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ELinks

A useful tool for web developers built on Cygwin for Windows (tested on Windows XP). I haven't seen a port for Windows anywhere so I thought about sharing this since this is a very handy application.

ELinks is an advanced and well-established feature-rich text mode web (HTTP/FTP/..) browser. ELinks can render both frames and tables, is highly customizable and can be extended via Lua or Guile scripts (not included in my build though; see image below for supported features).
Info: http://elinks.or.cz/



And here's the version output (click image to enlarge):

Quick Update

Thanks to RayCP for his awesome idea of a google custom search of the whole Da-Network of blogs :) Oh and studying how to play the guitar ain't that particularly easy tbh :-\

Math


xajax + Smarty + tableless design + Ito Misaki + Leah Dizon = Very Happy

RealMedia Utilities

Inspired by a similar thread in Doom9 though I'll only be listing here the tools I personally use w/ biased ratings ;-)

Encoding (frontend)

Easy RealMedia Producer v1.94 & Editor v1.73 by redcheek
☆☆☆☆☆
The one and only :-)
[ Download ] [ Mirror ] (by Tekoo)

You could download Helix Producer SDK from the Helix Community and use its libs instead since they're more updated.

General (info, fix[1], sync, mux, demux, etc.)

RealMedia Analyzer v0.30.00 by Alexey Pavluchenko
☆☆☆☆☆
Command-line. You must have this ;-)
[ Download ]

RM-Fix v4.6b0923 by Magic Mysery
☆☆☆☆
Command-line but also has text UI
[ Download ]

dtdrive v6.0.9.636 by the Helix Community
☆☆
Command-line. Might be confusing to use; Lacks documentation
[ Download ] [ Info ]

[1] Fix seek errors (in realplayer mostly), broken index, timestamp errors but not automagically "fix" blurred/pixelated frames. You could discard them though.

Others

RMVB SubtitleMuxer v1.0 by Dark-Cracker
☆☆☆☆
For soft-subbing
[ Download ] [ Info ]

Display Size Changer by redcheek
☆☆☆
Change aspect ratio or video resolution
[ Download ] [ Info ]

RMVB Analyser v1.1 by dark-angel
☆☆☆
Dumps realmedia info (like rma -d) and shows bitrate histogram :-)
[ Download ]

If you need help in using any of the tools, tell me and I'll try to help :-)

Zoom Player Install Center


Nice app to stay on top the most common codecs for DirectShow-based players (e.g Windows Media Player, Media Player Classic, Zoom Player, etc). Part of Zoom Player but can be downloaded separately (at this moment, latest is v1.2.2.0). I'd like to thank a certain someone because if not for his(?)[1] constant advertising of Zoom, I wouldnt have taken a look. But personally, (patched) MPC is still better ;-)

This is the same version but patched removing the do you want to connect prompt at startup but just goes ahead listing updates you can download. Enjoy :-)



[1] Not sure because I wonder how can a guy bitch so much ;-) And no, I'm not a sexist. In fact, I love women especially the beautiful Japanese(-looking) ones ;-) Ito can nag at me all day <3

Update: Thanks to ecchigo for reminding me to put a link to the patched MPC I mentioned :-)

Status!

Ohno!

Pardon the lack of updates but my attention has shifted elsewhere. I hardly watch animes anymore :-\

Aside from work, you can blame my mad movie-downloading ski11z. I just hope I'm not totally back being a leecher *g* And I almost forgot I keep an upcoming list! While I promise I will upload them (not sure), exact ETAs arent looking very bright. Same goes for my reups and ongoing anime uploads, maybe except for Claymore because people might get pissed at me for not uploading :-)

Let's see...

[ √ ] Forums are back! Right on admins :-)
[ √ ] Playgus and his ~3k posts(!)
[ √ ] Myst still being herself
[ √ ] mido and his Irish accent
[ √ ] serly and her Asian movies (Go Volta!)
[ √ ] Ito Misaki being herself. I less than three you baby!
[ √ ] Santa isnt real. Oh sh*t noes!!11!

All is good :-)

Good job Da-Anime peoples!
*sacrifies a virgin Myst*

So hang around in the forums sometime, will ya? Also post an intro if you're new! People in the forums are really happy, shiny people :-)

#care,
reeky

Torrent Harvester


Very useful app if you like to torrent a lot, like me :-)

Quoting the app's diz from the site:

Torrent Harvester is a search program for any type of file contained on a web page. It is currently named Torrent Harvester due to the fact that most of the Engines are Torrent Engines, however Torrent Harvester is not limited to searching for Torrents and can search for any type of file given the proper Engine file.
Tips:

1. Make sure to use this address instead when updating the engines -
http://www.torrent-harvester.com
2. As of this writing, do not update/download these engines (uncheck/delete them) for they might cause the program to crash at startup because there arent any proper XML files pointed by their download links -
BoxTorrent
DeepBassNine
DownloadAnime
FilePorn
Packetnews
RuTorrents
SloTorrent.net
TakeAbyte
TBKResources
TorrenTsRus
If I could figure out how to make engines, I could use one or two of those b0rked ones myself. Oh yes, especially FilePorn because porn is the next best thing since sliced bread ;\

The Myst-adventures of Me, Myself and I

Episode 01: The God that is He
Sometime in serly's cbox on the 30rd of July (read from the bottom)...



