Dreambox dm7000 and Andoid

I just got my Samsung Galaxy (SGS) and i searched some dreambox remotes for Android on the market.
But they are all designed for newer dreambox models, and the DM7000 isn't supported any more.

But i found a nice workaround, the web-interface is not well suited to be used on a mobile device, but :
You can use direct URLS to open each frame on the dreambox webinterface.
Ex:
- Timers : http://yourbox/body?mode=timers
- Remote : http://yourbox/showRemoteControl
- Control menu : http://yourbox/leftnavi?mode=control
- Zapmode : http://yourbox/body?mode=zap&zapmode=0&zapsubmode=4

These are much easier to use on a mobile device than the whole interface.

Have fun !

scan2google

I asked myself how to archive all my paper documents in an onlione storage available everywhere from the internet.

Here's the solution: scan2google
A small script on Ubuntu to upload multiple pages (one PDF) from your ADF scanner to your google documents account.

Tools needed:
scanadf
convert
pdfjoin


Source:

1. #!/bin/bash
2. # Configuration:
3. # Obtain device name from scanadf -L
4. devname=pixma:04A91712_10FA81
5. guser=yourgoogleuser
6. gpass=yourgooglepassword
8. set -x
10. cd /tmp
11. mkdir scanadf
12. chmod 770 scanadf
13. cd scanadf
14. rm -Rf *
15. googfile="$(date +%Y%m%d-%Hh%Mm%Ss)-scanned.pdf"
17. # Parameters below are for grayscale lettersize paper at 150dpi
18. resolution=150
19. scanmode=gray
22. ###################################################
23. #echo Start page number?
24. #read startp
25. #echo Nbr of pages
26. #read nbrp
27. echo "Scanning pages..."
28. if [ "$1" == "--noadf" ]
29. then
30.         scanadf -d $devname -o p%d.pbm --mode $scanmode --resolution $resolution -e 1
31. else
32.         scanadf -d $devname -o p%d.pbm --mode $scanmode --resolution $resolution --source "Automatic Document Feeder"
33. fi
34. echo "Converting bitmapped images to PDF..."
35. rm -f *.pdf
36. for i in $(ls -rt *pbm)
37. do
38.     convert -compress jpeg $i $(basename $i.pdf)
39.     rm -f $i
40. done
41. echo "Merging PDF file..."
42. pdfjoin --outfile $googfile $(ls -rt *.pdf)
43. rm -f *.pbm.*
44. echo "Uploading to google docs"
45. java -jar /usr/local/bin/google-docs-upload-1.2.jar "$1" --without-folders --username $guser --password $gpass "$(pwd)"

UPDATE 25/4/2012:

Since 2011, the google docs upload was broken, now i found another nice way to fix this:

1) Install cloudprint explained by this post:
http://www.niftiestsoftware.com/cups-cloud-print/

2) Replace line 45 by this one:
cat $googfile | lpr -P $PRINTER -T"$(date +%Y%m%d-%Hh%Mm%Ss)-$(zenity --entry --text="Document keywords").pdf"

I've included a zenity dialog to include some meaningful text describing the document

Simple Javascript Datepicker

If you need a simple Javascript DatePicker, here is one:
http://javascriptcalendar.org/

It can be used as a Popup and as an Inline datepicker.

Of course, it's published under GPL and free of charge

2 Euro 3D Screen and Glasses

I just received my 3D glasses bought on ebay.
These are simple Red/Cyan Anaglyph glasses , for 2 euro only.

They are working great with the free 3D Anaglyph driver from iZ3D.

The only drawback, Punkbuster seems to have problems with the driver, i got kicked from several servers because they detected unauthorized 3d functions :(

Howto rename unknown MP3 files

I found a great tool to rename unknown mp3's:
PICARD

It's included in the Ubuntu repository ...

How to organize your MP3 with bash and mp3info

I had all my loved songs in my mp3 collection but with one big problem:
I had no index and had to serach for all the songs, using more time to navigate the through my collection than listening to it.

THE Solution:
Creating m3u indexes on the filesystem, compatible with mostly any player.

Here is an example:
I wish to sort my songs by genre, so i did this small script to create one m3u file by genre:

find . -name *.mp3 | while read lg; do echo "$lg" >> $(mp3info -p%g "$lg").m3u; done

And another one to create one m3u per year:

find . -name *.mp3 | while read lg; do echo "$lg" >> $(mp3info -p%y "$lg").m3u; done


This saves me a lot of time, now i can fully enjoy my collection.

iPad = iBad

My comment to the new iPad : iBad - Why ?
Read this :
No Flash, No USB, No IR, No HD, No SD, No Free Apps = No Go , No Buy
and this:
Defective by design !!!