There are many things one can piece together with the proper tools. Today I’ll show you how to create a global spell-check system for Windows, but it should be easier to do this for Linux. So the idea is pretty simple: you type something anywhere, copy it to the clipboard, run spell check on the [...]
Another screencast, this time on how I write my posts, using emacs: Looking at it, I cringe at the way I’m typing. I must be screencast-shy or something. What the hell, don’t have the time to re-create it. Though I didn’t have a script prepared, so this is pretty good on the first shot. Direct [...]
It’s about time I started using a version control system. After some thought, I’ve decided to use darcs. I’m familiar with cvs and svn in theory, but haven’t really used either of them. I’ve tried to setup svn on my home machine, but lets just say that it didn’t work out. Darcs is different. For [...]
Firefox 2 is finally out. Check the release notes for more. I’ve backed-up my old profile, and am now running on a clean one. To me, the browser profile is even more important than a Desktop. I’ve customized Firefox to such an extent that using a default setup is jarring. Getting Firefox too ‘feel right’ [...]
This is a screencast. It’s the first time I’ve tried something like this, so bear with me. The screencast is about one of those nifty features Eclipse has that I just can’t live without—Java source attachments. Programming-oriented folks watch the screencast to see what the hell I’m talking about, if you don’t already know what [...]