Strav's blog

Here's some info about MAME

Johnny 5 - display images with info regarding the button layout
Mame Utilities

Hiding Windows 7 Completely
Hiding Windows
Introduction to MinLogon
Windows 7 AutoLogon
MAME DVDs
ArcadeVGA Drivers
ArcadeVGARes is doing nothing
arcadeVGA2 Video Review / Informational / Tutorial
MameWAH Working In Vista
Previous MAME Releases
Mame World
Rotary Joystick Games List
Arcade LS-30 Rotary Joysticks Disassembly (YouTube)
MameWah on 64 bit OS
Mame Controls

USB Spinners
MAME: looking for a USB Spinner Controller
how do i wire up the SlikStik Tornado Spinner
Connect a SlikStik Tornado to an Ultimarc Opti-PAC

MAMEWAH
MAMEWAH Overview
MAMEWAH Homepage
Screenshot Archive Mamewah layouts
Windows 7 64 and MameWah Yes you can!

LS-30
LS-30 Components
LS-30 Microswitch Information
LS-30 Microswitches - Which ones to buy
10 Pack Copper Joystick Microswitches
LS-30 Rotary Wiring Pinout
LS-30 Switch Service

Rotary Joystick Games
Heavy Victory Ikari Time Barrel Warrior Soldiers Road 'Cammo Edition'
Ikari Warriors Cabinet Picture
Ikari Warriors

MISC
FEEL – FrontEnd (Emulator Launcher)
ArcadeOS / ArcadeVGA Resolution Question
Ultrastik 360 Support
Issue with Windows 7 and native resolutions
ArcadeVGA 5000
Can Mame change horizontal screen position of a game?

Here is a way to select the fastest Debian Mirror:

(subsitute your version for etch in the examples below)

# apt-get install netselect-apt
# netselect-apt etch
# netselect-apt -n etch
# netselect-apt -n -f etch

Link to full article (change the _com to .com) http://linuxhelp.blogspot_com/2007/05/using-netselect-apt-tip-to-select.html

Here is a very small, single executable (no installation required) SFTP server. Very handy for working across firewalls on Windows systems....

Link to blog describing the program (change the _com to .com): jameser.blogspot_com/2006/07/tip-31-simple-portable-sftp-server-for.html

MiniSFTP Server

Here's some information on HDHomeRun, a HDTV tuner which takes 2 HDTV coax inputs and streams them over ethernet. Compatable with MythTV. Interesting, but can only work with unencrypted streams.

mythpvr review
SiliconDust Homepage

I'm going to maintain a list of absolutely necessary Firefox extensions here.

Start with this one to disable the installation delay:

MR Tech Disable XPI Install Delay

NOTE: in firefox 3 this addon does not appear to work. This same result can be achieved by navigating to about:config and setting security.dialog_enable_delay = 0

Then:

Adblock
All-in-One Gestures
Quickdrag
Greasemonkey
Tab Mix Plus
Custom Download Manager
Searchbar Autosizer
Check4Change
FireBug

Also I have a Greasemonkey script and Adblock prefs here: http://www.strav.net/firefox/

FF3 prerelease of Tab Mix plus is here.

Other good extensions:
View Cookies
View Source Chart

FF# prerelease of View Source Chart is here. Note: there is a $10.00 charge for this version.

older extensions:
Tabbrowser Preferences (incompatible with some extension so I no longer use this)
Super DragAndGo (no longer maintained so I'm now using quickdrag)
Download Manager Tweak (no longer maintained so I'm now using Custom Download Manager)