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Lookit 0.3 hits Beta

Just the other day, I pushed out the first beta of version 0.3 of my screenshot utility, Lookit. Just a few minutes ago, I pushed out the second. Lookit is a tool inspired by TinyGrab for quickly uploading and sharing … Continue reading

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A look at Lookit 0.3

Well, maybe “look” isn’t quite the right word, there’s not a lot of GUI to look at. However, I’ve spent a large portion of the day figuring out how to get around two of the more annoying issues in the … Continue reading

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Generating Gnome Rotating Backgrounds

The version of Gnome in Ubuntu 10.04 has the ability to automatically change through a defined set of files. Unfortunately, there’s no simple way to do this via the gui (I originally assumed that you just assigned a folder to … Continue reading

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Fast screenshot sharing in Linux, Part 2

So, thanks to a post on twitter, I’ve found a better way to snag screenshots by using scrot instead of compiz. This doesn’t give the graphical corruption that imagemagick does while compiz is running, and has the added bonus a … Continue reading

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Fast screenshot sharing in Linux

When I’m using Windows or OS X, I use a utility called Tinygrab to quickly share screenshots over the internet, whether it’s via Twitter, IM, email, etc. The concept is simple: you press a key combination, select a region of … Continue reading

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More Server Consideration

I discovered a positive development for both server options today: First, the Q9400s, a lower power version of the Q9400 which would work better in the SFF case.  Secondly, I learned that I can boot to a software RAID1 setup, … Continue reading

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A Question of Power

By now, Cervantes (my webserver) is starting to get pretty old. While it still performs it’s basic functions decently, I’m wanting to move to a RAID setup to prevent data loss due to a hard drive crash.  While I do … Continue reading

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Wacom Bamboo in Ubuntu 9.04

Today I got my Wacom Bamboo USB Tablet in from Newegg.  Installation in Jaunty was incredibly easy, I just plugged it in and the Wacom drivers were already installed and ready to go.  The corners of the tablet automatically mapped … Continue reading

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Ubuntu Netbook Remix

There’s been a fair amount of news online about Canonical’s specialized version of Ubuntu for Atom based laptops, but the current word on it is that Canonical will only be licensing it directly to OEMs.  However, there is a PPA … Continue reading

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Easy SSH Tunneling

Whenever I work out of the San Francisco office, I have to tunnel back to my workstation in Palo Alto in order to do any development.  The way I do this is with an SSH Tunnel.  While I used to … Continue reading

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