Linc and Dan both recently discussed applications to map the multimedia keys on keyboards in linux. They talked about Lineak and Hotkeys. I found another nice application called Keytouch that does this as well. There’s a bunch of predefined keyboards you can choose from or map your own and forward it to the project maintainers […]
The last couple of days I’ve been dealing with a nasty hamstring pull in my right leg. Anyone who’s had a hamstring injury will know how painful and nagging they can be. The last time I had a hamstring pull was back in my soccer playing days when I was about 20 years old. Now […]
I’m coding my LAMP based project for work and decide to try a little CSS (cascading style sheet) to make my pages look uniform and pretty. Everything looks great in Firefox. Unfortunately things are a frackin mess in Internet Explorer. I found a nice web site that documents some of the known issues:
Explorer Exposed
Yet another […]
I picked up a really nice Logitech wireless mouse for $10 today at CompUSA:
It’s the LX5 which does not require any special drivers to work in linux. I simply plugged it into an open USB port and it immediately worked under Ubuntu. The scroll wheel even worked without any tweaking whatsoever. Bravo to Ubuntu, Logitech […]
Now that Battlestar Galactica is done for the season Sci-Fi network starting airing episodes of the latest Dr. Who incarnation. To sum it up it’s pretty disappointing. I was a fan of the Tom Baker version from the early 70’s and use to watch it in syndication when I was a kid. It was pretty […]
Got some cool stuff running on my laptop. First up is Lotus Notes running via Crossover Office:
Then we’re running a Citrix client logged into a Windows box:
You ask what’s the point of this? Well it’s to enable the transition of businesses away from windows to linux in the least painful way. It is doable now! […]
Well it’s a been a couple of weeks now of running Ubuntu on my laptop. So far it’s been a generally positive experience. Ubuntu comes with all the good things I like about Debian and adds some polish and package freshness. I see why Ubuntu leads all the distro surverys in use and likeability. It’s […]
I’ve started a LAMP project at work. I checked out some very useful tools to create, edit and manage MySQL databases. I went to the source and found out about MySQL Adminstrator:
This program lets you create, modify and manage databases locally or remotely. Then there’s the query-browser application which you create and store queries […]
As part of the preperation for the upcoming Linux World Expo in Boston I had to fill out some paperwork for the people running the show. All the forms were in PDF format. So do you print them out, fill them in and fax them? No way man, not in linux! I found this really […]