2008-06-28

How to customize the layout of the “View Modes” sub-toolbar in Konqueror

Posted in Geek Stuff at 1:48

I’m not really in the mood for blogging right now, but this took me a lot of googling, so I should probably share it.

Did you ever wonder what arcane incantations went into customizing that “ActionList: viewmode_toolbar” subsection in your Konqueror toolbar? Wonder no more.

First, anyone who has used both Kubuntu and another distro (eg. Gentoo) will notice that it’s possible to change the number of dropdown buttons. I’m happy with the three I have, so I didn’t really look into this very closely, but apparently this patch file will switch between the two configurations when properly applied:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/4891395/un84.diff

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2008-06-17

Excellent tip for picking which languages you learn

Posted in Geek Stuff, Otaku Stuff, Web Wandering & Opinion at 14:45

How to Learn (But Not Master) Any Language in 1 Hour (Plus: A Favor)

Just a blog post I ran across with some excellent tips for evaluating how difficult it will be to learn a given language. Not necessarily something I’d use (since I’d pick a language based on what it would get me and then soldier on, rather than learning languages based on how easy it’ll be) but something to keep in mind nonetheless.

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