I generally don't jump on boycotting bandwagons, usually because they are severely misguided and misinformed, and they're usually interested in spreading FUD more than just reporting the issue at hand. However, on December 29th, 2011, I will be transferring all of my 15 domains away from GoDaddy, because they support the SOPA and Protect IP […]
In mutt, you can setup multiple accounts, and use account hooks (complete with key bindings) to change to those accounts. I have a Gmail account and a work account. In my Gmail account, I use goobook to access my Google Contacts, and I can successfully tab-complete the addresses when composing mail. But, I have not […]
If you have an Android device with a camera, you can install the ZXing Barcode scanner [1] which supports the following method. It is my understanding, however, that other barcode scanners do not support this, so as cool as this is, it may only serve a very limited audience. The ZXing app doesn't even support […]
So today, I received an email from one of the readers of this blog. He wanted to get into OpenPGP with his email, and asked if I could help him get started with some tutorials, how-tos, etc. I was flattered that he valued my opinion. So, I responded to each of his questions and discussion […]
In keeping with my previous post almost 4 years ago, these images will circumvent Digital Restrictions Management on Sony PS3 consoles. I have also licensed them under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States license. Enjoy!
Since first discovering QR codes, I've always been a fan. I think they're a lot of fun, and I totally dig that they are effectively open and free- meaning that anyone can generate and use QR codes without fear of royalty payments, licensing restrictions, etc. I even made my own business cards out of QR […]
More and more, I'm impressed with the capabilities of Mozilla Thunderbird. Although there are a lot of default options that I don't think are set correctly, It's got to be my favorite mail user agent (MUA). However, Thunderbird by itself does not have any calendaring or tasks management. As such, proponents of Microsoft Outlook like […]
This is the last in this series. The third can be found at http://pthree.org/2010/09/18/email-netiquette-part-3/. Continuing our discussion from the previous post, I'll expound on the last three points in this post. Use plain text (preferred) or HTML Top-post only when forwarding. Bottom-post otherwise. Trim your replies. Keep you signature under five lines, and use the […]
Tagged email, netiquetteThis is the third in a series of four. The second can be found at http://pthree.org/2010/09/19/email-netiquette-part-2/. Continuing our discussion from the previous post, I'll expound on points seven through nine in this post. Use plain text (preferred) or HTML Top-post only when forwarding. Bottom-post otherwise. Trim your replies. Keep you signature under five lines, and […]
Tagged email, netiquetteThis is the second in a series of four. The first can be found at http://pthree.org/2010/09/18/email-netiquette-part-1/. Continuing our discussion from the previous post, I'll expound on points four through six in this post. Use plain text (preferred) or HTML Top-post only when forwarding. Bottom-post otherwise. Trim your replies. Keep you signature under five lines, and […]
Tagged email, netiquetteThis is the first in a series of four. It's been sitting in my archives since 2007, and I've been putting it off further and further, refining it here and there. I was going through my blog drafts, and thought I should finalize this, and post it. The other two will come in short order. […]
Tagged email, netiqutteI just discovered Newsbeuter supports synchronization with Google Reader. Not only your read/unread feed items, but you can also share and star items in Newsbeuter as you can in the Google Reader interface. This blog post is documenting how. Further, by using Buzz, you can also comment on your shared items, and others. I'll cover […]
Tagged email, google, mutt, newsbeuter, reader, rssI guess now that I've published this post, the rules are written down, even if they are still unofficial. However, with that said, I'd like to address a few things with the popular microblogging service Identi.ca. I've been actively involved with the service since July 2, 2008, which means I've been on the service now […]
I'm constantly amazed to read, over and over again, about people who don't "tweet", because they don't care what you had for breakfast. When I first heard about Twitter in early 2007, I had the same feeling. What am I supposed to do? Tell people when and what I'm eating, how often I'm using the […]
Now that school is out for the summer, I have a bit of time to work on some of the themes I've created for my ZSH prompt, Irssi and GNU Screen. The first focus of mine was to get all themes working well with both white text on black backgrounds, and black text on white […]