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December 2008
Configuring Linux fonts (kde, OOo, gtk+, java, emacs and firefox)
2008.12.22 Mon 7:09 P GMT-07
(Mainly notes for myself). Since I switched over to Gentoo and am running Awesome for a window manager, I no longer have the Ubuntu fonts, cursors are consistent thing going on. Here's some notes, (gentoo wiki used to have this somewhere but it's g
Programming tools I like - ack
2008.12.17 Wed 2:12 P GMT-07
No, that's not a misspelling in the title. I switched back to gentoo on my lappy, so while re-constructing my environment I found I forgot to install this swell little tool. I've been meaning to mention ack for a while. Ack is a nice little comman
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Interest in python headtracking/wiimote hacking?
2008.12.15 Mon 10:10 P GMT-07
Yea! PyCon 2009 is coming up in the end of March! My brother and I submitted a tutorial for on wiiMote headtracking. Sadly, the tutorial was rejected. We're willing to do a BoF/open space hacking on the subject. If people are interested in this s
Category: python open source
Why the Linux Desktop sucks...
2008.12.15 Mon 5:11 P GMT-07
I think I've figured out why the Linux desktop sucks! It has to do with hackability and efficiency. As a programmer, I'm finding the mouse and mouse less efficient.* A little over a month ago, my right hand seemed to implore to me "Stop! Stop!" ev
rst2odp on PYPI
2008.12.08 Mon 1:02 P GMT-07
Development on rst2odp is continuing in the Docutils sandbox. Styling/incremental support have been added. For those who don't want to mess with checking out sandbox, there's a version on pypi. For those who aren't interested in rst, but are inter
How to create an Impress (OpenOffice.org) Template
2008.12.04 Thu 11:24 P GMT-07
You want to use Impress, but can't find any good templates? Put your creative skills to use and create your own? But how? I'll explain here (since the OOo docs don't really explain it in one coherent chunk), it's really easy.
Create a new blank p
Impress (OpenOffice.org) vs S5
2008.12.04 Thu 10:37 P GMT-07
I mentioned that S5 was dead (since it hasn't really been updated since 2005, perhaps this is because it is already mature). Then I see an ajaxian link to someone who hacked CSS transitions onto s5 for the iphone. So it's not completely dead (it's
[ANN] rst2odp - Convert rst to OpenOffice Impress
2008.12.02 Tue 3:34 P GMT-07
Goodbye S5. I might miss you. You were nice but you kind of died. And all the cool kids bought macs and moved on to keynote... But my slides weren't written in html, they were written in rst...
Enough with the silly talk. Here's a little side pr
(mostly) gimp-friendly photoshop portrait retouching tutorial
2008.12.01 Mon 9:08 A GMT-07
Were it not for the lack of adjustment layers in Gimp, this photo touchup tutorial for Photoshop "just works" in Gimp.