So, I finally joined the social bookmarking craze. I've used Simpy before but I had some trouble with it. I finally got around to using del.icio.us and so far I like it. I even added a Word Press plugin to list my 10 most recent links. Enjoy.
Entries with tag "computing"
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Social Bookmarking
Posted by on October 8, 2005
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Been busy
Phew,... I've been busy, I've finally gotten a breather to update my blog. Two weeks ago we launched http://www.bonitanews.com. It is the first Ellington/Django site launched outside of World Online. We're very proud of it.
Something else to be proud of, my son, Aiden Jacob, was born on Sept. 8th. He is wonderfully healthy.
Life is good here in Naples, Florida. I think we've finally acclimated to the Neapolitan lifestyle.
Be well.
Posted by on September 26, 2005
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Stupid Windows Keymap
I've been using the standard windows keyboard layout switcher to remap my keyboard to dvorak. Unfortunately when I log into a machine through remote desktop, the keymap of the machine is used and not my local keymap settings. This is really dumb because I annoy all my non-djorak coworkers because when they log into the same machine, I usually forget to switch the mapping back to qwerty and they get aoeu instead of asdf...
I used a program called keytweak to remap my caplocks key to control, which is very helpful because I use control much more than I use capslock. I thought, "Hey, I can use keytweak to avoid annoying my coworkers" it took some doing but I managed to remap all the keys. I just feel sorry for the poor fellow that uses this computer if I ever leave :)
Another cool utility for emacs users is the XKeymacs program that sets emacs keybindings for stuff like moving the cursor and copy and paste (kill and yank).
Posted by on July 27, 2005
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Astronomy Software
I found two really cool astronomy software available to install from Fedora Core's package manager. So I thought I might get back into amatuer astronomy again. The first is a sofisticated desktop planetarium for Linux,OSX, and Windows called Stellarium.
My Meade telescope came with planetarium software however it was only for Windows and not Linux so it was nearly unusable. Stellarium is cross-platform and chock full of really cool features. I really like the rendering of the atmosphere.The second application is called Celestia. While Celestia is not very helpful with amatuer astronomy. It is good for nights when you need your astronomy fix and it's raining outside. What Celestia does is very cool.
Where Stellarium and other planetarium software keeps your feet planted on the ground, Celestia puts you in a virtual spaceship and allows you to span the known universe in real time. It is pretty spetacular. You can see what the Earth looks like at night. You can see what a solar eclipse looks like from space. Travel to Mars and see a martian sunrise.
If you go to the supplemental archive of addons at Celestia Motherlode, you can download extra models like Columbia and Atlantis. You can even add fictional spacecraft from Star Wars and Star Trek if you want.
Keep Looking up! - Jack Horkheimer
Posted by on July 9, 2005
