Flashing your BIOS from Linux with flashrom

17 Feb 2011, 00:32 · 1 Mar 2011, 02:36 · By demetris · Comments

Sometimes in Linux things are easier than you think. I needed to upgrade the BIOS of a Linux machine and I was not optimistic. On top of the usual issue—what to do in Linux with the Windows executables that motherboard manufacturers provide—, the machine did not have a CD-ROM drive or a floppy drive. More →

Categories: English, Linux

Tags: bios, discoveries, ellak, flashing, flashrom, lang-en, Linux, recommended

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Edit the PATH environment variable in Windows without pain

29 Jan 2011, 11:00 · 16 Oct 2011, 16:05 · By demetris · Comments (1)

Editing the PATH environment variable in Windows is an unpleasant experience. First, it takes several steps to get to the interface. Second, the interface is impossible: More →

Categories: English, Misc

Tags: alternatives, cli, environment, freeware, lang-en, opensource, path, programs, software, useful, variables, windows

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WordPress 3.1: What’s new

30 Dec 2010, 23:33 · 23 Feb 2011, 20:12 · By demetris · Comments (3)

UPDATE 2011-02-23. WordPress 3.1 was released today! Official Announcement.

The first release candidate of WordPress 3.1 came out in 25 December 2010, and the final release is now close.

Coming 6 months after 3.0, a version that brought many major changes, including the merge with WordPress MU, version 3.1 is not as ambitious in scope. One reason for this is that development time in this cycle was divided between WordPress itself and the official Wordpress site, WordPress.org, which received several updates and improvements.

Even so, WordPress 3.1 represents a large amount of work and brings hundreds of fixes and improvements, large and small, as well as a considerable number of additions, three among which stand out: AJAX-powered lists in all administration areas, advanced taxonomy queries and meta queries, and a new Network Admin area (for multi-site installations). More →

Categories: English, WordPress

Tags: 3.1, blogging, dev, ellak, features, lang-en, new, news, planet-wp-en, publishing, releases, Web, webdev, WordPress, wp3.1

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Autotranslated themes and plugins for WordPress: An idea

13 Oct 2010, 09:53 · 31 Dec 2010, 15:40 · By demetris · Comments (1)

If you have translated, or prepared for translation, more than a couple of WordPress themes and plugins, there are two things you must have noticed:

  1. WordPress has a good system of internationalization and localization
  2. The translation material can become repetitive

This first is, to my mind, one of the things that have made WordPress so popular. It is also one of the reasons we see some popular plugins and themes published in as many as 20 or 30 different languages. More →

Categories: English, WordPress

Tags: ellak, i18n, l10n, lang-en, planet-wp-en, plugins, proposal, themes, translation, WordPress

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What is a stupid person

10 Oct 2010, 12:38 · 31 Dec 2010, 15:40 · By demetris · Comments (3)

A stupid person is someone who thinks other people are stupid.

(This has been my working definition of stupidity for the last 10 years or so. It has served me well.)

Categories: Asides, English

Tags: definitions, Demetris, lang-en, life, people

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