Generate Radnom String in Python

Source: http://ostas.blogspot.com/2006/12/python-generate-random-strings.html

import string
import random
"".join(random.sample(string.letters+string.digits, 8))

How to Play MIDI files in Ubuntu

Copy-pasta!

Howto: Easy MIDI

I was trying to play scummvm with alsa, and I coudlnt get it to play midis.. So I did a Little research, and found this. He did an excellent job at adding midi in hoary, so this is kind of a translation and a bit of fix.

1. Install timidity & pmidi:
   

   
   

   
   sudo apt-get install timidity pmidi
   

   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   
   

   
   sudo gedit /etc/modules
   

   
   and add the following lines:
   

   
   snd-seq-device
   snd-seq-midi
   snd-seq-oss
   snd-seq-midi-event
   snd-seq
   

   
   

   
   


3. Download the Unison Soundfont:
   

   
   

   
   wget ftp://ftp.personalcopy.net/pub/Unison.sf2.gz
   

   
   

   
   


4. Extract it to /etc/sounds:
   

   
   

   
   sudo mkdir /etc/sounds/
   tar -xzf Unison.sf2.gz
   mv Unison.SF2 Unison.sf2
   sudo mv Unison.sf2 /etc/sounds/
   

   
   

   
   


5. 
   

   
   

   
   sudo gedit /etc/timidity/timidity.cfg
   

   
   It should look like this (No more, no less):
   

   
   soundfont /etc/sounds/Unison.sf2
   

   
   

   
   


6. 
   

   
   

   
   sudo gedit /etc/init.d/timidity
   

   
   variable TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS (variable 22 I think), should look like this:
   

   
   TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS="-iA -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100"
   

   
   

   
   


7. 
   

   
   

   
   sudo gedit /etc/default/timidity
   

   
   Uncomment the two TIM variables. It should look like this:
   

   
   # Defaults for TiMidity++ scripts
   # sourced by /etc/init.d/timidity
   # installed at /etc/default/timidity by the maintainer scripts
   # $Id: timidity.default,v 1.3 2004/08/07 14:33:26 hmh Exp $
   
   #
   # This is a POSIX shell fragment
   #
   
   # Enable MIDI sequencer (ALSA), default is disabled
   TIM_ALSASEQ=true
   
   # Setting overrides (of /etc/timidity.conf) for the ALSA sequencer daemon
   TIM_ALSASEQPARAMS="-iA -B2,8 -Os1l -s 44100"
   

   
   

   
   


8. 
   

   
   

   
   gedit ~/.bashrc
   

   
   Add the following line (A good idea is to add it after line 9):
   

   
   export ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS="128:0"
   

   
   

   
   


9. Done! Now you can play midis with pmidi. Like this:
   

   
   

   
   pmidi Song.mid
   

   
   

   
   If it doesnt work, reboot (just to be sure... Damn windows tick!)
   

Bonus: SCUMMVM
Now you can play scumm vm through alsa! Just follow these steps:

1. 
   

   
   

   
   gedit ~/.bashrc
   

   
   Add the following line (Again, after line 9 is a good idea):
   

   
   export SCUMMVM_PORT=128:0
   

   
   

   
   


2. (If you want to create a launcher)
   

   
   

   
   gedit ~/.gnomerc
   

   
   Add the folowing lines:
   

   
   export ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS="128:0"
   export SCUMMVM_PORT=128:0
   

   
   

   
   


3. In scummvm, go to options, audio, music driver: ALSA

Good luck.

PD: Thanks to:

• http://www.ubuntu-es.org/node/3777


• http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/Midi...SynthesisHowTo


• http://www.personalcopy.com/home.htm


• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...light=timidity

Note: I think Ubuntu should have MIDI support by default

Last edited by RastaMahata; August 21st, 2005 at 08:52 PM..

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Tips about Ruby / Rails Arrays

Array Subsets and Supersets
http://adzdavies.blogspot.com/2008/02/array-subsets-and-supersets.html
-- useful tip about converting arrays into sets

Understanding Ruby Arrays
http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Understanding_Ruby_Arrays
-- general info

Range checking -- lesson: KEEP IT SIMPLE, no need to be overly clever about your code
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/699448/ruby-how-do-you-check-whether-a-range-contains-a-subset-of-another-range

Resetting the Root MySQL Password

(Source: http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-mysql-password.shtml)

1. Stop the mysqld daemon process.


2. Start the mysqld daemon process with the --skip-grant-tables option.


3. Start the mysql client with the -u root option.


4. Execute: UPDATE mysql.user SET Password=PASSWORD('password') WHERE User='root';


5. Execute: FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

These steps reset the password for the "root" account to "password". To change the password for a different account, or to set a different password, just edit the variables in single-quotes in step 4.

If you know your existing MySQL root password, steps 1-3 are not necessary.

Install the Wingdings font on Ubuntu

Objective:

Install the Wingdings font on Ubuntu

1. Download the font file (wingding.ttf) here: http://www.afosteo.org/Download/Fonts/


2. Copy the font file to ~/.fonts


3. Refresh the font cache (according to https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/70185):
   

   
   
sudo fc-cache -fv