tags/computer

James Davidson: Fix Pidgin to work again with AIM and ICQ

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:36:00 -0800

Recently I have been getting "Received unexpected response from..." errors. I found a TechSpot blog with a fix that worked for me.

James Davidson: GNOME Color Manager

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:34:00 -0700

One area that the Linux desktop has been missing is proper color management. Well, Richard Hughes has started developement of a GNOME Color Manager.

James Davidson: git send-email tricks

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:29:00 -0700

If you typically send patches to mail lists then Felipe Contreras' git send-email tricks blog post is definitely worth reading.

James Davidson: Two Centuries On, a Cryptologist Cracks a Presidential Code

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:27:00 -0700

Another neat story about an encrypted message sent to the President of the USA in 1801. I find this kind of story fascinating.

James Davidson: Highlighting Coding Errors

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:47:00 -0700

Dave Jones is a genius. Using mutt and your editor to highlight your coding errors -- he should have patented that one!

James Davidson: Single UNIX Specification Firefox search plugin

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:25:00 -0800

While poking around on the Single UNIX Specification web site, I noticed a link to a Firefox Search Plugin.

With this plugin installed, you can search for keywords in the SUS directly from Firefox. Very cool.

Update 2009-10-12: Newer SUS link

James Davidson: Emacs can do that

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 14:31:00 -0800

As an emacs user, I knew the butterfly command. I just don't find it that useful.

James Davidson: Delta chains and packs

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 12:45:00 -0800

In a discussion on creating a git repo for the gcc code base, Linus describes how git uses delta chains and how they relate to packing.

In the same discussion Linus has additional low level explanation.

James Davidson: Now with RSS 2.0

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 22:21:00 -0700

With help from Andrew Cowie's blog post Getting Blosxom to work... my blog now has a functional RSS 2.0 feed.

Update 2009-10-12: Removed link to old RSS feed

James Davidson: Validate your RSS and Atom feeds

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:39:00 -0700

If you have a feed for your blog, make sure it is valid by using FEED Validator.

Check the validity of my RSS 0.91 and RSS 2.0 feeds.

Update 2009-10-12: Remove links to old RSS feeds