Me and my Logitech MediaPlay mousie and Linux
One word seems to fit... WAHOO!!! A couple of weeks ago, I bought this incredibly cool Logitech MediaPlay mousie. Now, I run Linux by choice, and have for the last 10 years, and most probably will for the next 20 or so. This means that there are certain things you resign yourself to having to figure out yourself.
Malaise and discontent, mouseified
Just wanted to post an update to my rant yesterday about getting cursors working, etc. I was up until 2 in the morning last night, wracking my brains about how to get a simple drop-shadow to work in perlmagick (ImageMagick-perl interface). Very grumpy this morning as a result and feeling in general rather bad. And the worst of it was that I couldn't figure it out. ImageMagick is probably the most confusing and simultaneously powerful interface that I've yet come across. Anyway, at the end of it, instead of trying to get the perl modules to do what I wanted it to, I've cheated and used a system() call from the perl script to get the job done. And it works nicely.
Welcome, Mike
Meant to put this up yesterday, but I got distracted, etc....
Malaise and discontent with X and cursors
Okay, how hard can it really be, honestly, to figure out how to get X to change its cursor without having to restart KDE/gnome/etc.? We're in the stone ages, folks, when the our little user (me, at the moment) has to log out and log in again from his desktop environment to be able to affect changes to his/her mouse cursor. It sure feels like the dreaded Windoze answer of "reboot whenever possible".
Wibble while you wobble and other updates
How to reclaim 650 Megs of your Fedora-laden hard drive
Merry post-Christmas!
Merry Christmas, all!! =:) I have had a wonderful time with my family for the last several days, and am not at all looking forward to going back to the grind. Among other things, my beautiful kids and bride gave me a XXL Old Navy fleece hoodie (VERY warm and snuggly!!), and the new Tobymac CD (also VERY good and snuggly). OH--also, I got a cool little iced-tea maker!! We've probably gone through about 8 pitchers of home-made peach iced tea in the last couple of days. =:)
Linux laptop
I just saw this $498 linux laptop the other day and thought I'd mention it. That's a pretty danged inexpensive laptop. =:) All that, and without Bill!! =:)
The Quest for One Good Camera… over?
At some point, in the most probably distant future, someone will stumble upon these ramblings and wonder what sort of maniac would leave such entries as these, mine. But for the present, as my readership exists solely of myself and Opera's refresh button, I shall conclude my Chronicles of Riddick(ulous) : The Quest for One Good Camera. That is to say that I hope this is the conclusion of said Chronicle, because I have invested enough of my time on this planet on it already.
How to not dispose of that stack of papers in your file cabinet.
I have learned today that, despite what you might think, using an aluminum propane camping grill is not a good option for disposing of a large stack of paper. What you will find is that: