound sterling
¤	¤	¤		Alt + 0164	general currency sign
¥	¥	¥	option - y	Alt + 0165	yen sign
¦ or &brkbar;	¦	¦		Alt + 0166	broken vertical bar
§	§	§	option - 6	Alt + 0167	section sign
¨ or &die;	¨	¨	option - shift - u	Alt + 0168	umlaut
©	©	©	option - g	Alt + 0169	copyright
ª	ª	ª	option - 9	Alt + 0170	feminine ordinal
«	«	«	option - \	Alt + 0171	left angle quote
¬	¬	¬	option - l	Alt + 0172	not sign
				Alt + 0173	soft hyphen
®	®	®	option - r	Alt + 0174	registered trademark
¯ or &hibar;	¯	¯		Alt + 0175	macron accent
°	°	°	option - shift - 8	Alt + 0176	degree sign
±	±	±	option - shift - =	Alt + 0177	plus or minus
²	²	²		Alt + 0178	superscript two
³	³	³		Alt + 0179	superscript three
´	´	´	option - shift - e	Alt + 0180	acute accent
µ	µ	µ	option - m	Alt + 0181	micro sign
¶	¶	¶	option - 7	Alt + 0182	paragraph sign
·	·	·	option - shift - 9	Alt + 0183	middle dot
¸	¸	¸	option - shift - z	Alt + 0184	cedilla
¹	¹	¹		Alt + 0185	superscript one
º	º	º	option - 0	Alt + 0186	masculine ordinal
»	»	»	option - shift - \	Alt + 0187	right angle quote
¼	¼	¼		Alt + 0188	one-fourth
½	½	½		Alt + 0189	one-half
¾	¾	¾		Alt + 0190	three-fourths
¿	¿	¿	option - shift - ?	Alt + 0191	inverted question mark
À	À	À	option - ` A	Alt + 0192	uppercase A, grave accent
Á	Á	Á	option - e A	Alt + 0193	uppercase A, acute accent
Â	Â	Â	option - i A	Alt + 0194	uppercase A, circumflex accent
Ã	Ã	Ã	option - n A	Alt + 0195	uppercase A, tilde
Ä	Ä	Ä	option - u A	Alt + 0196	uppercase A, umlaut
Å	Å	Å	option - shift - a	Alt + 0197	uppercase A, ring
Æ	Æ	Æ	option - shift - ‘	Alt + 0198	uppercase AE
Ç	Ç	Ç	option - shift - c	Alt + 0199	uppercase C, cedilla
È	È	È	option - ` E	Alt + 0200	uppercase E, grave accent
É	É	É	option - e E	Alt + 0201	uppercase E, acute accent
Ê	Ê	Ê	option - i E	Alt + 0202	uppercase E, circumflex accent
Ë	Ë	Ë	option - u E	Alt + 0203	uppercase E, umlaut
Ì	Ì	Ì	option - ` I	Alt + 0204	uppercase I, grave accent
Í	Í	Í	option - e I	Alt + 0205	uppercase I, acute accent
Î	Î	Î	option - i I	Alt + 0206	uppercase I, circumflex accent
Ï	Ï	Ï	option - u I	Alt + 0207	uppercase I, umlaut
Ð	Ð	Ð		Alt + 0208	uppercase Eth, Icelandic
Ñ	Ñ	Ñ	option - n N	Alt + 0209	uppercase N, tilde
Ò	Ò	Ò	option - ` O	Alt + 0210	uppercase O, grave accent
Ó	Ó	Ó	option - e O	Alt + 0211	uppercase O, acute accent
Ô	Ô	Ô	option - i O	Alt + 0212	uppercase O, circumflex accent
Õ	Õ	Õ	option - n O	Alt + 0213	uppercase O, tilde
Ö	Ö	Ö	option - u O	Alt + 0214	uppercase O, umlaut
×	×	×		Alt + 0215	multiplication sign
Ø	Ø	Ø	option - shift - o	Alt + 0216	uppercase O, slash
Ù	Ù	Ù	option - ` U	Alt + 0217	uppercase U, grave accent
Ú	Ú	Ú	option - e U	Alt + 0218	uppercase U, acute accent
Û	Û	Û	option - i U	Alt + 0219	uppercase U, circumflex accent
Ü	Ü	Ü	option - u U	Alt + 0220	uppercase U, umlaut
Ý	Ý	Ý		Alt + 0221	uppercase Y, acute accent
Þ	Þ	Þ		Alt + 0222	uppercase THORN, Icelandic
ß	ß	ß	option - s	Alt + 0223	lowercase sharps, German
à	à	à	option - ` a	Alt + 0224	lowercase a, grave accent
á	á	á	option - e a	Alt + 0225	lowercase a, acute accent
â	â	â	option - i a	Alt + 0226	lowercase a, circumflex accent
ã	ã	ã	option - n a	Alt + 0227	lowercase a, tilde
ä	ä	ä	option - u a	Alt + 0228	lowercase a, umlaut
å	å	å	option - a	Alt + 0229	lowercase a, ring
æ	æ	æ	option - ‘	Alt + 0230	lowercase ae
ç	ç	ç	option - c	Alt + 0231	lowercase c, cedilla
è	è	è	option - ` e	Alt + 0232	lowercase e, grave accent
é	é	é	option - e e	Alt + 0233	lowercase e, acute accent
ê	ê	ê	option - i e	Alt + 0234	lowercase e, circumflex accent
ë	ë	ë	option - u e	Alt + 0235	lowercase e, umlaut
ì	ì	ì	option - ` i	Alt + 0236	lowercase i, grave accent
í	í	í	option - e i	Alt + 0237	lowercase i, acute accent
î	î	î	option - i i	Alt + 0238	lowercase i, circumflex accent
ï	ï	ï	option - u i	Alt + 0239	lowercase i, umlaut
ð	ð	ð		Alt + 0240	lowercase eth, Icelandic
ñ	ñ	ñ	option - n n	Alt + 0241	lowercase n, tilde
ò	ò	ò	option - ` o	Alt + 0242	lowercase o, grave accent
ó	ó	ó	option - e o	Alt + 0243	lowercase o, acute accent
ô	ô	ô	option - i o	Alt + 0244	lowercase o, circumflex accent
õ	õ	õ	option - n o	Alt + 0245	lowercase o, tilde
ö	ö	ö	option - u o	Alt + 0246	lowercase o, umlaut
÷	÷	÷		Alt + 0247	division sign
ø	ø	ø	option - o	Alt + 0248	lowercase o, slash
ù	ù	ù	option - ` u	Alt + 0249	lowercase u, grave accent
ú	ú	ú	option - e u	Alt + 0250	lowercase u, acute accent
û	û	û	option - i u	Alt + 0251	lowercase u, circumflex accent
ü	ü	ü	option - u u	Alt + 0252	lowercase u, umlaut
ý	ý	ý		Alt + 0253	lowercase y, acute accent
þ	þ	þ		Alt + 0254	lowercase thorn, Icelandic
ÿ	ÿ	ÿ	option - u y	Alt + 0255	lowercase y, umlaut

