Category Archives: Geek Stuff

A couple of weeks ago, I got it into my head that the death of Blinkenlights was a bad thing. My primary PC already has a little LCD on the keyboard (I got a deal on a first-generation Logitech G15 … Continue reading →

If programming languages were cars… If programming languages were religions… Just a couple more fun lists for people who enjoyed If Version Control Systems Were Airlines and Some more geek humor. UPDATE: If PCs were toasters

I’m not really on top of my time management yet, but this was hard enough to find that I think it warrants a blog post anyway… Have you ever tried looking up how to use Javascript to get the selected … Continue reading →

Ever wanted to use a VoIP client to answer phone calls over your traditional phone line instead of getting VoIP service? (Surprisingly difficult since everyone seems to want to use their crappy old phones on VoIP instead) Well, here’s the … Continue reading →

I’ve been busy lately, but I can at least share a few noteworthy things I ran across. A faint background image in your terminal reduces eye-strain. (source) KDE users can use kioexec to pass URLs as command-line arguments to non-KDE … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →