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SlideShare hacked: Download any slide without logging in (even if the user has disabled downloading)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:06:00 +0100

1. Look for the doc value in the embed code

doc=cms-1212252847434735-8

2. In your browse type http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/ then the doc value and .pdf

http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/cms-1212252847434735-8.pdf

3. Press enter and the full pdf is yours, any slide even if it’s displayed as not available to download.

If you get an AccessDenied response then try changing the bucket to ppt-download in the url

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ppt-download/trends-for-the-future-20403.pdf

Then if that doesn’t work try to see if its a presentation file by changing the extension to .ppt

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ppt-download/web-20-5316-25603.ppt

Long story…

It all started by trying to let users download slides without them having to have an account, by looking at the headers using Live HTTP headers and seeing where Slideshare gets the file from. e.g.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ppt-download/atmedia2008profrontendengineering-1213136599624862-9.pdf?Signature=Khggv8yW1ecsSRwDz1TC08xml44%3D&Expires=1219235798&AWSAccessKeyId=1Z5T9H8PQ39V6F79V8G2

The only problem is you need to look at each request as you need to know the Signature, Expires and AWSAccessKeyId for the file as you can’t just use http://s3.amazonaws.com/ppt-download/atmedia2008profrontendengineering-1213136599624862-9.pdf

The second problem is that some downloads are not availiable to download so you can’t watch the request to find the location. Such as http://www.slideshare.net/drewm/content-management-without-the-killing

After finding that Hasin Hayder had discovered that you could view the xml file and download the swfs of each slide by using the doc/location.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/cms-1212252847434735-8.xml
http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/cms-1212252847434735-8-slide-1.swf

I just replaced .xml with pdf and it worked!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/slideshare/cms-1212252847434735-8.pdf

foreach callback without using jQuerys each function

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:54:00 +0100

Example array:

var fruits = Array('Apple','Banana','Orange');

In jQuery you can use each() to “Execute a function within the context of every matched element.”

fruits.each(function(fruit)
{
	alert(fruit);		
});

Without jQuery you can combine a for in loop with an anonymous, self-invoking function.

for (var i in fruits) { (function(fruit)
{
	alert(fruit);	

})( fruits[i] ); }

Some pseudocode for plotting points on a Google map

var points = [];

points.push([52.483,	-1.89356,    'Birmingham']);
points.push([53.54984,	9.97326,     'Hamburg']);
	 	
for (var i in points) {	(function(point) 
{			
	var marker = new GMarker(new GLatLng(point[0], point[1]));
	map.addOverlay(marker);
	 
	GEvent.addListener(marker,"click", function() 
	{
		alert(point[2]);
	});								
		
})( points[i] ); }

WordPress wp_list_bookmarks edit or remove title

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:51:03 +0100

As I’ve just found out, you just need to categorize to make it work.

Title'); ?>

ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO detected as Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT in Boot Camp

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:01:50 +0100

1. Download and install Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)

2. Download the latest Catalyst Software Suite

3. Launch the installer which will extract to C:\ATI and continue until it gets to the point where an error message saying that the installer could not find a suitable driver for your hardware appears.

4. Open the Device Manager (My Computer > Properties > Hardware) and under Display adapters select Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT and right-click Update driver.

5. Choose not this time, install from location, Don’t Search, and Have Disk. Browse for C:\ATI\SUPPORT\ and inside the version folder select the inf inside Driver\XP_INF

6. From the list find ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ignore the warning about it not being certified and install and reboot.

7. To install Catalyst control centre, open the CCC folder in the extracted ATI folder and run the setup.exe

Hide Windows 'Untitled' Boot Camp volume on Mac Desktop

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:46:47 +0100

This is the fastest way to hide the Windows partition on your Mac desktop.

1. Boot into Windows
2. Right-click on the C drive, and select Properties.
3. Rename the drive with a dot at the start, such as “.Windows HD”
4. When you boot back it will be hidden.

If you want to show it again you can just remove the dot prefix in Windows, or if you just want to temporary view it you can run a couple of lines in Terminal or create an Automator plugin to easily toggle hidden files.