...and love he got :-)

Expandable Posts II

Since the first wasnt very... usable, here's a rewrite which is easier to implement, I think, based on Super Peek-A-Boo Posts by Hans and Ramani.

Step 0: Backup your existing template before modifying it.

Step 1: Add the following javascript code to the head of your template. You can place it just above the </head> tag.

<script type='text/javascript'>
//<![CDATA[
<!--

var peekaBtnTextOn = "Show";
var peekaBtnTextOff = "Hide";

function peekaBtn(id)
{
var div = document.getElementById(id);
var divs = div.getElementsByTagName('div');

for (var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
if (divs[i].id == "expandedpost") {
var xp_div_tx = divs[i].innerHTML
var xp_div_id = "xp_" + id;

divs[i].innerHTML = '\
<input type="button" value="' + peekaBtnTextOn + '" class="XP" onclick="peekaBtnToggle(\''+ xp_div_id + '\')" />\
<div style="display: none;" id=\'' + xp_div_id + '\'><p>' + xp_div_tx + '</p></div>';
}
}
}

function peekaBtnToggle(id)
{
var div = document.getElementById(id);
if (div.style.display != "") {
div.style.display = "";
div.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('input')[0].value = peekaBtnTextOff;
} else {
div.style.display = 'none';
div.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('input')[0].value = peekaBtnTextOn;
}
}
//-->
//]]>
</script>


Tip: Changing the values of peekaBtnTextOn and peekaBtnTextOff changes the buttons' texts accordingly.

Step 2: Design the button by adding this in the <b:skin> block. Change to your liking, of course.
.XP {
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
width: 120px;
}

Step 3: Find the includable named 'post' in your template, and change it so part of it looks like below (the colored text must be added). Note that I worked on an unmodified template.
<div class='post-body' expr:id='"post-" + data:post.id'>
<p><data:post.body/></p>
<script type='text/javascript'>peekaBtn("post-" + "<data:post.id/>")</script>
.... rest of template code ....

Step 4: In the Settings - Formatting tab, go to the bottom and enter the following post-template:
Some text go here.
<div id="expandedpost">
Peek-A-Boo'd text goes here.
</div>

That's it :-)

HOWTO: Block ads in Chikka Txt Messenger v4

Chikka ads appear non-obtrusive (yet) and small enough to not be a bandwidth hog (yet) but similar guides/apps have sprung up for Y!M, AIM, etc. Besides, auto-update breaks my IM session :-\ And I'm on XP so adjust if you're using an older OS.

Chikka Txt Messenger v4
1. Add this to your Hosts file [1]:

Code:
127.0.0.1 imu.chikka.com

Or block all incoming/outgoing connections with your firewall on that hostname or 209.10.203.112

2. If you want to delete exisiting ads, purge recursively:
Code:
%USERPROFILE%\ChikkaDefault\Data\ads

3. To completely remove/hide the ads placeholder in the GUI on the default theme:

Edit skins.xml from (default install directory):
Code:
%ProgramFiles%\Chikka Messenger\Chikka v.4\skins\Default

Search for:
Code:
<control id="807" rect="44,390,174,450">

Yes, that's the same as the coords attribute of HTML's <map> tag. Now replace with:
Code:
<control id="807" rect="44,0,174,0">

Output:
Chikka Txt Messenger v4
Note: Blocking imu.chikka.com will also effectively block auto-update, the "web updates" dialog contents and some other (blank) pages that dont seem to be used at this time. MMS should still work as it uses a different address.

[1] Places to get good Hosts files: [ 1 ] [ 2 ]

Transformers Movie (2007)

[ IMDb ] [ Wikipedia ]


This movie rocks! More exciting than 300 even. Can't wait for the DVDs :-)

Screenshots

Keep checking Herano's Movie Theater for the DVDRip ;-)

Oddball ratio

As of today, according to BoxTorrents and Demonoid:

BoxTorrents Demonoid

Not so sexy stats I admit but not too shabby either ;-)

Subtitling Guide

Something really useful should be spread :-)

heinrich_the_great wrote:

I included how to rip subtitles from DVDs, How to create soft subs, and how to render Hard Subs. I wrote it at about 3AM, so some parts may not be well written.

Format: PDF / 27 pages / ~5MB

Tip: If you'd like to use Gabest's SubResync (part of VobSub) for some auto-OCR [1] work instead of SubRip, you need to download additional files (see below) and extract to the VobSub directory.



[1] Doesn't work 100% since they're old libs. So you have to use a subtitle-editing program to apply some (hopefully, minimal) fixes.

Simple Machines Forum 1.1.2 Hacks


Note: I used UNIX linefeeds and had trailing spaces removed. So just do the same when you want to compare sources.

1. anonym.to hack

Anonymize your outgoing HTTP/FTP links using anonym.to service. Internal links (i.e. links having your forum URL as part of the target address) are excluded. Supports [URL] and [FTP] BBCodes, and plainly-typed URLs.


phpBB 3.0.RC1 Hacks


I'd be surprised if these still work in RC2 :-)

1. Quick Reply MOD

Adds Quick Reply with the smilies [ Preview ] box. Only subsilver2 was modified in this version and this has NOT been submitted as an official MOD to the phpBB Group. Do a source compare instead, which you should always be doing. Needs some further editing of the template if you want it to look the same in most browsers.

Update:
You might want to comment/remove line #49 of:

\styles\subsilver2\template\editor.js
so it wont set the focus to the <textarea> on page load using IE (checked on 6.0). Thanks to Haynes for noticing :-)



2. anonym.to hack

Anonymize your outgoing links using anonym.to service.

Update:
Internal links (i.e. links having your forum URL as part of the target address) are excluded.

File to edit: \includes\functions.php
Function to edit: make_clickable_callback()

Search for:
Code:
switch ($type)

Add this line directly above it:
Code:
$url = preg_replace("|((http:\/\/(\w+\.)?anonym.to\/\?)*)(.*)|i", '${4}', $url);

Search for:
Code:
$url = htmlspecialchars($url);

And replace with:
Code:
$url = ( (strpos($url, generate_board_url()) === false) ? 'http://www.anonym.to/?' : '' ) . htmlspecialchars($url);

3. Spoiler BBCode (so not really a hack)

Adds a spoiler bbcode ala-AnimeSuki [ Preview ]

BBCode usage:
Code:
[spoiler]{TEXT1}[/spoiler]

HTML replacement:
Code:
<div style="margin:20px;margin-top:5px">
  <div class="quotetitle"><strong>Spoiler:</strong> <input type="button" value=
    "Show" style="width:45px;font-size:10px;margin:0px;padding:0px;" onclick=
    "if (this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display != '') { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = ''; this.innerText = ''; this.value = 'Hide'; } else { this.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('div')[1].getElementsByTagName('div')[0].style.display = 'none'; this.innerText = ''; this.value = 'Show'; }" />
  </div>
  <div class="quotecontent">
    <div style="display: none;">{TEXT1}</div>
  </div>
</div>

Help line:
Code:
Spoiler Tag

Display on posting page:
Code:
[ checked ]

Bypassing MU country slots limitation

Update: Apparently this method doesnt seem to work anymore starting from v1.0.8.3 :-\ I'll edit this entry if I can figure out what MU is up to ;-)


Picked this up from devilsadvocate and I wanted to try for myself but didnt work for me. Maybe MU changed the UserAgent string and that's what we'll find out ;-)

Downloaded the toolbar (CRC32: 10FD2986) but installed through Sandboxie so I wont actually install it but be contained in a sandbox. Now we fire regedit to see any registry settings made by the toolbar and we see this which modifies IE's (I'm using 6.0) UserAgent string. Cool, now go to this key (I'm on XP):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\User Agent\Post Platform

Make sure you close any instances of IE, create a new string value and name it MEGAUPLOAD 2.0. You could check what you did and make sure that it shows that string somewhere in the HTTP_USER_AGENT field. So now it works.

But what about Firefox? Now we go back to our sandbox and we see a java archive (.JAR) being copied onto the Firefox profile dir. We must open/extract to see its contents and WinRAR would do just fine. We see 3 dirs but we're only interested in the content dir. What we must do when we see this upon opening installer.js will be apparent if you understand a bit of javascript and that is to append the string ;MEGAUPLOAD 1.0 (notice the semi-colon at start). So open Firefox (I'm using 2.0.0.4) and type in the address bar:

about:config

You'll see a bunch of settings but we're only interested in one. Search for general.useragent.extra.firefox, modify it (you could also do some basic browser spoofing here) and append the string we found above making mine:

Firefox/2.0.0.4;MEGAUPLOAD 1.0

Now it works.

For Opera (I'm using 9.21), type in the address bar:

opera:config

Now in the Quick Find input box, type:

isp

Now in the results list, click on ISP and enter MEGAUPLOAD 1.0. Click Save and you're done.

So if you're ridden w/ country slots limitation, either you do the above or install the toolbar. But unless you want your statistics being submitted to MU, ads(?) from Yahoo, then the above methods would be better. But how about other browsers and OSes? Not sure. What you could do is spoof the UserAgent by installing tools like Privoxy (free) or Ad Muncher (shareware), etc. And be aware that MU might change this again in the future.