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Setting up BlazeDS with Flex

Posted on March 2, 2008. Filed under: adobe, flex, java, open source, software, tomcat, user interface |

 
Let me give some introduction first.
BlazeDS is a server-based Java remoting and web messaging technology that allows to connect to back-end distributed data and push data in real-time to Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR rich Internet applications (RIA). Because of its open licensing, BlazeDS is not precluded from being used with other client platforms, such [...]

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Amarok 2: now with 100% more audio playing on Windows – Amarok Blog

Posted on December 8, 2007. Filed under: amarok, open source, software, windows |

Amarok 2: now with 100% more audio playing on Windows – Amarok Blog
Here is come great news for windows users. The great linux music player is being ported to the windows platform. Here is a screenshot of amarok playing on windows.

But as the site says that it is still an alpha software so somewhat unstable. [...]

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Sudo for Vista

Posted on November 28, 2007. Filed under: ruby, security, software, vista |

The following ruby script when given any executable file path as the argument runs it in administrative mode.

1: require ‘Win32API’
2: 
3: def shell_execute(process_name)
4: process = ”
5: process.replace(process_name)
6: [...]

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Periodically changing desktop wallpaper using Ruby

Posted on November 27, 2007. Filed under: XP, ruby, software, vista, windows |

Here is small ruby script that picks up a random image from a given folder and sets it as the desktop wallpaper.

1: require ‘Win32API’
2: 
3: SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20
4: SPIF_SENDCHANGE = 0×2
5: SOURCE_FOLDER = “C:\\Users\\Gaurav\\Pictures\\Best\\”
6: 
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Renaming MP3 files based on ID3 tag information

Posted on November 27, 2007. Filed under: ID3, ruby, software |

Here is a neat little trick that I often find useful for renaming mp3 files with wrong names and correct tag titles. Just run this ruby script in the directory where you have stored your songs and it will read the tag title and rename the current file using it.

1: require “rubygems”
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