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operating semi-functionally since 1988 (or so we know).

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Harness Your Android's Built-In GPS To Use As A Bluetooth GPS Receiver For Your PC

Yes, yes, I know it's been forever since I've posted a tutorial. My apologies, but this one is GREAT, and coming up with it myself makes it even better! So yesterday, I stumbled on an app for Android phones (GPS2BT) that allows you to tap into the phone's internal GPS and broadcasts the GPS through Bluetooth, which allows you to do any number of interesting things with it, from using the GPS to enable your tablet to give directions, to connecting the GPS to your PC. Once you connect the GPS to the PC, however, there really isn't much in the way of programs that take advantage of it; two major ones I have found are Google Earth and Microsoft Streets and Trips 2013. Before you start, you must have paired your Android phone with your computer, and both the computer and the Android's Bluetooth must be powered on. 1. Grab GPS2BT from the Google Play Store and install it.

2. Run the GPS2BT app on your Android phone. It will prompt you to turn on Bluetooth, do that. You will be presented with a screen with one big button labelled "Turn On". Push that. 3. Download Franson's GPSGate 2.6 Client for Windows and install. 4. Run GPSGate 2.6. No GUI will pop up on running the program, the program runs in the system tray. Navigate over to the system tray and right click on the GPSGate program logo, then select "Settings".

5. Select "Bluetooth GPS" from the dropdown menu labeled "Set Input", and then click the "Open" button.  6. Click the "Find New GPS" button and wait while GPSGate searches for Bluetooth devices. When you see your Android's name in the left column, click to highlight it's name, and then click to highlight the "GPS2BT" service in the "Services" column. Click "OK". 7. On the top of the GPSGate window, select the "Output" tab. Here is where you can define what program you want the GPS data to be exported to. To export the data to Streets And Trips 2013, select "Virtual COM Port" from the dropdown menu, then choose a COM port number (I chose COM5). For Google Earth, select "Google Earth". 8. Launch whichever program you want to use your GPS in, and open it's GPS options. In Streets And Trips 2013, go to the "Tools" dropdown menu, then select "GPS", then when asked, select the COM port you created in GPSGate. In Google Earth, the GPS should configure automatically. 9. Navigate to your heart's content! Enjoy! If you have trouble connecting your Bluetooth in GPSGate, just remember to make sure you have "opened" the connection between GPS2BT and GPSGate.

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so today, i was trawling the torrentwebz and stunbled across a movie i really wanted to see. downloaded what was supposed to be the movie on my phone using uTorrent mobile, then copied the folder that was supposed to have the movie in it to my HDD. when i went to open the archive the movie was contained in, it asked me for a password. HELL NO, i thought, and immediately geared up for battle. this is how i found this incredibly useful guide/utility for cracking passwords on WinRAR archives. note the manufacturer of the software: "elcomsoft". elcomsoft was a company founded by russian black hat hackers and their CEO was arrested in los vegas for trying to attend CES, a large electronics show. so far my password is still churning through possible permutations, but i'll get it. and when i do.... idle threat :)

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TorChat: Anonymise Your Instant Messaging With The Power Of Tor

For quite a while, my friends and I have been looking for an acceptable solution for completely anonymous, secure instant messaging. Today I stumbled over the solution to the problem: TorChat. TorChat is a program that uses the Tor onion router binaries to run an anonymous instant messaging program that runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. You can transfer files too. Amazing. To install:

Windows:

1. Download the "Windows executable (classic standalone version) zip file from here. 

2. Unzip the torchat zip file. 

3. If you do not already have the latest browser bundle of Tor, download it from here.When it is downloaded, unzip the downloaded file. 

4. Navigate to the /bin/Tor folder in the directory created when you unzipped TorChat. 

5. Open the Tor browser bundle folder and navigate to the App folder. There you will see an .exe file called "tor". Cut and paste this file into the /bin/Tor folder for TorChat so that TorChat uses the latest version of Tor.

6. Navigate back to the TorChat directory and double click on "torchat.exe". That's it!

Mac OS X:

1. Download TorChat for Mac OS X from here.

2. Double click on the torchat_TorChat.tgz file to decompress TorChat.

3. Download the latest Mac OS X Tor Browser Bundle from here.Unzip the file. Navigate to the unzipped file directory.

4. Right click on the "TorBrowser_en-US" application and select "Show Package Contents". Navigate to Contents/MacOS

5. Right click on the "tor" file and select "Copy".

6. Navigate back to the torchat_TorChat folder and right click on TorChat.app, Select "Show Package Contents" then navigate to Contents/Resources. 

