Category Archives: Technical

“Rational” IT related entries.

Using Python’s urllib2 or Requests with a SOCKS5 proxy

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Dae

Just a Python 2.7 code sample showing how to make requests using Python’s urllib2 or Requests through a SOCKS proxy.

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Resuming link between Apogee Duet and keyboard volume controls

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Dae

Oftentimes when I wake up my MBP from sleep mode or reconnect the Thunderbolt hub, Apogee Duet stops responding to keyboard sound volume controls. When it happens, I can still change Duet’s volume from Maestro or Audio MIDI Setup.app, just not using the keyboard … Continue reading →

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Add a printer via command-line in OS X

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Dae

Goal: add a network printer via Remote Desktop’s command-line to numerous Macs.

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Относительная дата по-русски в Python и Django

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Dae

Под “относительной датой” я подразумеваю вывод даты следующим образом: 5 минут назад, вчера, 7 дней назад, завтра и т.д. (Не уверен, что это правильный термин, но ничего лучше в голову не приходит).

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Fix Color Picker in TextMate 2 under OS X Mavericks

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Dae

To fix the Color Picker of TextMate 2 under OS X Mavericks (10.9), do the following: open ~/Library/Application Support/TextMate/Managed/Bundles/Bundle Support.tmbundle/Support/shared/lib/ui.rb, near lines 74-75 replace “AppleScript Runner” with “System Events”. That’s it.

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Xcode 4.6 stalls at “Creating universal binary” in OS X 10.9

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Dae

If you’ve just upgraded to OS X 10.9 “Mavericks”, but chose to stay with good ol’ Xcode 4.6.3, it may stall at “Creating universal binary” when building projects.

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Paste text even when prohibited in macOS (password dialogs etc)

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Dae

I wrote a tiny AppleScript application which pastes text into fields which do not allow Cmd+V pasting (like password prompts). This may come in handy when working through VNC/remote desktop or virtualization software (such as Apple Screen Sharing, Parallels Desktop … Continue reading →

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Forcing ReadyNAS to update via SSH when all else fails

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Dae

One of our ReadyNAS Pro 6 refused to update its firmware (called RAIDiator) to 4.2.24 (the latest as of writing) no matter how I tried. Neither local or automatic updates had any success; reinstalling the OS through the boot menu … Continue reading →

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Draw polylines on HTML5 canvas

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Dae

jquery-polyline — a jQuery UI widget for drawing polylines. See it in action. Written by Victor Novikov (@Forkest) for Cyberic. License: MIT license.

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MODx Evolution: removing spam links

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Dae

My friend’s MODx Evolution based website was hacked and he’s asked me to help him fix it. Every page of his website was “infected” with invisible links to viagra webshops. The code of those links was as follows: <div style=”position:absolute;left:-2311px;top:-2794px;”><a … Continue reading →

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