It’s been a long, two-stepped journey to get to Jaunty from Hardy, all so that I can experience notify-osd with Twitter updates. The upgrade has been long and slow (NZ internet!) but I found the end result strangely unsatisfying. Yes, notifications work, and there’s a new “Computer Janitor”, but that’s it. A bit let down. Then I found out about Gwibber, the new twitter client on Ubuntu. It is by far superior to other clients on Linux.
Just wanted to rant about how news websites have the annoying feature of splitting up articles into ‘pages’ - of just two or so paragraphs. There’ll be three or four of these ‘pages’. But once you click on the ‘view as single page’, you realise how ridiculously short the article is, to even split to any page. I wish there’s a magic unpage! bookmarklet out there.
Just found out that Pidgin now has Google Talk. That means my GAFYD GTalk now works. Awesome!
One thing I found out that about rails is that the select_tag is a pain. Why? Because this would not work: <%= select_tag ‘industry’, options_from_collection_for_select(@industry_list, “id”, “name”, @industry) %> But this would work: <%= select_tag ‘industry’, options_from_collection_for_select(@industry_list, “id”, “name”, @industry.to_i) %> Well, that’s for forgetting that HTTP query parameters are strings!
My previous post about the enter key and the bug report that resulted from it has yielded a cause. Turns out that Delicious bookmarks (version 2.0.72) add-on seems to be causing the issue. There are already a number of Yahoo! group posts about the problem, but no one managed to crack that so far… till now. :)
Just upgraded to Ubuntu Hardy Heron. Again it broke my graphics driver. Envy (now EnvyNG) to the rescue again. As it was a Dell Vostro 200, there was some problem with IDE modes and such like, causing Ubuntu to fail booting! A change in the boot settings helped. See this bug report (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/153702) So, I have been through Edgy, Feisty, Gutsy, and now Heron. Just a thought, what happens after Ubuntu Zesty Zebra ?
Why doesn’t the enter key work?That would be one of the occasional pain points that I have experienced in Firefox. I could never figure out why, only that restarting Firefox is the only way to cure it. Annoying. Besides the memory issue, this would be the next biggest problem with Firefox. Hence, imagine my delight when I stumbled onto a reproducible way to trigger the issue. Just open two new Firefox windows in quick succession, then close one.
Attended an UP and Wellies event - A Tale of Four Cities, on Tuesday. It was a good venue, Syn Bar where people can unwind, compared with the old place. The free tab certainly helped. :) So the event was a panel discussion about how Wellington is and can be a ‘hub’ for innovation, IT and IT professionals. Among the topics that were discussed were how Wellington is a good place to live in, broadband, (venture) capital, immigration, and education.
Dr Mahathir Mohamad: A Weak Government is not good for Multi-racial Malaysia Here is my comment on the above: welcome to the blogosphere. I have admired your consistent statements and vision. In the process of a maturing democracy, a strong government is needed, agreed. However, I must question how is the Opposition able to perform its duties of check and balance, if the government has two-thirds majority? Yes, the opposition can be considered a political enemy.
Just noticed in my head that the Death Gate cycle, Wheel of Time, and Dune share some things in common. Namely, Earth existed in the distant past, and a future where magic seems like like some really advanced physics on a subatomic level, practiced by humans with innate talent for it. Well, just wanted to jot down my thoughts…