Michael Lockhart sinewalker

Steps for copying Minecraft saves to a PC

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First, open, play and then quit Minecraft at least once; to make a .minecraft appdata folder)

Open Windows Explorer (press Win+R, then type explorer)
Go to the %appdata% directory. There should be a folder called .minecraft listed
Open the .minecraft folder. There should be a saves folder in it.

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock

Scissors cut Paper
Paper covers Rock
Rock crushes Lizard
Lizard poisons Spock
Spock smashes Scissors
Scissors decapitate Lizard

Quick'n easy gpg cheatsheet

Just a brief explanation of some of the command line functionality from gnu privacy guard (gpg).

-- Originaly from http://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/~lockhart/gpg/ (no relation)

Create a key:

gpg --gen-key generally you can select the defaults.

Whiskey Cream

Per batch (about 870ml)

1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
1 cup (235 ml) thickened/whipping cream
1 (400 ml) can sweetened condensed milk
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

Open about:config and set mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y to negative, e.g. -100 if the current value is (the default) 100

This should only be necessary on platforms where Firefox isn't honouring the global setting. For instance on a Mac or Windows it's not necessary if you've set the scrolling direction to reverse globally, but on Linux, Firefox doesn't honour KDE's setting. I haven't tested GNOME ….

The default setting is fine for an actual mouse-wheel, but when using a touchpad to two-finger-scroll (or a trackball), it's more Natural for the page to scroll down when you swipe your fingers up: it seems more like how a paper page will shift.

qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor org.kde.kwin.Compositing.active

Gives you true or false depending on whether it is currently enabled or not

You can enable compositing by calling

qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor org.kde.kwin.Compositing.resume

and disable by calling

	#include <SparkFun_ADXL345.h>
	#include <SD.h>
	#include <SPI.h>

	//ADXL345 adxl = ADXL345(10); For SPI Cumunication
	ADXL345 adxl = ADXL345();
	File myFile;
	const int threshold = 1499;
	const int switchPin = 7;
	int switchState;

	#### Sonic Pi -- mode:ruby --

	# Bach Preludes & Fugues 1-12 Well Tempered Clavier
	# Book 1, Prelude 1. Transcribed from
	# https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oFjk0HynY4

	define :bach do \|n\|
	#play an array of notes twice, with the last 3 repeated each time
	#this is the pattern used repeatedly in Prelude no.1
	2.times do

	Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

	[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation]
	"RealTimeIsUniversal"=dword:00000001