7. Paste the "tor" file into Contents/Resources, replacing the already existing version. Close all open windows.

8. Open the torchat_Torchat folder and double click on the TorChat.app application. That's all!

Linux/Ubuntu/Linux Mint

1. Download the "Debian/Ubuntu package (classic standalone version) file from here. Right click on the torchat .deb file and select "Open with GDebi Package Installer".

2. If you receive a message that there is an older version of the "torchat" package in software channels, ignore it. Continue on with installation. The "torchat" package also installs/depends on the "python-wxgtk2.8, python-wxversion, tor, tor-geoidpb, torsocks" packages. 

3. Click the "Install Package" button. You will be asked for your password to grant administrative rights to install the software. This is fine.Enter your password and click "OK".

4.Wait while the Package Installer installs torchat. 

5. When the Package Installer has finished, click the "Close" button and navigate to your Programs menu. On Ubuntu and Linux Mint, TorChat will appear under the "Internet" programs subgroup.

6. Double click on TorChat Instant Messanger. You're done!

AN IMPORTANT NOTE: TorChat assigns a different ID to each computer you use it from, that is unique to the computer. This is the 16 digit random-looking combination of numbers and letters you see in the main TorChat window. This is your onion router address, and this is the ID you give to the people you want to chat with.

ADDING BUDDIES

Buddy lists are also unique to each computer and do not carry over from computer to computer. If you want to add someone as a buddy, right click on the TorChat main window and select "Add contact...", then put their 16 digit onion router address in the "TorChat ID" field. You can choose whatever you want to call the buddy in the "Display name" field, and add a message to let your buddy know who you are in the "Introduction" field. Once a new buddy adds you, they will appear on your screen.

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Installing Everpad, Ubuntu's premier Evernote client on Linux Mint 14 MATE

If you're like me, you just realised the limitless creative possibilities of Evernote and now you're Evernoting EVERYTHING you can get your hands on just to allow it to make your life easier (some sample ideas; a list of colognes/cosmetics I own/would like, computer specs documentation for all of my devices including a list of all of their various components, OS upgrade history, URLs for driver download and favourite programs conveniently all grouped together).

But what's missing from Evernote that could add elegant/stable sophistication, portability and open source credability? Ubuntu! That's right, folks, there is no official Evernote client for Ubuntu, but there are alternatives. Previously those alternatives were half-formed, ugly and incompatible (NixNote), until along came Everpad, which has broken a hole in the wall between Evernote and Ubuntu. Very basic interface combined with extremely easy support for uploading images and clear page justification controls makes Everpad a winner in my book.

Now, on to the install: I recently made the move to Linux Mint 14 with MATE. Under these conditions, one has to tweak a bit to install Everpad, but it is very worth it.

1. Add the nvbn PPA to your system:

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa

2. Update your repositories/sources:

sudo apt-get update

3. Install Everpad:

sudo apt-get install everpad

I suggest you restart your computer afterwards. Hopefully this is all you need to have done and you will soon be Evernoting away (to access the program, after you have clicked on the icon for Everpad, an Everpad logo appears in the bottom panel lineup where the clock is in MATE.) If all has gone well, at this stage you should be able to authorise Everpad with the Evernote servers and begin syncing. 

However, for me it was not. Owing to bad programming and an incomplete coverage of all the different Ubuntu variants/GUIs, I recieved an error about API mismatch when I right-clicked on the Everpad icon. This has to do with Everpad requiring a change in the settings regarding which daemons are set up to handle passwords and authentications for a program that uses Unity but is being run on an OS that lacks the Unity interface. To fix the issue:

1. Verify or install gnome-keyring

sudo apt-get install gnome-keyring

2. Adjust startup items to correct keyring issue

Open Main Menu > Control Center > Startup Items,

uncheck Secret Storage Service-MATE Keyring: Secret Service

check Secret Storage Service-GNOME Keyring: Secret Service

uncheck GNOME Settings Daemon

check MATE Settings Daemon

Restart the computer. Log back in and try Everpad, it should work. If not, do try some of the suggestions here and here. 

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What a beautiful image. I'm unsure of the significance, but wanted to pass it along.

