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Fix NetBeans big fonts on Ubuntu

May 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

There is a rather annoying issue related with NetBeans displaying large fonts on Ubuntu for menus and panels. There are some suggestions on Ubuntu forums related with java fonts settings, but there are a couple of better solutions which may improve the way NetBeans looks on Ubuntu when it comes to font size.Continue reading →

Fix for Google Chrome crash after startup

March 2, 2011 | No comments

The issue with Google Chrome was that it crashed in about 3 seconds after startup. I encountered this problem using Chrome 9 and 10 beta on Ubuntu 10.10, but this fix may apply to other versions and operating systems as well.Continue reading →

Extract audio from video file

February 20, 2011 | No comments

Since there are so many tools (Minitube, youtube-dl) which allows you to download video files from YouTube or other video sharing sites, let’s go one step further and extract the sound from the downloaded video file to a mp3 file. The FFmpeg tool will do the trick just fineContinue reading →

Use your browser to decode base64 encoded data

October 2, 2010 | 1 Comment

If you are dealing with base64 encoded data you may find useful to know that any modern browser can easily decode it using the Data URI scheme. All you need is pass the encoded data to the browser in the same way as you would enter a regular URL, but of course using the correct structure of the data URI scheme.Continue reading →

Insert value “0″ for primary keys with auto increment in MySQL

July 12, 2009 | No comments

In order to insert value 0 in a field that is set as primary key for a MySQL table you need to execute the following query prior to any insert query: SET SQL_MODE = “NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO”;Continue reading →