Feb

19

KeyTouch for weird multimedia keyboards

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I was never able to get the default GNOME keyboard properties capplet to work with my Logitech Media Keyboard. Then I suddenly stumbled on an Ubuntu Forums post saying that KeyTouch is the “first and only program of its kind that works perfectly together with kernel 2.6”. And it does! My keyboard was even supported. You should be able to get any keyboard supported quite easily with the provided KeyTouch-editor if yours isn’t. Great work Marvin!

Feb

18

SyncML doesn’t entirely suck

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I can now sync (sort of) my Nokia 9300‘s calendar and the Mozilla calendar and the Thunderbird address book. As Nokia doesn’t think LInux is worthy of support, I’ve taken another route. The 9300 and the Communicators do support one open standard, namely SyncML. So, I’ve created an account on ScheduleWorld, which uses SyncML. Syncing works between the phone and ScheduleWorld. Then, you can access the address book via LDAP, and the Ical calendar. These are both read-only of course, the only way to edit the information from Linux is to use ScheduleWorld’s own Java-based application. Anyway, this doesn’t suck as much as total inaccessibility.

Feb

12

My totl.net Human virus scanner report: 9 viruses

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Viruses I suffer from, and cleanup method:

Linux
Install the latest version of Microsoft Windows. Learn to love it.

Free BSD
The GPL isn’t that bad really. Adopt a penguin at the zoo.

Junkfood
Eat some real food. Something which you can identify the source of every ingredient, not the point of manufacture.

Religion
Read "God’s Debris" by Scott Adams (yes, the Dilbert guy)

8-Bit
Polygons, all the polygons you can get are not enough.

UNIX
Anything this old must be obselete. Go and install a nice modern operating system. I hear MSDOS has come a long way lately.

vi
Escape Meta Alt Control Shift.

Politics
Stop caring!

Macintosh
Use a mouse with more than one button.

Viruses I might suffer from:

Industrial (70%)
Everyone likes folk. No, really. Maybe you should listen to the Incredible String Band.

Discordia (90%)
Buy a suit. Invest your money. Eat hotdog buns on a friday.

X11 (60%)
I hear Mac OS 10 Aqua is nice at this time of year.

Computer Games (90%)
Stop staring at the screen and get some fresh air. You should see a doctor about the RSI in your thumbs.

Conspiracy Theory (68%)
Face it, the elected government is in control. Actually that’s quite scary.

Hippyism (80%)
Free love is passe and potentially dangerous, and patchouli smells like cat piss.

Environmentalism (63%)
Consume more stuff! It’s easier to buy new stuff than to recycle.

British (65%)
No need for cure. Benign virus.

TotL.net Human Virus Scanner

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