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+# Gnokii Tips
+
+*Posted 2007-05-22, updated 2021-07-01.*
+
+I own a Nokia 6102i phone (provided by Cingular). [gnokii](http://gnokii.org) is a Linux program that lets me interface with the phone. Here are some recipes:
+
+## File I/O
+
+`gnokii --getfilelist "A:\\predefgallery\\predeftones\\predefringtones\\*"`
+
+`gnokii --putfile WiiSports.mp3 "A:\\predefgallery\\predeftones\\predefringtones\\WiiSports.mp3"`
+
+## Ring Tones
+
+Voice mail picks up in 20 seconds, so a ring tone should be about 20 seconds long.
+
+The easiest way to chop an MP3 in Linux is with dd; the drawback is that you need to specify length in KB, not time. To chop an MP3 to be 200 KB long, do:
+
+`dd if=Mii\ Channel.mp3 of=MiiChan2.mp3 bs=1k count=200`
+
+## Phonebook
+
+To make a Phonebook.ldif file from the phone (suitable for import into Thunderbird):
+
+`gnokii --getphonebook ME 1 end --ldif > Phonebook.ldif`
+
+To add the entries in Phonebook.ldif to the phone:
+
+`cat Phonebook.ldif | gnokii --writephonebook -m ME --find-free --ldif`
+
+You can specify `--overwrite` instead of `--find-free` if you want to overwrite all the entries, but this will lose some data (e.g. speed dial, preferred numbers).
+
+## Multimedia
+
+You can get photos like this:
+`gnokii --getfile "A:\\predefgallery\\predefphotos\\Image000.jpg"`
+They are 640x480 JPG files. (You can also configure the camera so that it takes pictures at 80x96.)
+
+You can also store files:
+`gnokii --putfile silly.jpg "A:\\predefgallery\\predefphotos\\silly.jpg"`
+These show up on the phone in `My Stuff/Images`. The files don't need to be any specific size; they are autoscaled. GIFs probably also work.
+
+Videos live here:
+`gnokii --getfile "A:\\predefgallery\\predefvideos\\Video000.3gp"`
+VLC seems to be able to play `.3gp` files, but the audio doesn't work.
+
+Audio recordings live here:
+`gnokii --getfile "A:\\predefgallery\\predefrecordings\\Audio000.amr"`
+
+Unfortunately, nothing I knew of in 2007 (when this page was first written) would play `.amr` files, but these days (2021) perhaps `ffmpeg input.amr output.mp3` would work. You might have to use the `-ar` flag to specify the audio rate. I haven't actually tried this though!
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+# Vim Tips
+
+*Posted 2007-08-07.*
+
+Here's some links about learning/mastering vim.
+
+## Why use vim?
+
+  * [The vi input model - laptop keyboards suck](http://blog.ngedit.com/2005/06/03/the-vi-input-model/)
+  * [Why, oh WHY, do those nutheads use vi?](http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html)
+
+## Tutorials
+
+  * [Graphical vim cheat sheet and tutorial](http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html) --- [PDF version](http://www.glump.net/dokuwiki/howto/vim_graphical_cheat_sheet)