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Problems with Wake on Wireless LAN

Problems with Wake on Wireless LAN

One of the great little things about computers is surely Wake On Lan feature on most network cards. It allows you to wake up a turned off or sleeping computer by sending a remote wake up packet (sometimes called a 'magic' packet). I found myself depended on this nifty little thing lately, since I want to be able to access files remotely, but I don't want to have a computer running all the time (it's not vey green, is it?) or be there physically to turn it on (beats the purpose, I guess). Read more

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internet
hardware
network
2012-02-17 18:40 dUcA

Color calibration and dual monitor setup in Windows 7

Color calibration and dual monitor setup in Windows 7

Given the nature of my professional calling, I depend on properly calibrated monitors, since you can only rely so much on your experience when there are choices to be made concerning the color. While eyedropper tool is indeed a godsend, calibration is a must in an environment where photo manipulation is in the play, which is nowadays very common. Add two or more monitors in the mix, and suddenly things don't work as they are supposed to. Read more

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windows
script
dtp
color
2011-11-28 10:52 dUcA

Solve reCAPTCHA in JDownloader by e-mail

Solve reCAPTCHA in JDownloader by e-mail

reCAPTCHA is nowadays one of the safest way to perform a Turing test. Many file hosts have implemented it for their free users, so it's becoming more and more of a problem when there is need to download multiple files from a single uploader (such as spanned file archives). As an occasional downloader, I don't have need to purchase premium accounts and lift these restrictions, so I mainly use JDownloader with free accounts to download them. Read more

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shell
ubuntu
jdownloader
gmail
2011-10-26 10:01 dUcA

Backup Gmail for free

Backup Gmail for free

Believe it or not, some people are already having trouble with free space on Gmail. Not me, I'm at 38% full at the moment, but those large attachments proved to be deadly for some. If you don't want to pay for the extra storage but want to keep all those old emails, read on for an effective offline backup using Mozilla Thunderbird client. Read more

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gmail
thunderbird
internet
2011-08-19 12:01 dUcA

Autoguiding test

Autoguiding test

This is a result from a recent test of my autoguiding setup. I wrote before about the whole astrophotography setup and this was supposed to be first real-life test of autoguiding while attempting to shoot something. Results are somewhat dissappointing, there is still room for some improvements, especially on the level of hardware sturdiness. Later in the post I will layout a recipe for basic DSLR astrophotography processing in IRIS program. Read more

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astrophotography
astronomy
telescope
2011-07-27 12:24 dUcA

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