Category Archives: Geek Stuff

Just a Few Little-Known REAL Mysteries (and other interesting things)

Posted on 2011-10-17 by Stephan Sokolow

Around the time I wrote “A Few Suggestions/Pleas to Authors of Mystery-oriented Fiction“, I started work on a little post about some of the real mysteries that don’t get much attention. It’s not as long as I’d like, but I … Continue reading →

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Floating Flattr Buttons in TiddlyWiki

Posted on 2011-10-16 by Stephan Sokolow

As you’ve no doubt noticed, I’ve started to add Flattr buttons to my various creations. However, given that none of my other attempts to get other people to pay for my hosting have worked, I’ve learned to care more about … Continue reading →

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about:config Tweaks for Firefox 7 (and up)

Posted on 2011-10-04 by Stephan Sokolow

A couple of days ago, it finally occurred to me to look for a way to turn off the sluggish (on Linux, at least) drag-and-drop previews in Firefox. So, while I’m at it, I thought I’d list a few of … Continue reading →

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Information-richness in a compact zsh Prompt

Posted on 2011-10-03 by Stephan Sokolow

Note: While this post focuses on zsh, everything I do should be possible to implement in bash too. When I look at people’s shell prompts, the first thing I always seem to notice is that they’re bulky and eye-grabbing. Seeing … Continue reading →

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Installing a new Ttk/Tile theme

Posted on 2011-10-01 by Stephan Sokolow

By a lucky coincidence, I discovered that PySolFC comes with a Clearlooks pixmap theme nicer than the built-in one I was using. Unfortunately, there seemed to be no documentation on how to install your own Ttk themes beyond forum posts … Continue reading →

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What good is a browser that’s not being used?

Posted on 2011-09-30 by Stephan Sokolow

About a week ago, I read about how Adobe is doing an opt-out bundling deal, including Chrome with Flash and Adobe Reader X. What struck me as odd was how there seemed to be no business case for whomever was … Continue reading →

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URxvt: Pros and cons

Posted on 2011-09-30 by Stephan Sokolow

After getting fed up with Yakuake‘s bloat, Yeahconsole‘s broken embedding, and Tilda‘s flickering, broken scrollbar, and broken URL handling, I decided to try URxvt, since it has a Perl extension that’ll turn it into a slide-down terminal without being embedded … Continue reading →

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