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This link from TorrentFreak very accurately captures the illogicality and invasive nature behind the recent ISP "six strikes" campaign in the US. If you have been unaware of this until now, basically the biggest ISPs in the US (who represent up to 75% of Internet traffic there) have decided to band together to track down and punish Internet "pirates" who use P2P sharing networks. As the name implies, the "pirate" recieves 6 "warnings", which come in the form of written letters and diverted browser pages on their computers. Once the 6 warnings have been used up, the ISP will subpoena the "pirate"'s information and begin legal procedings against the "pirate" for "copyright infringement". Additionally, the ISP will take measures of its own that depend on which ISP is being used; the most restrictive ISP appears to be Verizon, which will not only throttle the internet access of the suspected "pirate" down to 256kbps, but will limit the "pirate"s internet browsing to a page with a telephone number that connects to Verizon's support line which is required to be called before Internet access is restored. Most of the ISPs besides Verizon seem very unclear about what if any action they specifically will take against the "pirate". In addition, there are lots of ISPs that have chosen not to participate in this action, like Cox Communication and Sonic.net. Both of these ISPs will not be monitoring their networks and I encourage you to switch to them and boycott the ISPs that practise "six strikes", stealing your personal information, spying on your internet usage and making unfounded judgements against you just for using a P2P network.

Read the article for more information.

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Definitely take a look at the new Photoshop Touch for Android!

I just heard of the existence of Photoshop Touch from the AddictiveTips blog that I enjoy following every day. Apparently, the Photoshop Touch application has existed on the iPad for a while now, but has now been released for both Android phones and tablets (2 separate software versions, BTW) and for iPhones and iPod touches, even as old as the iPhone 3GS! 

I was able to look at the new Photoshop Touch for Android phone yesterday on my Samsung Galaxy S III and have been totally amazed at the amount of functionality Adobe has squeezed into such a small package (only a 20mb APK application!). Photoshop Touch has mostly all of the features of it's bigger PC application brother and even includes new features specific to the Android version, such as the ability to edit a photo either from the Android Photo Gallery or directly from taking the photo.  Functionality is in place to automatically update the photos you have edited to your Adobe account, but also to any of the other sharing mechanisms included in Android, allowing your Facebook friends to see your edited photos right after you finish editing them. There is a bit of an adjustment to the size of the controls and the placement of the tools in the Android version, but I was not distracted by this as I was able to run the application while my Galaxy was connected through a Samsung HDMI adapter to a huge Sony Bravia LCD TV, making my photo editing a treat. If you haven't already, definitely pick up both Photoshop Touch and the Samsung HDMI adapter for the Galaxy if you have one. 

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How to Remove Ads From uTorrent

uTorrent is one of the most popular, lightweight BitTorrent clients available that supports most platforms, including Android. Many people running uTorrent on their Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers find the embedded advertisements in uTorrent very irritating. In addition, I personally believe that the ads go against the spirit of uTorrent as an "open-source" program, and that they may contain malware. Here is a quick tutorial to remove all the advertisements from uTorrent: 1. Open the uTorrent application. Select "Options", then "Preferences" from the top menu bar.

2. Select the "Advanced" option from the list on the left side menu.

3. From the list that appears, scroll to and select option "gui.show_plus_upsell" and change the box next to it from "True" to "False".

4. Scroll down to "offers.sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled" and change the box next to it from "True" to "False".

5. Scroll down and select the "False" option for the following other variables: "offers.left_rail_offer_enabled", "offers.sponsored_torrent_offer_enabled", "gui.show_notorrents_node", "offers.content_offer_autoexec". If the "False" box is already selected, leave it the way it was.

6. Click "OK", then exit uTorrent by selecting "Exit" from the file menu in the top left corner. 

7. Start uTorrent again with no ads! Hooray!

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If you've just found the most amazing track on SoundCloud but think they're total buggers for not offering it freely for you to download, I have a treat for you. SoundDrain is a website that allows you to download songs from SoundCloud and automatically converts them to MP3 format. Enjoy!

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Rare 1984 Soviet poster with a cartoon based on Mayakovsky's poem about the Soviet passport. 

