DizzyDiff v1.2.0

I know I am posting quite often about DizzyDiff but I added ID3v1 support to this version so I think that it should be published. DizzyDiff will now by default search inside the ID3 tags (only version 1 is supported currently) of MP3 files as well. There are also some other minor changes. I tried to include the LuaJIT with this version but I cannot find the Windows binaries. The next version will hopefully include them along with support for ID3 tags version 2. If you happen to have the Windows binaries for LuaJIT then please email them to me. You can download DizzyDiff by clicking here.

DizzyDiff v1.1.0

I improved DizzyDiff by adding two more features:

1. It is now possible to search inside text files and not just in filenames.
2. DizzyDiff will show you 5 results per screen but it will internally hold the top 100 result. By typing m and pressing enter you will be able to see more results.

To download the latest version (for Linux and Windows) click here.

DizzyDiff Search Tool

I hope you liked Where because DizzyDiff is a much more powerful search tool. It searches your disks for files either with the filename you specify or with filenames similar to it! It's ideal for searching for songs that you don't remember the exact spelling of their name.

For example you may search for "Tear of de bark" and DizzyDiff will find "Fear of the Dark" as a 82.5% match. You may search for "your my tempation" but it will find "you're my temptation" as a 89.9% match as well.

This is the first version of the program but it works quite well for me. What I haven't tested is Unicode support. I've only tried searching for filenames in english.

To download DizzyDiff (for Windows and Linux) click here. Then unzip everything in a folder and run DizzyDiffWindows.bat or DizzyDiffLinux.sh. The Linux version uses the Nautilus file manager to open the directories that contain the files. Of course you can change that in the source code. You may also ask me to do it for you.

DizzyDiff is open source and it's written in Lua.

Here is sample session:
DizzyDiff Search Tool version 1.0.0 by Tritonio
http://inshame.blogspot.com
Use this program at your own risk. You may also share it,
with or without modifications, as long as you include this copyright
notice on all copies or portions of the program that you share.

Type the name (it hasn't to be the exact name) of the file you are looking for: in sane
From where should I start searching for it? (eg: /media/STORAGE/) Type the path: /media/TRITONIO/
Type the number of results that you want, or leave empty to show 5 results:

Please wait... /
Finished searching in 7466 files. I will show you the top 5 results:

1. 73.8% match with: is none
/media/TRITONIO/Utilities/eMule0.48a/webserver/is_none.gif

2. 68.6% match with: INSHAME
/media/TRITONIO/INSHAME

3. 64.7% match with: is banned
/media/TRITONIO/Utilities/eMule0.48a/webserver/is_banned.gif

4. 58.3% match with: is release
/media/TRITONIO/Utilities/eMule0.48a/webserver/is_release.gif

5. 57.8% match with: 2 Name
/media/TRITONIO/Games/GTA2/data/frontend/2_Name.tga

Press enter to exit or type a number and press enter to open a window with the specified result selected...

Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

The last two days I've been fine tuning Gutsy Gibbon: the latest Ubuntu Linux release.

I had some problems upgrading to them because for some stupid reason I only made a 5GB partition for the root (/) of my filesystem so there was not enough free space for the upgrade. I tried to resize the root partition with the Live CD of Feisty Fawn but there was absolutely no way of doing this without having to delete three more partitions. Finally, I did the upgrade by downloading the alternative installation CD and doing the upgrade with it's help (read at the bottom of this page for more information on how to do this).

Gutsy have a very nice feel especially if you enable the Desktop effects. They are simply delicious... Just make sure you install Compiz Manager to configure the effects. You can install it through Synaptic Package Manager or by typing:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
in a console.

If you are not using Linux then you should really consider doing so... And Ubuntu is a good start because of their simplicity. You can also try them without installing them by booting from their Live CD (that's the same CD that you will use to install them afterwards).

If you have any problems with Ubuntu then you can get free support from forums, chatrooms, etc. Visit this page for more information.

Congratulations to everybody who worked on this release!

FuckBrainFuck v1.7.1

Today, while improving AskWise I had to look at a part of the source code of FBF and, luckily, I found a terrible mistake in it. The SET command was supposed to set a cell in the Brainfuck array to a specific value. But in addition to this, because of the bug, it zeroed the very next cell. I do not know how that stupid bug occurred! I wonder how did the compiled FBF programs work... :-( Click here to download the new version.