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Substack supplies an RSS feed for each site, but there is no information included within that would help discern whether a post is paid or public. Filters based on searches such as "Read more" create too many false positives and are unreliable. After playing with this for quite a while, I realized that if you scrape the site yourself you can create a flag for paid articles and have FreshRSS mark anything with the flag as read. It only works with FreshRSS version 1.25.0-dev or above, since there was previously an issue with flags being ignored during scrape operations. I've included example code for Many Such Cases, written by Magdalene J. Taylor. I highly recommend that you subscribe and follow her writing, as she is tremendous! All you should need to change is the title and URL. As a bonus, this scraper also supplies a larger thumbnail image than the official feed. Substack RSS feed (with filter for paid articles)

HTML I wanted a bash solution to convert Instagram media ID numbers to the shortcode they use for their posts. This seems to work pretty well so I'll share it here in case anyone needs it. Big thanks to mokoshalb's instagramid.php , which helped me figure out how to do this.   media_id_to_shortcode () { media_id=$1 alphabet="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_" shortcode= binary_media_id=$( echo "obase=2;$media_id" | bc ) pad=$(( 6 - ( ${#binary_media_id} % 6 ) )) if [[ $pad == 6 ]]; then pad=0 fi len=$(( ${#binary_media_id} + $pad )) binary_media_id=$(printf "%0*s\n" "$len" $binary_media_id) for (( i=0 ; i

 If you have old files that were created by the Kiplinger Taxcut program (back in the days of CD-ROMs) they are impossible to read now, unless you had the foresight to print all of your forms to pdf. Twenty years later, who cares, but in case anyone finds it useful I am uploading a copy of TaxCut 1998 here. Rather than waste a lot of space with the .iso, it's just a zip file of the necessary program files. I used it in a Win7 VirtualBox and was able to print everything easily.  Spoiler alert: you probably (hopefully) make more money now. Or maybe less. Anyway it might be fun to find out. Kiplinger TaxCut 1998

YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PERMISSIONS! Ugh. Upgrading to Big Sur 11.5.1 murdered my old flatbed scanner, which I use all the time. Evidently, it's a problem for many many   many people. The following sequence worked, but I can't guarantee that it will work for you as well, since I deleted, added, re-deleted, upgraded and downgraded all kinds of files until it finally showed up without an error: Delete the scanner from Preferences Delete Canon utilities Remove any Canon-related files from /Library/Printers/Canon Remove any Canon-related files from /Library/Image Capture/Devices Reboot Install the misd-mac-ijscanner2-4_1_4-ea21_3 driver Don't install the LiDE 210 Scanner Driver Ver.18.2.0 (Mac) file, that seems to be both useless and part of the overall problem. Just use Image Capture and you should be fine.

My old iPhone 4 doesn't show up on "Find my" even when logged in (under iOS 7.1.2). The problem seems to be that it must have the "Find My iPhone" app installed, but that app didn't come with this version of iOS. To get it, you need iOS 8, which doesn't work on this iPhone. Thanks, Apple! Anyway, download this old version of iTunes , which will let you install apps. Install "Find" on iTunes, then go back to the phone and try to install it from the App Store. This will let you install the 7.0 version of the app, which will then re-enable Find, and the world will be a better place. Hey wow first post here in 12 years! I should get a prize.

Seriously? I need to be an administrator to install the annoying little "you are now free to move about the country" notification icon? A limited user can install Firefox but can't install the Ding!? Bad programming if you ask me, but a simple fix: install on another machine as Administrator copy the file DingParser.dll from \windows\system (or system32, if that's where it ended up) to the \Program Files\Southwest\Ding folder zip up the Ding folder and copy it to the other computer, unzip it somewhere convenient, and put a shortcut in your Startup folder

This probably applies to any MTP sync'd device, but I'm specifically referring to the dmpj-210 512MB Napster player. It worked fine with Vista for years but suddenly was not recognized by the computer, and any attempts to reinstall the driver ended with a "code 10" error. If you've installed libusb-win32 for any reason (like, I don't know, to jailbreak an iPhone or iPod touch) then the problem is with the file libusb0.sys. Uninstalling libusb-win32 should restore Napster-to-go.

Docs: http://davidlauria.com/software/cidrss_v5.htm Download: http://davidlauria.com/software cidrss takes your caller-id log and publishes it in four different formats. It works with the two major CID programs on the Tivo, elseed and ncid , and requires the very excellent TivoWebPlus 2.x . This thread is the place to post questions and comments. I update the program all the time, so feel free to post feature requests too. If you find it useful, In lieu of a donation please go to http://RejoiceTonight.com and consider downloading a song or two by the author's musical group!

