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my new video card came with a bumper sticker... O_o
@AdamLeahey probably drink it and quickly regret it
Dear Internet: What's the absolute cheapest, worst bourbon available? Don't worry, it's for science.
@ConstantineXVI: I'd say Wamu if it existed anymore. It was great when I had them in Cali, free checks and a good web site
@ConstantineXVI: oh, herf derf, just got the "getting shot at" remark :P
@ConstantineXVI: never heard of it... don't know too many people in the military though
@androidcentral: also, the Epic is $199 on Amazon with no rebates, but it's still showing as a "pre-order"
@ConstantineXVI: not sure about the first requirement, but I've yet to be shot at Chase
@ConstantineXVI and if I'm going to start a new series, I'd like to have it all on my Kindle...
@ConstantineXVI that's about how old my copy is. friend loaned it to me in high school... no idea where it's gotten off to
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Tag Archives: Ubuntu
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
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
Lookit 0.2 Released
It’s a new project, and I’m moving fast. I just pushed Lookit 0.2 to bzr as well as the Lookit PPA. Changes include support for Imgur as an upload option, a warning when using a non-compositing window manager, Ubuntu Mono … Continue reading
Lookit 0.1 Released
After around two weeks of coding in my freetime, I yesterday uploaded the first public release of my screenshot utility, Lookit. Unlike my bash script, this version has a proper GUI and no longer relies on external utilities like scrot … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
Small, personal web servers
I recently helped my roommate shop for a small, personal web server. We wound up basing it on Intel’s Atom platform, and I was amazed at how cheap it was. The server (pictured above) came up to almost exactly $200, … Continue reading