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rFactor 2 (rF2) is the pinnacle of PC racing simulators right now, not exactly because of its graphics, but because of the cars’ handling, featuring yet unparalleled tire physics. Still, the software comes with only a few tracks and depends on its community for more locations, more cars, more your-imagination-at-work-here. I am very new to [...]

WordPress only allows the uploading of certain file types, as specified in file <wordpress folder>\wp-includes\functions.php in function wp_get_mime_types. If, for example, you want to allow the upload of .IRS files, you must edit the wp_get_mime_types function and add an entry for the .IRS file type, somewhere. In the example depicted below, the .IRS file type [...]

The open source project "Album Art Downloader" (AAD) http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art/ is my favorite tool for grabbing covers for my music. However, I rarely have the time to organize my albums neatly, for example with a proper folder structure as in "artist\album\…", instead having all the files dumped to a single folder whenever I have the time [...]

If you need or want many simultaneously open web pages, say some 100, 200+ of them, or more, then you probably already noticed that – horizontal tabs do not provide a capable interface; – most browsers use a single process per user and can easily cause memory problems if running as 32-bit applications, hitting the [...]

location: 36° 4’6.17"N 111°57’58.29"W

ServeToMe is my favorite "air play" app, to stream from a Windows PC to an iPad, but the latest versions seem to be too dependent on the iTunes "Bonjour" component, which I always uninstall. With "Bonjour" missing, the ServeToMe Windows server application does not behave properly: in my case it even ignores its own buttons [...]

Network shares should be trivial, but sometimes they go wrong for incredible reasons: – the server side password changes and your computer keeps trying to use old wrong one, – the server side contents change but some caching is going on and you can’t see the changes, – you can ping resources, but Windows Explorer [...]

MP3SPLT is my favorite tool for dividing a big MP3 file – e.g. an audiobook in a single container -  in parts that make it easier for the listener to navigate through the contents. This is a free and open source software which you can download at http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/downloads.php I use it in Windows and my [...]

location: 33° 2’58.58"N 96°36’33.37"W

F1 returns to U.S.A. this November and the "COTA" circuit is already visible in Google Earth. location: 30° 8’3.11"N 97°38’8.97"W