Hey Kevin Le

Windows 7 Sharing

2011-12-13T23:40:00.001-08:00

Add Authenticated Users to have full control

Forward- and backword-word in rxvt

2009-06-22T14:17:00.000-07:00

Add this to your ~/.inputrc:


# Control+right
"\eOc": forward-word
# Control+left
"\eOd": backward-word

Notice those are O's (the letter) not 0's (zeroes).

You may need to have this in your .bashrc
export INPUTRC=$HOME/.inputrc

Set default close operation

2008-10-09T15:29:00.000-07:00

setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE)

Tabs to Spaces only in Eclipse

2008-10-08T10:21:00.000-07:00

Window menu → Preferences...
Java → Code Style → Formatter → New... button

Enter any name → OK

Indentation tab → Under General settings, set Tab policy to Spaces only

Delete/disconnect network connections/drive in Windows Vista

2008-08-18T20:53:00.000-07:00

net use * /d

Show virtual table

2008-07-16T18:26:00.000-07:00

g++ -fdump-class-hierarchy main.cpp

a.vim

2008-05-18T11:54:00.001-07:00

This plugin lets you switch between source file and header file by typing
:A

Script link: a.vim

Install developer tools in Fedora Core 8

2008-04-12T09:30:00.000-07:00

sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

Virtual functions performance cost

2008-04-04T10:48:00.000-07:00

From Efficient C++ Performance Programming Techniques:

Virtual functions seem to inflict a performance cost in several ways:
The vptr must be initialized in the constructor.
A virtual function is invoked via pointer indirection. We must fetch the pointer to the function table and then access the correct function offset.
Inlining is a compile-time decision. The compiler cannot inline virtual functions whose resolution takes place at run-time.

Get CPU info in Linux

2008-03-13T16:30:00.000-07:00

cat /proc/cpuinfo
CPU's with multiple cores show "cpu count : 2"

Use FireFox as the default browser to open links in Outlook

2008-01-20T12:19:00.000-08:00

1. Open Explorer
2. Select Tools and then Folder Options
3. Select the File Types tab
4. Select Extension: (NONE), File Type: URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
5. Click Advanced toward the bottom of the window
6. In the Edit File Type window, select open and click Edit
7. Clear the check for DDE above the DDE message box (which should contain "%1" or similar)
8. Click OK, Click OK
9. Repeat for File Type: HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy and FTP

High resolution ("real-time") timers

2008-01-13T23:51:00.000-08:00

To compile: gcc -lrt time.c
More info: link

C/C++ Show macros

2007-10-31T11:15:00.000-07:00

In gcc or g++, to show all of the macros that are defined for a given platform:

gcc -dM -E test.c

g++ -dM -E test.cpp

Ubuntu - core dump

2007-10-28T13:02:00.000-07:00

From https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/10616

It appears that resource limits (which include the maximum size of a core dump file) are set by PAM on login. The settings for these limits are in /etc/security/limits.conf, which on my system (which is unmodified) is comments only. A quick look at the source code suggests that the default core dump limit is 0 (zero), which means no dump at all is created (even though the message suggests otherwise).

In summary: edit /etc/security/limits.conf, set the core limit to be non-zero (measured in kilobytes), and log in again.

I hope that works!

VIM - omnicppcomplete

2007-10-11T16:20:00.000-07:00

I had to put these in my ~/.vimrc to get omnicppcomplete to work

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead,BufEnter *.cpp,*.hpp set omnifunc=omni#cpp#complete#Main

"ctags
map <C-F12> :!ctags -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q .<CR>

"omnicppcomplete
imap <C-Space> <C-x><C-o>
let OmniCpp_MayCompleteDot = 0
let OmniCpp_MayCompleteArrow = 0

VIM - NERDTree plugin

2007-10-11T11:15:00.000-07:00

Good file explorer.

plugin: link

Add this to ~/.vimrc

"NERDTree Toggle
noremap <Leader>][ :NERDTreeToggle

Ubuntu - Install dev man pages

2007-10-09T22:06:00.000-07:00

sudo apt-get install manpages-dev manpages-posix-dev

Linux - xbindkeys for Logitech G5

2007-10-02T22:11:00.000-07:00

This is my ~/.xbindkeysrc for my Logitech G5:

"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Return]""
m:0x0 + b:8
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Alt]\[Left]""
m:0x0 + b:7
"/usr/bin/xvkbd -xsendevent -text "\[Alt]\[Right]""
m:0x0 + b:6

Additional help: link

Eclipse - Last Edit Location

2007-09-20T10:53:00.000-07:00

Keyboard shortcuts:

Last Edit Location	ctrl+q
Next Edit Location	ctrl+.

