Update: I created a standalone class here. I am always loathe to turn to video and forum tutorial guides for well, anything at all. While I am happy to pull a component or fix for a specific problem, I want the overall solution to be my own. So here I am, explaining a scrolling background [...]
Day Three huzzahs to Darren for running Caira and I around the the Dartry Mountains last night! The scramble up [[Benbulben]] almost did it in for my poor cheap shoes, but the view out south across Sligo and into Co. Mayo was definitely worth it. We visited/drove by a few spots, but it was the [...]
Openbox Okay so: Since the occasion of my upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 last week, I have encountered unusual behaviour from gnome-settings-daemon, the Gnome settings daemon. When it launches under Openbox, it draws a new and additional root window right over my existing Openbox/X/GDM root window. This is a Bad Thing; the new root window effectively obliterates [...]
O hai, dear reader(s)! Let us begin: In part 1 of this guide, I laid down the basic groundwork to enable audio streaming from your Linux installation and onto your i{pad,pod,phone} device. While I was able to get both MPD and Icecast functioning and communicating with relatively little trouble, I ran into a brick wall [...]
As I have previously espoused, Dropbox is fucking awesome. After blogging about using my up remote instant message chat log storage, I turned my attention to managing a WordPress installation from Dropbox. Mostly because. Because it would be, for me, interesting, different and not a little bit cool to see if I can actually do [...]
…is fucking awesome. Awesome. Fucking. Here are two fun uses: 1. Back up chat logs online: Example? Pidgin chat logs. cd .purple mv logs/ ../Dropbox ln -s /home/User/Dropbox/logs /home/User/.purple/logs/ On Windows (7)? Not a problem: Go to: C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming.purple Move logs to your Dropbox folder and then open a command shell (cmd). Type in the following: [...]