Category Archives: Computers

C++: Outputting a string as hexadecimal characters…

Posted on October 1, 2014 by

… is easy with the boost format library: Digging the net for examples was not very productive, so I started my own approach: The trick is the “%x” which will output the numerical value (uint)s[i] as hexadecimal value.

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How to save videos from ARTE +7 on your computer to watch them offline

Posted on June 22, 2013 by

[Edit (20141105)]: The old stuff below probably does not work anymore (at least, it’s pretty tedious to follow these weird instructions). ARTE has changed their web site makeup. What to do? -> Search for “ARTE greasemonkey” wih your favorite Google, … Continue reading →

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Installing the CodeLite IDE and the boost c++ Libraries

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

At least for the demo at here, and Windows 7, this worked for me. The solution for boost is pretty straightforward and as one would expect: Downloaded and installed the CodeLite IDE including MinGW and wxWidgets from here. Downloaded the … Continue reading →

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Find a driver for 1a86:7523 usb to serial converter (W2K)

Posted on July 31, 2010 by

I intend to use this (in the beginning not so) nice dingy to attach serial ports over USB to a Virtual Machine running W2KSP4 on my Opensuse Linux notebook. Yep, you guessed right, many things in my collection have serial … Continue reading →

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