For Mac OS X: I’ve been looking for a solution to feed my addiction to Google Reader without having to go the the website every time. There’s an AIR application called ReadAIR, but I didn’t like it very much. I really like the usability of the Reader interface, so I would be hard-pressed to use [...]
Entries Tagged as 'How-To'
Creating a Fluid-Based Google Reader App
September 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off
Laconica, XMPP, SMS, Oh My!
September 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Last Monday’s post was a bunch of directions on how to install Laconica on your own server. What the directions failed to mention was how to set up the good stuff – XMPP, SMS, and posting via email. Today I’ll go over how to get XMPP and SMS running. SMS Populate carriers table If you [...]
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How To Install Laconica
September 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments
If you’re interested in setting up a Laconica 0.5.0 instance of your own, you can follow the directions I’ve outlined below. I got the general outline from decafbad.com but had to do some modifications of my own to get it running. This how-to requires you to be fairly knowledgeable with web systems and databases. If [...]
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Twitter Search Tips
September 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off
Everyone knows that search.twitter.com (formerly Summize) is a great way to aggregate or find tweets with certain criteria. Here’s a few more tricks that will help you narrow your search results: Use a boolean: searching Obama OR McCain will give you results containing either of those keywords. String them together as you like (Gustav OR [...]
DIY Rock Band Guitar Stand
August 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off
I got bored yesterday and started looking around on Instructables and found this gem – a guitar stand made of PVC. I realized this would be handy to have, as I have 2 Rock Band guitars, 1 Guitar Hero 3 guitar, and 2 Guitar Hero 2 guitars (on loan at the moment). Instead of having [...]
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Ubuntu-based Mac Theme
July 29th, 2008 · Comments Off
I’m pretty intrigued by the new Macs simply because of the looks of the OS. I’m not willing, however, to fork over all the money that comes with owning a bona-fide Macintosh. So instead, I skinned Ubuntu to look like Mac OSX. I found the tutorial over at Make Tech Easier, and it’s pretty simple [...]
Make Your Flash Drive a Portable Office
July 20th, 2008 · Comments Off
A portable office is a set of applications on a device that can be used in situations when the computer you’re using isn’t your personal computer or it has been locked down by your IT department. Before you read any further, please be advised that this will only work on Windows-based computers. 1. Choose a [...]
Going Beta: Eight Tips to Help You Get In
July 7th, 2008 · Comments Off
Feel like you’re on the outside of a really great (beta) party? Wonder what you can do to help yourself get an invitation in? There are many tips and tricks to assist in getting that precious beta invitation to some really cool software, and LifeHack has put together eight of them. Here’s one of my [...]
Handy Nautilus Tips/Tricks
July 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off
There’s a boatload of things you can do with GNOME’s file browser, Nautilus. Some of my favorite tricks are listed below. Remote File Management When I’m using Windows, I always turn to WinSCP for my GUI SCP needs. When I use Linux, there is no WinSCP. Lo and behold, you can just type ssh://user@host:/path/to/dir in [...]
WP-Syntax Plugin for WordPress
July 1st, 2008 · Comments Off
This plugin was born out of necessity. I wanted to have a way to post code in my blog (I’m a developer by trade) and have it show up separate from a block quote and have syntax highlighting and all that. The WP-Syntax plugin has filled the role pretty well so far. It supports a [...]
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