Disable UAC in Vista

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:37:56 +0100

1. Run msconfig
2. Click on the Tools tab and scroll down till you find “Disable UAC”
3. Select and click the Launch button.
4. After the command window has finished, close it and msconfig.
5. Reboot

Compiling a custom Ubuntu Kernel

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:39:45 +0100

Compiling a custom Ubuntu Kernel:

A very useful guide for building your own Kernel. As mentioned in the disclaimer it should only really be used for learning and bug testing. Grab the latest copy here:

git clone git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git ubuntu-intrepid

Standard web video pixel dimensions

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:13:00 +0100

16:9	4:3
1920 x 1080	-
1280 x 720	-
720 x 405	-
640 x 360	640 x 480
560 x 315	560 x 420
480 x 270	480 x 360
400 x 225	400 x 300
320 x 180	320 x 240
240 x 135	240 x 180
160 x 90	160 x 120
-	120 x 90
-	100 x 75
80 x 45	80 x 60
-	60 x 45

Cue sheet // Fabriclive 40: Noisia

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:52:00 +0100

TITLE "Fabriclive 40: Noisia"
PERFORMER "Noisia"
FILE "noisia.mp3" MP3
  TRACK 01 AUDIO
    TITLE "Cannonball"
    PERFORMER "Phace"
    INDEX 01 00:00:00 
  TRACK 02 AUDIO
    TITLE "Stompbox (Spor Remix)"
    PERFORMER "The Qemists"
    INDEX 01 00:44:00 
  TRACK 03 AUDIO
    TITLE "Alive (Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Phace"
    INDEX 01 01:28:00
  TRACK 04 AUDIO
    TITLE "Anti Social"
    PERFORMER "The Upbeats"
    INDEX 01 02:34:00
  TRACK 05 AUDIO
    TITLE "Splash Step"
    PERFORMER "Break"
   INDEX 01 05:10:00 
  TRACK 06 AUDIO
    TITLE "Diplodocus (Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 07:46:00
  TRACK 07 AUDIO
    TITLE "Claret's March"
    PERFORMER "Spor"
    INDEX 01 10:19:00
  TRACK 08 AUDIO
    TITLE "Head Knot (Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 11:50:00
  TRACK 09 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Tide"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
   INDEX 01 13:30:00
  TRACK 10 AUDIO
    TITLE "Nowhere (Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Icicle"
     INDEX 01 15:55:00
  TRACK 11 AUDIO
    TITLE "The Feed"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 17:34:00
  TRACK 12 AUDIO
    TITLE "Global (Dub) - Subtitles"
    PERFORMER "Sabre"
   INDEX 01 19:15:00 
  TRACK 13 AUDIO
    TITLE "Cold Champagne (Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Phace"
    INDEX 01 20:55:00
  TRACK 14 AUDIO
    TITLE "Panic"
    PERFORMER "The Upbeats"
    INDEX 01 23:31:00
  TRACK 15 AUDIO
    TITLE "Infusion"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 24:40:00
  TRACK 16 AUDIO
    TITLE "Split The Atom (Instrumental)"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
   INDEX 01 28:03:00 
  TRACK 17 AUDIO
    TITLE "Mordez Moi"
    PERFORMER "Spor"
    INDEX 01 32:52:00
  TRACK 18 AUDIO
    TITLE "Seven Stiches"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 35:45:00
  TRACK 19 AUDIO
    TITLE "Brown Time"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 40:43:00
  TRACK 20 AUDIO
    TITLE "Stigma (Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 44:07:00
  TRACK 21 AUDIO
    TITLE "Alice (Noisia Remix)"
    PERFORMER "Moby"
    INDEX 01 46:55:00
  TRACK 22 AUDIO
    TITLE "Concussion"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 50:59:00
  TRACK 23 AUDIO
    TITLE "Facade (VIP)"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 52:22:00
  TRACK 24 AUDIO
    TITLE "Medicine (Matrix Remix)"
    PERFORMER "Optical"
   INDEX 01 54:18:00 
  TRACK 25 AUDIO
    TITLE "Mudslide"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 56:03:00
  TRACK 26 AUDIO
    TITLE "Viperfish (VIP)"
    PERFORMER "Misanthrop"
    INDEX 01 59:17:00
  TRACK 27 AUDIO
    TITLE "Crank (Dub)"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 60:34:00
  TRACK 28 AUDIO
    TITLE "Creep Out"
    PERFORMER "The Upbeats"
    INDEX 01 62:30:00
  TRACK 29 AUDIO
    TITLE "Square Feet"
    PERFORMER "Noisia"
    INDEX 01 65:00:00

