Category Archives: Geek Stuff

Ever had that one application you found too useful to replace, but it looked like a refugee from 1989? Chances are the application is written using either Motif or Tk and, while I can’t help you poor souls with in-house … Continue reading →

Just finished fixing some “unmet dependencies” that had removed some programs on my mother’s computer. Interestingly, it wasn’t corruption like the Google results suspected. Well… not on our end. I ended up finding an interesting solution. Install aptitude. Instead of … Continue reading →

Another belated blog entry. This one for a little hack I did to get G15Daemon and LCDProc resetting nicely when, for whatever reason, I have to temporarily unplug my Logitech G15 keyboard. If I ever find myself back on KDE … Continue reading →

If  you’ve ever tried to alter XTerm’s key/mouse bindings, you’ve probably noticed that the documentation is cryptic, pretty much only found in the manpage, and not supplemented by anything you’re likely to find on Google. So, one day, when I … Continue reading →

As none of you certainly know, my system has a very odd video setup: Because I hate bad window management misplacing things when the resolution changes, I’ve used xorg.conf to lock my desktop at 2560×1024 Because I’m using nVidia TwinView, … Continue reading →

As much as I love the concept of cheap branching and revision control, I’m a bit of a “code first, ask questions later” kind of guy. Most of my best ideas only come to me once I’m elbow-deep in code … Continue reading →