Renaming files based on EXIF data in Powershell

http://blog.cincura.net/233463-renaming-files-based-on-exif-data-in-powershell/

Split flac by cue file in Linux

Just two steps:

#Split
shnsplit -f sample.cue -o flac -t “%n. %t” sample.flac

#Transfer tags
cuetag sample.cue *.*.flac

Source: http://bytebin.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/split-flac-by-cue-file-in-linux/

How To Split an Audio .flac file using Ubuntu Linux

How To Split an Audio .flac file using Ubuntu Linux:

"If you have big .flac audio file which include several CD tracks, sure you are interested to know how to split them and of course we are going to do it in Ubuntu Linux.

This method it use .cue files, which usually comes with the .flac ones.
First of all we need to install the following packages cuetools shntool flac. You can use Synaptic or this command in a terminal:

$ sudo apt-get install cuetools shntool flac

Now you can split the .flac audio file as follows:

$ cuebreakpoints file.cue | shnsplit -o flac file.flac

That's all.
Now a little bit of theory,
... shnsplit is the program used to split tracks, while cuebreakpoints it reads the break-points from file.cue and pipe them to shnsplit."

Thanks to Danilo Dellaquila .

Growing a ZFS pool

Growing a two disk mirror zpool by replacing disks is easy:

1. Replace the first disk with a higher capacity disk (we're going from 2TB to 3TB disks): zpool replace -f pool ata-WDC_WD20EARS-00MVWB0_WD-xxxxxxxxxxxx ata-Hitachi_HDS5C3030BLE630_xxxxxxxxxxxx
2. Wait for the resilver to complete (about 5h).
3. Replace the second disk: zpool replace pool ata-ST2000DL003-xxxxxxxxxxxx ata-ST3000DM001-xxxxxxxxxxxx
4. Wait for the resilver to complete again.
5. Expand the pool by telling it to use the extra space: zpool online -e pool ata-Hitachi_HDS5C3030BLE630_xxxxxxxxxxxx
6. Just in case, tell the pool to expand also the other disk: zpool online -e pool ata-ST3000DM001-xxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks to the following links for describing the procedure:

http://www.itsacon.net/computers/unix/growing-a-zfs-pool/

http://www.itsacon.net/computers/unix/growing-a-zfs-pool-update/

Using ESX 5.1 NIC drivers on ESX 5.5

My ASUS M5A88-M EVO motherboard has a Realtek RTL8111E onboard NIC. I also have a D-Link 528T NIC on a PCI slot. Neither NIC is supported out of the box on ESXi 5.5 :(.

However, you can use the drivers that came with ESXi 5.1 on the current version (5.5). Check the following links for the procedure:

http://www.vladan.fr/realtek-8169-nics-not-detected-under-esxi-5-5/
http://www.bussink.ch/?p=1228
http://aubreykloppers.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/d-link-528t-on-esxi-55-1-procedure-and-driver/

Registry Tweak to Decrease Window Border Size and Padding in Windows 8

http://www.askvg.com/registry-tweak-to-decrease-window-border-size-and-padding-in-windows-8/

In short:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
;Created by Vishal Gupta for AskVG.com
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics]
"BorderWidth"="0"
"PaddedBorderWidth"="0"

Penguins

Walk Like a Penguin to Avoid Slipping on Ice

The Hobbit

An Unexpected Screening Format Decision by Martin Azevedo

Disposable phone numbers with Hushed

Hushed for Android Generates Throw-Away Phone Numbers for Private Calls in Over 40 Countries