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January 8, 2013 0

configure side screen menu bar (aka launcher bar) on dual screens

By in Unity

Go to Displays: gnome-control-center display Here sticky edges can be changed and options for the side menu or launcher bar can be moved

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December 7, 2012 0

using screen to detach console

By in linux

to create a new terminal just type screen to go back to the original terminal type to start command input type: ctrl – a to detach: d to list active sessions from original terminal: screen -ls to retach session: screen -r [process number] to stop a session from the session type: ctrl-a and then altGr […]

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November 30, 2012 0

compiling vtk

By in checkinstall, deb, dpkg, gcc

compiling vtk gave some errors regarding xt solution was to install libxt-dev and rerun cmake for vtk. Then run make again. checkinstall can be used for creating a deb package

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November 9, 2012 0

user monitoring on dd-wrt router

By in dd-wrt

see: http://code.google.com/p/wrtbwmon/wiki/Deploying

October 25, 2012 0

Figuring out coordinate system transformation

By in geometry

Notes on how to construct simple transformations between coordinate systems. We have a coordinate system and another coordinate system . To construct a transformation matrix allowing us to get coordinates, which is expressed in coordinate system expressed in coordinate system a transformation matrix, is required. This transformation matrix allow us to get Lets say origo of […]

September 24, 2012 0

adding formulas to google docs and presentations workaround

By in google docs, latex

A far from optimal workaround for adding formulas to google presentations and properly also google docs is to use http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php to construct the formula with latex syntax and load it as an image by adding an image from an URL E.g.: The ugly drawback is that, AFAIK, you are not able to recall the link […]

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September 13, 2012 0

merging when git conflict – setup and tools

By in GIT

Possible merge tools: kdiff3 and meld Setup kdiff3 in git git config –global difftool.prompt false git config –global difftool.kdiff3.trustExitCode false git config –global diff.tool kdiff3 git config –global mergetool.kdiff3.trustExitCode false git config –global mergetool.keepBackup false git config –global merge.tool kdiff3 When forming a merge command the following variables can be used (This should however not […]

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September 11, 2012 0

Dlink dir-615 rev. H2

By in dd-wrt

Notes collected when trying to get dd-wrt running on dlink dir-615 rev H2. dd-wrt installation description http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=152939&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 Getting client mode to work Frst disabled security on main router. Then followed http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Client_Bridged then added security on main router and client router (dlink dir-615) (WPA2-personal sec key: AES). Specifying AES on main router may bare been the […]

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September 3, 2012 0

determine if folder is a mount point

By in bask, linux

If $dir is a mount point this if statement will determine is (Not tested) if [ `stat -fc%t:%T “$dir”` != `stat -fc%t:%T “$dir/..”` ]; then echo “$dir is mounted” else echo “$dir is not mounted” fi

August 22, 2012 0

Example of an interesting omnidirectional camera using a conical mirror

By in computer vision

http://robotti.wikidot.com/mobilerobotquestions Interesting article on the same topic: “Using Conical and Spherical Mirrors with Conventional Cameras for 360º Panorama Views in a Single Image” http://www.dei.uminho.pt/~aparicio/pdf/BPA_079_UsingConical_ICM06.pdf  

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