Android Screenshots

• Download the Android SDK:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/

• Add the Path to the SDK Tools:

export PATH=${PATH}:<your_sdk_dir>/tools

• Run ddms:

# ddms

• Connect your Android device by USB and choose the 'Sync' method of connection.
• Choose your Device from  the left menu
• Then from the ddms menu bar choose Device > Screen Capture

Resetting WordPress User Password

Get to the MySQL prompt and use something like the following:

UPDATE wp_users SET user_pass=MD5('secret') WHERE ID=1;

SNES games on Nintendo DS

SNES emulator for the Nintendo DS - great!

WineTricks for Windows Dependencies

Download the WineTricks script from here:

http://wiki.winehq.org/winetricks

Make it executable and then move it to /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin

Run it and a GUI will appear to tick the stuff you need e.g. 7zip, AdobeAIR, mono, corefonts and many more

Ubuntu Bibble libstdc++5

Error while trying to install Bibble 4:

Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libstdc++5

Got the DEB file from:
http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/libstdc++5
And the Bibble installer now works :-)

Photoshop Airbrushing Article

Good article about the lies of airbrushing with a before and after image by Debenhams.

Wii Hacking for Homebrew

Someone updated the Wii by accident :-( so re-hacked using this guide.
Now enjoying SNES and old Spectrum/Amstrad games :-)

Join AVI video files

Install mencoder if not already installed and at the command line:

mencoder *.avi -o joined.avi -ovc copy -oac copy