Windows is Stealing 20% of Your Bandwith

13 Feb, 2008 No Comment

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Your trusted windows OS for your PC is stealing 20% of your net connection! All that for just updates! Here’s how to get it back.The first thing you have to do is go to the start menu. Then use”RUN” and type in gpedit.msc. On the left side of gpedit you will see computer configurations. And under it you’ll see Administrative Templates, click it.

Now under that there should be more folders. Click on the Network one. Now click the Quos folder. In the main part of the window on the right look for the option “Limit reservable bandwidth”. Turn the feature on. By clicking the properties box you will now enable this and change the amount from 20% to 0% or if you want to be able to reserve a little bandwidth for
the updates set it to 2 or 5%. Even if it says its not enabled it is. Restart your computer and the change should take effect.
If you don’t believe this run a speed test on you internet. I personally noticed a fairly marginal increase overall from this, however I have heard of some individuals gaining major amounts of speed from this little trick. Give it a try.

Note: This works on Microsoft Windows XP Pro. I don’t know of an alternative for Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, or Vista (just haven’t had the chance to test it).

DDR3 Goes Beyond The 2GHz Barrier

12 Feb, 2008 No Comment

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Currently, memory speeds are going higher and higher with each day, and while it isn’t such a big thing to see DDR2 memory rated somewhere around 1000MHz, most DDR3 modules produced so far were rated as “DDR3-1333″, and sometimes “DDR3-1625″ or “DDR3-1800″(of course, nothing stopped various producers coming up with their own speed ratings, less common). I said “so far” because, one of these days, Team Group released a new product that broke the 2GHz barrier!

