Author: Steve

Scanning in Linux

After actually using my all-in-one printer/scanner/fax/copier thing for scanning some photos, I’ve discovered it’s not actually that great as a scanner; Jack of all, master of none, I guess. It has trouble differentiating any dark colour from black, so the resulting scans have an excessive amount of black in them and generally much fewer colours… Continue reading Scanning in Linux

Cleansing Gmail of Facebook notifications

If you’re like me, you like receiving an email telling you should log into facebook to check your messages or something. But those emails accumulate and obstruct the rest of your inbox!! I tried searching for facebook but that returned a bunch of legitimate emails and chats that mentioned facebook, and that I did not… Continue reading Cleansing Gmail of Facebook notifications

Insert catchy web 2.0 social networking buzz-word here…

This post is brought to you by mellow French Folk/Rock. Social networks. Shirley made a post about social networking sites and web2.0. I got one for you: Mugshot. Mugshot allows you wrap a bunch of these sites’ capabilities (facebook, google reader shared items, blogs, amazon, last.fm, etc) into one convenient profile. Get your friends to… Continue reading Insert catchy web 2.0 social networking buzz-word here…

US Political Debates, CNN and Michael Moore

CNN took Youtube user submitted questions (in the form of videos) during the US Democrat debates on July 23rd. Go watch the recap. Some interesting questions were selected that put the candidates on the spot. I’ve only watched a few so far, but will likely watch most of them. The Republican debates are on September… Continue reading US Political Debates, CNN and Michael Moore

How to open a folder with the default file-manager in mono/C#

using System.Diagnostics; … Process.Start (“file:///home/”); Did a bit of IRC channel ping-pong today. Went over to #f-spot to ask a user-related question about f-spot, and got pulled in by curiosity on a totally unrelated topic: opening a folder with the default file-manager. Initiated some discussion on #mono and discovered this was, in fact, not trivial… Continue reading How to open a folder with the default file-manager in mono/C#

2D Game Art and the Virtual Console

HD Pixel Art I’m a bit of a game art aficionado. Actually, I’m an admirer of many things related to games (shock), but right now I’m going to talk a little about art specifically. Concept art: awesome. 2D art: awesome. Animated pixel art: awesome. And now HD pixel art? Well, Capcom is redoing their infamous… Continue reading 2D Game Art and the Virtual Console

I hate hardware problems

I think my laptop has officially died. I knew the hard drive was going, and it finally went. Knowing that day was nearing, I didn’t have any important information on it, so that’s ok. Anyway, I bought a new 2.5″ hd to replace it… but it doesn’t always work. I know, that sounds strange, but… Continue reading I hate hardware problems