Terminator is a terminal emulator aimed at providing a useful way to arrange multiple terminals into a single window. Terminator’s approach is to allow the user to create multiple terminals in a grid, rather than on tabs. You can split the window vertically or horizontally any number of times, and resize each terminal as you [...]
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Featured Linux App: Terminator
July 8th, 2008 · Comments Off
Under Review: TweetDeck
July 8th, 2008 · Comments Off
I recently came across some another desktop Twitter client called TweetDeck. TweetDeck runs on the AIR platform and is currently in private beta, but anyone can download it. Its aim is to take all your tweets and break them down into manageable pieces. In my opinion, it does an excellent job of doing just that. [...]
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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 [...]
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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Python SFTP Client Wrapper
July 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
I recently came across a need for an SFTP client in Python. I dug around a bit and found a module called Paramiko (to install on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get python-paramiko). Paramiko is an SSH2 client used to connect to remote machines. There was no simple way to create the SFTP client – I found you [...]
Editor Showdown: VIM vs. Eclipse
June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off
Over the course of the last year, I’ve been primarily using Eclipse as my IDE of choice. Eclipse offers plugins to Subversion and PHP, the two main tools I use. The thing I like most about Eclipse is its views. When I have Eclipse open, I use the Navigator and Outline views open alongside my [...]
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World of Warcraft planned to be free
June 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
Blizzard SVP Rob Pardo recently stated in an interview that World of Warcraft was originally going to be marketed as a free game, with revenue coming from advertisements. After market research, Pardo said that would not have worked for Blizzard. Imagine how different things would be if WoW was free. There would no doubt be [...]
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Installing Adobe AIR for Linux
June 18th, 2008 · Comments Off
AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross-platform runtime environment for building web-based applications that can be deployed as desktop apps. AIR for Linux is currently in the alpha stages, so it’s got a ways to go before it’s officially released. I’ve been using it a little, and posted about it in my Twitter post a [...]
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Integration
May 20th, 2008 · Comments Off
One of the great things about Open Source Software is that there’s generally someone who is willing to toy with it and integrate it with another product. One of my favorite (and most used) integrations is between Lightning (a Thunderbird extension) and Google Calendar. The plugins, with some tinkering, give a user full IMAP access [...]
