A little bit frustrated with Fedora's new git repositories this morning (for packages). Ding-Yi Chen has a really nice write-up on how to get started with it. Got me a few of the essentials that I had missed earlier. I like the new certificate that can be used with Koji …

This week's techmail is Clear some desk space with cross-platform keyboard and mouse sharing app. The tip is about Synergy+ which is awesome cool. With it, I can share the same keyboard and mouse across as many computers as I want (it's cross-platform, so I use it with my OS …

Last week's techmail was Head off problems by monitoring servers with munin which takes a look at the Munin program. Munin is pretty slick in that you can use it to monitor resource usage on the local machine and networked clients as well. Goes nicely with Nagios when you have …

Last week's mac techmail was Mind mapping with MindNode for the Mac. MindNode is a neat program that lets you do mind mapping, or drawing pictures to represent thoughts or plans or ideas. Mind mapping is quite popular, and with good reason as it gives you a visual representation of …

Seems like I fill quite a few of these roles... so how come I don't have all the spare time these guys do? Maybe I need to have a single role, so that instead of switching roles while one is "busy" I can have one role with blockers. Hmmmm....

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This week's techmail is GUI scripting in bash which takes a look at a few options for GUIfying your bash scripts: Zenity (for GNOME) and kdialog for KDE. My favourite is Zenity since I use GNOME, and it doesn't require all this whacky DBUS stuff (although I suppose maybe using …

Last week's mac tip was Handy screen locking tips for Mac. Unlike Windows or Linux, which have keyboard shortcuts to quickly lock the screen when you get up to grab a coffee or go to the bathroom, the Mac doesn't. It has the same functionality, but you need to mouse …

Last week's techmail was My favorite Firefox extensions for Linux which talks about a few of my favourite extensions for Firefox. Read the comments on the tip... I've already found another couple that I didn't know about before that I'm going to have to try out. The one thing that …

Falling a little bit behind here... the mac techmail from two weeks ago was Safari 5 boasts speed gains but real improvement is extensions which discusses the new Safari 5. My initial reaction to Safari 5 was "meh...". Using it now for a few weeks, it's ok. It'll be more …

Last week's techmail was Take advantage of full-featured Komodo IDE to boost productivity which looks at some of the cool features of Komodo that can help you get more out of the IDE. I've been using Komodo for years, and even though it is pay-to-play, it's still my favourite IDE …