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Mac OS X

How to switch sound output or input in Mountain Lion

A few weeks ago I bought a headset so that I can use Skype more comfortably and listen to music loudly without disturbing my neighbors. There was one nuisance though: I had to open the sound preferences to switch the sound card whenever I wanted to switch the output. After some hacking, I found out […]

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Coding Mac OS X

Quick Updates

I switched from MacPorts to Homebrew. As far as I can tell, I am not coming back :). Here’s some goodies for you: If you’re using HomeBrew and needs NTFS support, check How to Fix NTFS Support on OSX Lion. If you’re looking for Submarine, the famous command-line subtitle downloader, check out my Github repository.

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Coding

Introducing SSPS

Are you tired of manually deploying your software? Please check the Simple Software Publication System. It’s still in development, but it already is able to help me.

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Linux Ubuntu

My top 3 PPAs for Ubuntu

One of the things I love most about Ubuntu is how easy it is to install software. Ubuntu’s PPA plays a great deal on this. So, here’s a small list of my preferred PPAs: George Dumitrescu: indicator workspaces MyUnity: well, for MyUnity Peter Hurley: for Evolution Exchange Web Services (aka, evolution-ews). Adding these PPAs to […]

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Coding Java

Solving MQRC_NOT_CONVERTED problem: the easy way