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Converting Nokia Backup Files (nbf) to CSV without a Nokia phone

Recently I found myself in need to access an old backup of my phonebook. The backup was created using the backup function of my Nokia phone. It used the “NBF” (Nokia Backup File) extension. I struggled with Nokia PC Suite, Nokisoft, and some nfb python scripts before realizing that I was actually looking at a [...]

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Usare opkg sulla Fonera

Utilizzando il firmware 2.3.6.0 sulla Fonera 2.0N, il gestore dei pacchetti opkg non funziona di default. Occorre eseguire due operazioni: Creare la directory /usr/lib/opkg: mkdir /usr/lib/opkg Modificare il file /etc/opkg.conf come segue: src snapshots2 http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09.2/rb532/packages/ dest root / dest ram /tmp lists_dir ext /var/opkg-lists option force_space Fate attenzione però! L’opzione force_space fa sì che non [...]

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Find subtitles under MacOSX/Linux

There are a plethora of subtitle finders for Windows but only a few for MacOSX and Linux. Most of them often don’t work. Searching for the right subtitle for a specific avi file can be frustrating. It’s not enough to match the filename. It’s always better to rely on the hash of the movie to [...]

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