Colibri

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Aug 042009
 

I have been using Colibri for a while to make it easier to open new programmes. Insead of using my mouse to hunt around the start menu, or having 1001 shortcuts on my desktop, I can now hit CTRL+Space and then start typing the name of the program i want to launch.

Today, after a brief look at the Tips&Tricks for Colibri and afetr downloading SQLLite Browser I have added a new shortcuts folder, and now can make links to frequently visited places on the companies different file shares.

Makes my life easier.

 Posted by Eddie at 8:39 am  Tagged with: , ,

Gmail Not Loading in Firefox

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Jun 202009
 

The standard view of gmail was not working in firefox. I was not too fussed immediatly, as I have better things to do and the HTML version was working… However, looking for the answer via Google led me to a forum and the advice

Clear your cache. Tools –> Options –> Advanced –> Network, Clear Now button.

Which did the trick for me.

 Posted by Eddie at 9:39 am  Tagged with:

Vista Source Code

 Computers, Humour  No Responses »
Apr 282009
 

Apparently, Windows Vista Source Code has been leaked. Geddit!?!

Well, it made me laugh.

 Posted by Eddie at 7:49 am  Tagged with: , ,

Mind Mapping Apps

 Computers, GTD, Technology  No Responses »
Apr 262009
 

I found a link to a review of 5 Mind Mapping Applications I have been giving Free Mind a run for now. Just to save another source of paper, now i can make notes, and use mind mapping as an early stage in writing new documents.

Incase you are wondering, Freemind is getting test driven first.

 Posted by Eddie at 5:16 pm

What you Ought to Know

 Computers, Humour  No Responses »
Mar 232009
 

Via the Daily Cup of Tech I came to What You Ought to Know I started with their video about QWERTY, but the other stuff looks amusing too.

 Posted by Eddie at 10:04 am  Tagged with: , , ,

Near by

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Mar 212009
 

I have made use of http://www.nearby.org.uk/ for translating latitude and longitude for a place to a sat nav location to give to someone else.

So here it is for future reference.

 Posted by Eddie at 7:57 am  Tagged with: , ,

Auto It

 Computers, GTD, Technology  No Responses »
Mar 052009
 

I have been playing with USB keys on and off for the last week now. In part this is to run my GTD tools on a pen drive so i always have them with me (i plan to set up sync with the web….) and then i realised that I would like my data encrypted.

I’m now using Truecrypt to encrypt my data and MoWeS to run the web server. Both can be configured so that when you put the USB stick into the PC they autorun (so much as is allowed by windows) but how about auto running Truecrypt to access the data, and then running MoWeS once my encrypted drive is mounted?

I have now discovered AutoIt in which I have written a script to do the work for me. I now get prompted for a password, then the data is mounted, and MoWeS started. when i stop MoWeS the drive automatically dismounts. The next step would be to get the USB key to eject itself too, but this is enough for me for now…

 Posted by Eddie at 7:50 am  Tagged with: , , ,

Mobile Working

 Computers, Life, Technology  1 Response »
Feb 122009
 

I wonder if a Nokia 6300i with wi-fi ability will let me use hot spots in say McDonalds, or on National Express trains for a bit of light browsing…. Anyone know?

 Posted by Eddie at 8:21 pm

WP-Define

 Computers, Site News  No Responses »
Feb 012009
 

I use WP-define to give definitions like the explanation of what GTD means. (hover your cursor over GTD, and you will see what I mean)

I discovered that I couldn’t change the settings on the plugin, so i installed the latest version. That still didn’t work – the link to the settings page was broken….

I opened the plugin itself for editing within wordpress, and found the line that said

add_options_page("Definitions", "WP-Define", 1, 'wp-content/plugins/wp-Define/manage_wp-define.php');

and changed to

add_options_page("Definitions", "WP-Define", 1, 'plugin-editor.php?file=wp-Define/wp-Define.php');

And now it works.

 Posted by Eddie at 10:34 am

 Permalink  Computers  No Responses »
Jan 212009
 

If yoy are trying to use list-style-image then the image wants to be located relative to the style sheet.

So in the case of a wordpress installation, I have just located them in the directory of the theme I am using.

 Posted by Eddie at 9:46 pm
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