lit2pdf: Convert Microsoft Reader .lit ebooks to PDF

The .lit files are Microsoft Reader proprietary ebook files, but you can convert them to HTML with clit (ConvertLit). To install clit from source, follow this tutorial (or just download this and this .deb compiled versions and double-click them to install).

After installing it, you can use this script that convert the .lit to .html and open it with firefox browser. At the browser, you can "print" them as PDF or just save the HTML, if you want.

I've made this script to install everything and also create an lit2pdf script to make things easier:

gMplayer: Como Exibir Legendas Abaixo do Filme

Eu sempre gostei do Mplayer, mas uma coisa que me incomodava era o fato das legendas serem exibidas por cima do vídeo. Sempre procurei por uma solução pra isso na Web mas nunca encontrava nada, até que um belo dia me deparei com este script que propunha uma maneira "alternativa" de conseguir o efeito desejado. Eu simplifiquei o tal script e cheguei na seguinte solução:

How to FAST convert your videos to iPod MP4 on Ubuntu

I ran a lot of experiments and finally I wrote a VERY FAST script to convert videos to my iPod Nano 3rd Generation. It encode videos to XviD with ffmpeg and utilizes AAC as audio codec. The final quality is good, the result video file is small and the conversion time is short. So, what else could you want???

Ubuntu Fresh Install Script

I've made this script to automate my ubuntu installation process, installing all my everyday codec/player/converter/sharing/softwares...

maybe it could be useful to you too... ^^