Computers

• Powerpoint refusing to play embedded video clips can sometimes be fixed by changing the extension of the video clip from .avi to .mpg.
• Unwrap text files created in e.g. Emacs for use in e.g. MS Word: doubled newlines become single new lines, but single new lines become spaces: unwrap.c and wrap.c.
• Bash script to create numbered backups of files or directories: backup
• Fixing Latex so it uses letter size paper rather than A4 size paper by default:
  • Open a terminal window and execute the program "texconfig"
  • Select paper size, letter (us), and enter; a lot of text will scroll off the screen as TeX is reconfigured
  • Don't try editing config.ps or other files manually, that just doesn't work!
• Time Machine and Parallels backup problem
  • Time Machine will frequently fail when Parallels is installed on your Mac. To fix, open the Time Machine control panel and exclude Documents/Parallels from backup. (The Parallels virtual machine image files are too big for Time Machine to handle.)
• Converting Gmail Contacts CSV files to work with Yahoo Mail
• This antenna for the Airport Extreme really works!
• My Cygwin home directory files
• What to install on Windows XP computer
• Using Emacs & Bash or Csh under MS Windows
• What to install on a Macintosh running OS X
• Babbage's Analytical Engine
• Converting audio cassettes to mp3 or CDs, and experience with cassettes2cds.com
• Clean up Ascii text files exported from Windows applications with fixdostxt.c
• Fujitsu Snapscan Document Scanner
• How to Make Latex use Postscript Fonts Painlessly
• Generating Multi-Page HTML from MS Word