Ahh this took awhile to get the right string – but this works! 1. Endorse the check. 2. Use xsane to scan the front and back of the check @ 200 dpi gray scale. (Note that the endorsement signature block is on the right.) 3. Crop images with gimp (gnu image processing). They should look […]
28
Oct
How to Setup Firefox “User Agent” for “Deposit@Home” on Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in Browsers, Deposit @ Home, Skill Level: Medium1 comment
18
Oct
1. ctrl+shift (keep depressed) then hit u 2. you will see a u (underlined) 3. Now type in +23c and voila! ȼ appears! For the copyright symbol: ctrl+shift(keep depressed) u+a9 ©
18
Oct
How to play closed captioned DVD on Linux
Posted by Wayno Published in DVD, Skill Level: Easy, videoclosed captioning != subtitles at a terminal window type: mplayer dvd:// -subcc or smplayer then subtitles and check “enable closed captioning” also make sure you set “subtitle” to none otherwise you get closed captioning AND subtitles (best bet)
17
Oct
What release of Ubuntu am I running? nwayno@Homer:~$ cat /etc/issue Ubuntu 9.10 n l —————— What version of the kernel am I running? nwayno@Homer:~$ uname -a Linux Homer 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:05:01 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux —————— What graphics card do I have? nwayno@Homer:~$lspci | grep VGA 00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia […]
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