Alreet.Sometimes Mendeley content has to move. There’s no easy way to tell Mendeley that. So.
sudo apt-get install sqlitebrowsercd ~/.local/share/data/Mendeley\ Ltd./Mendeley\ Desktop/sqlitebrowser <you@whatever>@www.mendeley.com.sqliteupdate Files set localUrl = replace(localUrl,
I got myself one of these and after setting it up properly I must say that while I am a bit disappointed by the reach, I am very impressed with the sound quality for this ...READ MORE
Following Robert Seale’s advice, I was looking for a solution to batch rename photo files. After my last shoot I used digikam and while the results were as desired, it took a second or ...READ MORE
Through a few very lucky coincidences I received a Thinkpad x200s a few days ago and set it up with Crunchbang which must have been the most straightforward os-installation ever. Two Three Four things though: ...READ MORE
After almost eight years using (and helping develop) Polypager, a very versatile and friendly content management system, and after three years of having Zenphoto manage my pictures, I finally decided I had to retire both ...READ MORE
My ubuntu 12.04 computer cannot see my Android 4.1.2 phone, instead I must install go-mtpfs and control it via command line. Thankfully, Andrew over at webupd8 provides all the necessary tools (all credit goes to ...READ MORE
When you connect your camera to your computer and have the image displayed on your screen as you shoot, it is called »tethered shooting«. One reason you might want to do it is to have ...READ MORE
Recently I bought a faulty pack of grapefruit juice. The plastic nozzle was not glued to the carton properly, so instead of filling my glass, I filled my trusty old Logitech UltraX Premium keyboard. I ...READ MORE
I recently got my hands on a shiny eee-PC for surprisingly little money. As I am travelling a fair bit at the moment, the opportunity was more than welcome. Now, mobility comes at a price ...READ MORE
If you use Kile as LaTeX editor and if you find yourself typing the same code all over again – like a specific table environment, or a slide environment in beamer or whatever, why not ...READ MORE
Since 12.04 my thinkpad (T60) regularly shuts down due to heat. I don’t like it and I am afraid of damage – to hard drives or to the system.
The problem is described in many ...READ MORE
For a long time I have been looking to replace Picasa (the desktop programme) but haven’t been able to come up with a true alternative. Many people ask for Picasa-alternatives in the forums, yet most ...READ MORE
Working with multibib, Bibtex started failing me after a recent reinstallation of texlive on xubuntu. On
bibtex <project-path>/src.aux
I got:
bibtex: Not writing to <project-path>/src.blg (openout_any = p). I couldn't open file name `<project-path>/src.blg'
To ...READ MORE
After an earlier failed attempt at owncloud 4 I’m prety happy with OC 5 now and succesfully sync contacts, calendars and some files in between a crunchbang netbook, a xubuntu notebook and my Android phone: ...READ MORE
I wanted to rename a part of this website and I knew, I needed a 301 in order to redirect people from the old to the new address. It was easy to find out that ...READ MORE
After quite some time I installed xampp again. Everything worked smoothly, only when trying to access phpmyadmin, I was greeted with
...READ MORENew XAMPP security concept: Access to the requested object is only available from the
A guy got hacked recently. He calls the incident »epic« which may well be true from his personal point of view. Also, the apple/amazon shortcomings in handling his sensible information are downright preposterous, but there ...READ MORE
Way too many issues with a first attempt drove me to the decission to reinstall. I had a look around and made eye contact with fedora, arch and debian but in the end thought I’d ...READ MORE
Says Mira Maier, founder of MyStipendium.de:
One in five foundations does not receive suitable applications, thus they don’t know where to put their money.
Another fun fact: 92 % of all applications go to only 0.8 ...READ MORE
[update 2012-10-04] In the meantime, I helped Nic with what he calls scratching some itches for ex-Google-Reader users: we now have gritttt, and gritttt has a) a means to import shared/stared items from g-reader into ...READ MORE
I have not needed it so far, but I’m sure the day will come where someone insits, so this howto might come in handy: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1033441 ...READ MORE
Want to create a Fedora live USB from ubuntu or make a pen drive with ubuntu in Fedora? Sick of instaling liveusb-creator under ubuntu or usb-creator in Fedora?
Here is your way out: UNetbootin
...READ MOREToday I found a second way to achieve a strikethrough in LaTeX (what is done by »line-through« in css: strike out text). If you want to put a line across text, your choices are ...READ MORE
I have phases in my work cycle, where I want to limit internet access to myself. Thus, I created a »work-user« and in the user’s properties I unticked the boxes
I was somewhat flabberghasted when I found out my mobile phone (Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot) was unable to play .mp4, .flv, .avi and what else I tried. It refuses to play all video formats save .3gp. ...READ MORE