Artist: V. Gimukov, 1983

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Oh you, yes YOU in the Toyota truck

This was written this afternoon in a tizzy of energy after my mother would not stop harping on me honking at a driver who, after ample opportunities presented themselves to merge, wouldn't, and who then was so offended by my previous honk that he brake-checked me for daring to audially express my displeasure with his extremely poor driving. In my head while writing it, the voices of John Cleese mix with that of a heavily Hindi accented Indian taxi driver. Enjoy! oh you, moron in the toyota truck, who doesn't understand that if you don't get out of my way i WILL run your ass over: yes, i used my hooter horn to indicate that your precious horseless carriage from the malaise decade was had curiously located itself too long in one area, principally WAITING TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC WHEN NOBODY WAS IN FRONT OF YOU. i curtiously and unnecessarily gave you not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 attempts to merge, all reasonable in length. instead, you decided that solving your new rubik's cube, yacking on your cellular transmission device, sodomising yourself with the vegetables you just bought at trader joe's or ANYTHING ELSE BESIDES MOTORING IN A CORRECT AND UPRIGHT FASHION needed to occupy your pathetic attention. to correct this crude misconception, i laid my appendage on my hooter horn for approximately 15.37 seconds to express my general displeasure with your blatant display of motoring incompetance. all you needed to do was to slightly mash the accelerator with your right-most floor-bound appendage and tilt the control wheel a mere 38 degrees to the right, enabling you to seemlessly enter the flow of horseless carriages parading past without mortally injuring yourself or passers by. INSTEAD, YOU ATTEMPTED TO HORNSWOGGLE ME AND RAPE THE FRONT OF MY MOTOR CAR WITH YOUR BEHIND. you, yes YOU, the same serf i was previously addressing, placed your left foot in and shook it all about on the brakes of your conveyance after travelling 50 yards in the forward direction, causing your mechanised shitbox to hurdle from trotting speed to a completely unnecessary halt in a blatant attempt to cleverly exploit your mischaractorized impression of me as inattentive and allow both of our transports to do the groove thing directly into each other. i, however, was not having any of this. thus, you earned a repeat blast of my hooter horn for several seconds longer in duration as an exhasperated communication of your truly purile intentions regarding my further travel onward. this most honestly should communicate that your foolish ambitions to control the my rate of motion are completely in vain and you should move on and pursue a more relaxing and less dangerous past time, like selecting the perfect radish or trying to swallow Nat King Cole records. Now shove off and get the hell out of my way.

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WE'RE BACK!

I got thinking to myself today, I really should restart that tumblr I put so much hard (read: little) work into setting up and designing before abandoning it when my life became more busy. Now, my life's slowed down and I really want to give this media platform a second shot. Just a preview of what is to come: -More tech how-tos for Android, the Web and Windows, with less of as much of a focus on Ubuntu now that my main computer is running Windows 8 -More of my creative work to be uploaded to the internet, my photos, my graphic design work and my writing, which I have been saving up to eventually host somewhere. -More content focussed on world events and culture. Also more news stories and info reblogged from other sites. I don't expect to have any particular time frame for this, but do continue to check out this space in the coming weeks/months. With that, I present you with a short work of prose written about a short road rage encounter.

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Requires some hands on work, but its working, and at a good speed! My particular problem waa that my Triumph would connect with my netbook and laptop but not with my tablet (also running Android Gingerbread). It appeared there were issues with the MTU and once the MTU is set lower than 1472, things start working after a few jumping jacks and assorted code fitness. Enjoy your new, working cheap WIFI tether!

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All about usb chargers, trickle charging, and how to make your own usb power cable. I've been more and more interested in electricity and computer hardware mechanics lately, many of the jobs popping up recently have been more on the engineering side of things.

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been looking for this for a while. separates youtube from the flash player and your browser completely. coded in qt, minitube is a great solution for computers with low graphics card performance (like netbooks, nettops, mobile devices). compatible with windows, mac and linux.

forgot to mention earlier that it also allows you to set the picture quality of all videos played by "p" resolution and also downloads ready converted .mp4 video files, the size of which should range to about 20mb for a music video.

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I'm not supporting hitler, its preowned.

Referring to a VW Passat

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How to (semi)automatically remove unwanted reply metadata from Google Voice SMS email replies on BlackBerry

Since I first used google voice on the blackberry, I've been frustrated by the Messages app automatically inserting the reply header into the body of my SMS messages. This would push the number of characters in the message over the limit of 160, confuse other phone OS's and frustrate and annoy the other people receiving the messages to the point that people were joking that my phone was trying to reproduce with theirs. The first apparent fix was to hit the BlackBerry key, then select "Delete Original Text" manually EVERY SINGLE MESSAGE I sent. That quickly became intolerable, until I developed a new method! After typing your email response to the Google Voice SMS email notification, press enter and advance downward 2 lines. The metadata automatically hides! Unfortunately, creating an email signature with 2 blank lines doesn't reproduce the effect, but pressing Enter twice is far easier than the menu fumbling.