Android Linux SDK revision 6 aapt library bug

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UPDATE - I reported this bug and it was promptly fixed the next day. Read the bug report for solution on how to fix. Android 2.2 just came out and along with it came a updated set of SDK tools. I've been using these tools on Windows, but today I took my Linux laptop out and ...

Python close_fds issue

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So I spent the better part of my evening trying to track down a bug, which turns out to be a "feature" of python. I had just installed the GitPlugin for trac but I started to experience problems. When browsing the source inside trac it was taking over 30seconds to load the page and sometimes it ...

Humble Indie Bundle md5sums

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I just purchased the Humble Indie Bundle, 5 games which run on Windows, Linux and Mac. They kindly offered md5 hashes, however they weren't in a convenient format, so I created a md5sums file. 187287db6226ef6a306a4cd0cfa8dd45 *Aquaria111.2008.12.12.exe 8b24ddeeb553e028bbd501102f891cc2 *aquaria-lnx-humble-bundle.mojo.run 336d89eb431e0b00535a2b50146c579d *WorldOfGooSetup.1.30.exe f5afa40893d0fbcc37885191404f6d8c *WorldOfGooSetup.1.41.tar.gz b373132f6e78665f1076752b038a8218 *gish153-1.tar.gz 94e82d53e2104914f19ec97f7cf5da42 *gish1531.zip 41ea2e41fe42c40b5ad017ae1afb45c7 *lugaru-full-linux-x86-1.0c.bin d40d4076ed3ffa2a9bc9913202c55a06 *lugaru-windows.zip 56060bb550e0cd7e90bc7bc60d7c4c23 *penumbra_overture_1.1.exe 539567b590cf53e65a8e8f1b2bc728b3 *penumbra_overture_1.1.sh and for ...

VMWare breaks shift key

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I came into my office today to find that my keyboard would no longer type capital letters. The shift, caps lock, and even num lock keys seemed to be broken. After a quick WTF it was pointed out to me that VMWare occasionally does this to Linux machines. Thanks to Matt who showed me a quick ...

LaTeX QR Based Business Card

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I recently found this blog which shows a business card with a QR card. I thought I'd create a business card with LaTeX with a similar QR code. I took a LaTeX template from here, found out about the pst-barcode pacakge, learnt the MECARD format, and combined them to make this: My QR Business Card I ...