Team Group’s memory modules rated DDR3-2133 are a part of their older Team Xtreem series, and they are currently providing the highest bandwidth available in memory modules that can be found on the market. Apart from the 2133-rated ones, Team Group also offers DDR3-1700 and DDR3-1600 modules.All these DDR3 memories available under the Team Xtreem flag use custom heat spreaders to keep them cooler, increase reliability, and overclocking possibilities, as well as to make them more attractive to our eyes. For now, probably not many of us would consider buying 2GHz DDR3 memory, because the performance of this kind of memory doesn’t fully justify its price yet, but it’s good to know where we stand and where we’re headed…

Re-Synching your Dugg post to get more Diggs.

12 Feb, 2008 1 Comment

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Recently, I was re-doing how my permalink structure worked on this blog. My original structure was: index.php/p=%postid. For various, somewhat obvious reasons I wanted this changed.

So I changed it to: index.php/post_title/ . Right, so all worked well, I had my new permalink and directory structures all set up, good good. Now, I have a digg counter, and submitter in my post loop, for every one of my posts. After changing my permalink structure, I noticed, none of the my diggs were showing up! What?! Hmmmm

My most recent post (at the time) I simply dugg again. Went through the routine, submitted it (even though however my last post showed up on the duplicate list, only time that thing has EVER detected ANYTHING remotely close to what I was digging). Finalized my digg, and went back to my page. And reloaded.

What do I see? 6 diggs. That’s what I had before it cleared them out on here. But no more than literally 3-4 minutes later, I had 3 more diggs. Didn’t make much sense, they don’t come in that quick, unless I’ve just submitted it. And that’s what happened.

I effectively re-synched my post. I changed the url of my digg, so none of them showed up. However, once I went and submitted it again, all of my previous diggs for that post re-appeared, and the post was back up on top in the digg site.

Now this would’nt be a very effective way on a daily basis to try and get more diggs, how ever you like your traffic. It could though, help you if you have a message of particular interest to you, you’d like to see recieve more attention.

Edit Filenames and Content with Ruby.

12 Feb, 2008 1 Comment

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Very interesting piece of code here. Essentially this will take all .php files, and change their extensions to a .sphp file extension. Then it will replace all instances of ".php" in the files, and replace them with ".sphp" for purposes of linking, and inclusion. Very neat script.

PLAIN TEXT

RUBY:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'find'
require 'fileutils'
# Used to go through, starting at the directory start_dir and working
# recursively, and rename all files that end in .php to end in .sphp
# because the CS admin got a wild hair. Also goes through all .php
# and .sphp files and replaces all instances of ".php" in them with
# ".sphp".
def finder( start_dir )
Find.find( start_dir ) do |path|
if FileTest.file?( path )
if path =~ /\.php$/i
old_name = File.basename( path )
new_name = old_name.gsub( /\.php$/, '.sphp' )
dir = path.gsub( /#{old_name}$/, '' )
if File.exists?( dir + old_name )
puts "#{dir + old_name} to #{dir + new_name}\n"
# Since the code is part of a Subversion repository, we use
# the 'svn' command to let Subversion rename the file
system( "svn mv #{dir + old_name} #{dir + new_name}" )
end
elsif path =~ /\.sphp$/i || path =~ /\.php$/i
puts "Replacing instances of '.php' in #{path}\n"
system( %Q{ruby -pe 'gsub(/\\.php/, ".sphp")' -i #{path} } )
end
end
end
end
finder( '.' )

Source: 3Till7

43 World Of Warcraft Cheat Sheets

11 Feb, 2008 2 Comments

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World Of Warcraft Cheat Sheets! Yay!

Maps

General

Burning Crusade Quests

Gems

Emotes:

If you see anymore online, please be sure to let me know, and I'll update this list.

Word Press Cheat Sheets

10 Feb, 2008 No Comment

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Two great cheat sheets. These two especially can simplify template creation.

Ruby On Rails Cheat Sheets

10 Feb, 2008 No Comment

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Ruby On Rails Cheat Sheets:

General.

Default Directory Structure:

Pre Defined Variables:

Reserved Words:

Regular Expressions:

Ruby On Rails - Getting Started

10 Feb, 2008 No Comment

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Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework. It is written in Ruby and follows the MVC or Model-View-Controller architecture. Developers using RoR appreciate the ability to create applications using less code and requiring a minimum of configuration.

RoR has been picking up a lot of speed lately. Most notably is the Blog with comments in 15 minutes tutorial video.

How does one get started with RoR though? Hopefully we can help you out a bit here.

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The Oreilly “In a Nutshell” series.

6 Feb, 2008 No Comment

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I recently came across a repository of the Oreilly "In a Nutshell" book series in PDF, and CHM formats. I do realize most are dated, but some may come in handy none the less.