Author Archives: Nick

RSS Feeds Updated
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The RSS Feeds on Harptabs.com have been fixed to work with all RSS readers.  This was an issue which had been going on for a long time but it was low priority and had not been worked on.  Now that the … Continue reading

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MySQL Memory Tables
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In MySQL you can run tables just in memory.  These tables are great for temporary data since they are cleared out when MySQL closes, and since they are in memory they are accessed quickly. When you are creating a table … Continue reading

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Website Downloaders
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I have noticed an increase in website downloaders running on the site.  These systems cause a drain on system resources and are not allowed.  There are blocks in place to prevent their use, but anyone caught using one will be … Continue reading

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Extract the audio from a flash video
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Extract the audio from a flash video. ffmpeg -i video.flv -acodec copy track.mp3

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Unix / Linux: See Colourised Filesystem Disk Space Usage
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This is a neat little program which with give you a “graphical” display of the free space from the command line. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/unix-linux-bsd-pydf-command-in-colours.html

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