I’ve never been one that is much for customizing Ubuntu themes. Generally the most I do is switch to Clearlooks and call it good. Recently, however, a theme was pointed out to me that I really like. Its called Shiki-Colors, and can be downloaded from gnome-look. One nice thing about this theme release is that… Read More »
In my attempts to performance tune the blog I’ve been looking at alternate web servers, primarily lighttpd. One of the initial issues that I had with an attempted migration was that of enabling php. With Apache php had been simple, but lighttpd needed a bit more. To install a php fastcgi enabled web server using… Read More »
I just recently started using DropBox on Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” and leftyfb in IRC pointed out to me a nifty little trick with .htaccess files. If you’ve been using DropBox I’m sure you’ve seen or made use of the Public folder and sharing files. You may have also noticed that the DropBox Public links… Read More »
Its hilarious sometimes what you find trolling identi.ca and twitter. If you’re up for some lolz install the “sl” package: sudo aptitude install sl Next time you fat finger your directory listing of “ls” you’ll get a nice little surprise. (Check out the man page too, its configurable.) I think this wins the official “This… Read More »
I spent some time this evening considering the current status of this blog and the amount of traffic that comes through here on a daily basis. When I first started this blog I never imagined it would become as popular as it has! Something that started on an old Pentium III 500Mhz throwaway machine under… Read More »
For all of you that use the nautilus-open-terminal utility, which allows you to right-click on the desktop and quickly open a terminal, you may be interested in this quick-tip. Thanks goes to a comment on Clint Savage’s blog for pointing this out to me. In previous releases this utility would open the home directory by… Read More »
I generally don’t jump on the meme bandwagon but I thought this one might be of interest to some of you. My old co-worker, Clint Savage, jumped on a meme regarding “What’s the first thing you do after installing <distro>?” I’d be very interested in what my reader-base does after first installing Ubuntu. Perhaps you’ll… Read More »
I was referred to a utility this morning for use with the Asus EeePC netbook. This utility allows you to simply control hardware (wireless, camera, sD), performance and hotkeys. Models supported are: 701/701SD, 702, 900, 900A, 901 and 1000/1000H. To install the .deb package and begin using the eee control tool, see this site.
Have you been to a geek conference lately and noticed the overwhelming number of MacBooks and MacBook Pros in the audience? When I presented at OSCON this last summer it was by far the most popular piece of hardware to be seen. Now I don’t want to get into a conversation about Apple or OS… Read More »
I’ve been working on some integration between WordPress and phpBB. I did make some backups before I started working on things and, unfortunately, I had to revert to one of them. You may notice a few comments missing and a post temporarily disappeared. Things should be back to normal but if you notice anything else… Read More »