There's a great Tivo application called TiVonage, which allow you to listen to and return Vonage calls right from your TV. It requires HME, which means that it's only compatible with standalone units or hacked DirecTV Tivos running the 6.3x software . That leaves out a lot of people, so I got to thinking about how it could be done on earlier software versions. If you have a hacked DirecTivo running the 6.2x software, and won't be upgrading (so as not to lose MRV) than this will at least let you hear your messages. Here's a list of necessary software: Voicemail Retriever JavaHMO Sox LAME This batch file 1) Create a folder on your Windows computer for your converted messages, then add a folder named MP3 inside it. Make sure it's in a shared directory, ie: XP - C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Voicemail\MP3 Vista - C:\Users\Public\Voicemail\MP3 2) If you haven't already, install JavaHMO and get it working, then add the Music plugin. Add your...

download: http://davidlauria.com/software readme: http://davidlauria.com/software/screentext.htm Screentext is a TWP 2.1 module that outputs text directly to the TV screen. It works best with out2osd (which is usually installed with ncid) but will work with the Tivo's native text2osd also. All support questions should go here.

Go ahead, try it. Set it up correctly, enter your password if need be. It will NEVER run. This is good, since batch files are intrinsic to DOS/Windows; it would be a shame if they worked. Solution: If you get the error code 2147943726, it transl ates to " unknown user name or bad password". Evidently even if you supply your name/password, or perhaps the Administrator combo, Vista will still launch batch files as SYSTEM. Change user to SYSTEM, check "Run with highest privileges", and woohoo. ***EDIT*** If you have network drives referenced in your batch file, they won't be available unless you also have them mounted under SYSTEM. Probably easiest to reference them with the "\\computer\root\directory" syntax. "Easiest" being relative, here.

cidtv outputs caller-id information directly to the TV screen, using either newtext2osd or the Tivo's built-in text2osd program. It is a subset of my cidrss program, but does NOT require Tivoweb. It's most useful for those with Series 1 Tivos, since they can assign particular programs to keys on their remotes using the Trickey program. As with cidrss, It works with the two major CID programs on the Tivo - elseed and NCID. Download it at http://davidlauria.com/software . Please post any comments or questions in this thread.

Omnipage SE won't install on Windows Vista; it gives an error that says "The wizard was interrupted before Omnipage SE could be completely installed." Don't bother trying compatibility mode settings, running as Administrator, etc, because the problem is probably related to this one, documented on Microsoft's support site. (Omnipage Pro 11.0 has some dumb hangup with the msi installer, and that just happens to be SE's internal version number). This program came with my Canon scanner, but Canon's web site says support questions should go to Nuance. Nuance says that SE isn't supported under Vista (works fine under XP, of course.) They WILL be happy to send you a $150 upgrade. Here's what to do if, like me, you need OCR maybe twice a year: Install Omnipage SE on an XP computer Copy /Program Files/Scansoft to your Vista computer Make a shortcut to omnipage.exe It won't recognize your scanner, but will work fine on files. So scan into a .tif ...

I'm working on a Tivoweb module to take iCal files and convert them. You could use your Tivo as a server for ics files with this, or just broadcast a specific schedule as an RSS feed that could be piped back to your TV or another computer. Specifically, I use this to view my work schedule on my TV. It's still in beta; the big feature on the todo list is web access for the iCal files. Download it at http://davidlauria.com/software . Please post any comments or questions in this thread.

Here's a batch file to run msiexec in administrator mode. Just put this on your desktop, and drag and drop the .msi file onto it. It will create a log file of the installation too. Use it as a last resort, as there are some disadvantages to this method. Wikipedia states : An administrative installation is not a typical installation, in that it does not create any shortcuts, register COM servers, create an Add or Remove Programs entry, and so on. Download

"OK, guys, we've got to leave for Terin's party." "But Dad, we haven't made him a card yet!" "Oh. Right. Let's use Print Shop. I haven't installed it yet on the new computer though..." After installing the program and designing the card, we're ready to print. But Print Shop throws a "General Error" error message (it literally says 'a general error has occurred') and then Windows tells me something like "You can't access that file." WHAT FILE? Anyway, it's an easy fix. In Print Shop: File --> Preferences --> Print Settings Check 'Background Printing' and click OK.

As one of the people that got hosed by Sunrocket last month, I had to scramble to keep my phone number. Soon after, I got a new computer and realized I'd been hosed twice - Vista's audio support is abysmal. There aren't any voice modems working correctly right now, so I had to give up my favorite answering machine program ( CallStation ) and use Vonage VM. There's a great program called Voicemail Retriever available at Luther Technologies that gives you desktop access to your messages. Of course, it won't load under Vista. Here's how to install it (once installed, it works fine): Download and save VMRSetup.msi to your desktop. Create a shortcut to the .msi file. Change the target in the shortcut to the following (all one line): %SystemRoot%\System32\msiexec.exe /a %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\VMRSetup.msi /l*v %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\%~n1.log" Run it as an administrator from the shortcut. I don't know if the program is supposed to create any Start Menu e...

If you have an error box popping up that says the following: Canon BJC_4300 Error occurred during file creation then you have a Canon printer that's not compatible with Windows XP Limited User mode. Almost nothing is, after all. Here's how to get it working (tested on a Canon MultiPASS C5500): Set users permission to "Modify" for the folder X:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS. Just replace X with whatever drive you have Windows on, unless of course it's "X". I've been wrestling with getting my kids' computer to work without making my five-year-old an administrator (!) so I'm sure there will be more of these...