To www, or not to www

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:02:00 +0100

Which one to choose??

no-www.org
www.yes-www.org
www.www.extra-www.org

I’m in favour of dropping it, here’s my setup

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.phildawson\.co\.uk$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://phildawson.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

Positioning Controls on a Google Map

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:21:53 +0100

Positioning Controls on a Google Map:

Quick example of how to position GSmallMapControl() in the top right of a Google map

var pos = new GControlPosition(G_ANCHOR_TOP_RIGHT, new GSize(10,10)); 
map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl(), pos);

Firefox - Blinking vertical bar cursor on webpage

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:32:27 +0100

This drove me nuts as until I found out I had turned on ‘Caret browsing’ by accident, to toggle the feature on/off use the F7 key (fn+F7 mac).

Yoggie Pico: A Linux USB key-size computer with 12 built-in security apps

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:00 +0100

Yoggie Pico: A Linux USB key-size computer with 12 built-in security apps: “Designed to off-load installed security software from your PC, the plug-in Gatekeeper Pico replaces all of your security software, adds additional security features and speeds your PC’s performance as resources are no longer dedicated to security tasks.”

Racedriver GRID yellow diagonal lines or fuzzy blue blocks on install

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:52:22 +0100

If you have played the demo and then installed the full game you might think your game is corupt if you get yellow diagonal lines or fuzzy blue blocks on the screen after the splash video. As I found out this is just a case of needing the latest drivers for your graphics card.

XP recogizes my graphics card as the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT (its actually ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO), and in my case the demo works with version 8.390.0.0 which was installed with bootcamp, but the full game needs at least 8.430.0.0 which was released 4 months later. After downloading the latest version of the Apple Boot Camp XP Software Graphics Driver it worked perfectly.

If you don’t have a shinny iMac, heres the start page for all ATI drivers

If you ever need to reset the graphics, you can always start the game with the lowest settings by adding -safemode after GRID.exe
eg

“C:\Program Files\Codemasters\GRID\GRID.exe” -safemode

HP Blackbird 002

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:22:51 +0100

HP Blackbird 002

New on my Wishlistr: Blackbird Exhilaration Edition

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:30:00 +0100

New on my Wishlistr: Blackbird Exhilaration Edition:

Intel Core2 Extreme Quad-Core 3.2GHz QX9770
4GB 1600 MHz CORSAIR PC-12800 DDR3 SDRAM Memory
CPU Liquid cooling
EVGA nForce 790i Ultra Motherboard
Dual EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280, with 1GB SDRAM

..$7,000,00

ogg video tag example with controls

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:39:00 +0100

You can view the video below by downloading a patched Firefox until this is supported, which will hopefully be in Firefox 3.1. (Shiretoko)

OS X (Intel) download
Linux download

Here’s a demo of a video inserted into SVG using JavaScript, you can even scale and drag the players around which is pretty cool. If you want to learn more about the video tag, see Chris Double’s blog, Bluish Coder and check out his examples of using the video tag.

Feedburner RSS - failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:20:00 +0100

You now have to define a user-agent with the HTTP request otherwise you will now get a nice error like “failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found” as I found out recently. fopen (file_get_contents) and libcurl don’t by default so you need to add an extra line anywhere above the call to fake it.

You can define the user agent for PHP to send with ini_set as shown in the example below. You can actually replace Mozilla/5.0 with any string as long as its not empty and it should be fine.

ini_set('user_agent','Mozilla/5.0');
$file = file_get_contents('http://feeds.feedburner.com/phildawson');

Asus Eee PC 901 20G Linux Edition Reviewed (1st July UK...

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:18:00 +0100

Asus Eee PC 901 20G Linux Edition Reviewed
(1st July UK release)

goosh.org - the unofficial google shell

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:13:43 +0100

goosh.org - the unofficial google shell