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Convert a WEP passphrase to hex

Convert a WEP passphrase to hex

April 18, 2011November 12, 2012 Pygmalion
Traveling the world you may find yourself in a place where the Wi-Fi access point is WEP protected. The owner can only provide you with an alphanumeric passphrase, whereas your Linux notebook expects ... Read More
Vodafone UMTS: unwanted image compression

Vodafone UMTS: unwanted image compression

February 15, 2011February 15, 2011 Pygmalion
When surfing the web over Vodafone UMTS in Germany, you may notice that JPEG images are compressed and displayed in low quality. Press Ctrl-F5 (Strg-F5) in your browser to see the original images on t... Read More
Wardriving using an Ubuntu 10.04 notebook and a Garmin Etrex

Wardriving using an Ubuntu 10.04 notebook and a Garmin Etrex

February 3, 2011November 1, 2012 Pygmalion
Most GPS software that ships with Ubuntu 10.04 uses gpsd to retrieve data from the GPS receiver. So make sure that you have gpsd installed. Unfortunately the new JSON protocol used by gpsd is not supp... Read More
Default Glade window sizes

Default Glade window sizes

October 21, 2010 Pygmalion
By default, GtkWindow objects are displayed as compact as possible. In order to specify the preferred window dimensions, first set the visibility of the window to “No” in Glade Interface D... Read More
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