GVIM - Enable horizontal scroll bar

2007-09-10T13:27:00.000-07:00

Add this to your .vimrc:

set guioptions+=b

UNIX/LINUX - Customized bash prompt

2007-09-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

If you want your bash prompt to look like this:

[10:27:57 AM] hostname:~/some_dir
$

Put this in your .bashrc:

function proml
{
 local BLACK="\[\033[0;30m\]"
 local RED="\[\033[1;31m\]"
 local GREEN="\[\033[0;32m\]"
 local YELLOW="\[\033[1;33m\]"
 local BLUE="\[\033[0;34m\]"
 local PURPLE="\[\033[0;35m\]"
 local CYAN="\[\033[1;36m\]"
 local WHITE="\[\033[1;37m\]"

 case $TERM in
  xterm*)
  local TITLEBAR='\[\033]0;\h:\w\007\]'
  ;;
  ansi*)
  local TITLEBAR='\[\033]0;\h:\w\007\]'
  ;;
 *)
  local TITLEBAR=''
  ;;
 esac

  PS1="${TITLEBAR}
${GREEN}[\$(date +%r)] ${RED}\h:${YELLOW}\w\
${WHITE}\n$ "
  PS2='> '
  PS4='+ '
}
proml

You can change the colors and other properties as well.

X11 - Dell 2405fpw xorg.conf

2007-09-04T22:29:00.000-07:00

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 110.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 150.0
    Option         "DPMS"
    Modeline "1920x1200"  154.128 1920 1968 2000 2080  1200 1203 1209 1235 -hsync -vsync
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nv"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1920x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

VIM - Search to end of word

2007-08-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

This will leave your cursor at the end of the searched phrase:
/search phrase/e

VIM - format lines to certain width

2007-08-13T18:47:00.000-07:00

First,
:set textwidth=80 (or :set tw=80)
Then,

gqq	Format a single line
{Visual}gq	Format visual selection. (ctrl+v to get to visual mode then use hjkl to navigate)

For more help,
:help gq

Compile Pidgin for Ubuntu 7.04

2007-08-05T22:03:00.000-07:00

Download source: http://www.pidgin.im/download/
Install dependencies:
sudo apt-get install gettext libglib2-dev libgtk2.0-dev libxml2-dev
For MSN and GoogleTalk:
sudo apt-get install libnss-dev libnspr-dev
Compile:

./configure
make
sudo make install
make install clean

Mouse gestures

2007-07-08T18:08:00.000-07:00

What is a mouse gesture?

They can probably be explained better with an example:
Say you wanted to scroll down on a webpage using your mouse. Normally, you would point your mouse cursor to a scroll bar and clicking on it. Using mouse gestures, you would click and hold on to the right mouse button, move the mouse cursor down a little bit, and then let go of the button.

What are the advantages of mouse gestures?

First off, you don't need to point to any user interface element; thus, mouse gestures save time by minimizing mouse movement.
Most mouse gesture programs allow you to customize what your mouse gestures do. For example, if you did not want the down gestures to scroll down, you can change it to do something else such as changing tabs.

How do I add mouse gestures?

For Windows: StrokeIt
For Firefox: All-in-One Gestures
Other: wikipedia entry

Java - APIs & Documentation

2007-06-28T10:47:00.000-07:00

http://java.sun.com/javase/reference/api.jsp

Excel - Custom page numbering

2007-06-22T14:19:00.001-07:00

View → Header and Footer...
"Custom Header..." button
Type these into any one of the sections:

Input Result for page 1
&[Page]+5& 6
-&[Page]+5- -6-
[&[Page]+5] [6]
(&[Page]+5) (6)

Input	Result for page 1
&[Page]+5&	6
-&[Page]+5-	-6-
[&[Page]+5]	[6]
(&[Page]+5)	(6)

VIM - minibufexpl

2007-06-20T14:57:00.000-07:00

Script: minibufexpl.vim

"MINIBUFEXPLORER Stuff (Enter "\mbe" minus quotes quickly to bring it up)
""Commands:
" Ctrl-PgDown - goto next buffer
" Ctrl-PgUp - goto prev buffer
" \-Backspace-= - toggle minibufexplorer
"let g:miniBufExplMaxSize = 3 "allow up to 3 lines of buffers
let g:miniBufExplModSelTarget=1
"map mbo :MiniBufExplorer
noremap :bn
inoremap :bn
cnoremap :bn
noremap :bp
inoremap :bp
cnoremap :bp
noremap = :TMiniBufExplorer
noremap u :UMiniBufExplorer

set hid "Hide abandoned buffers in order to not loose undo history

KDE - Default browser

2007-06-18T23:02:00.000-07:00

$ kcontrol
KDE Components → Default Applications → Web Browser
Under Default Component, choose "In the following browser"
Type in: firefox (or your browser of choice)

Then go to KDE Components → File Associations.
Go to Text → html.
Click Firefox and press the Move Up button.

LINUX/UNIX - inputrc options

2007-06-13T09:31:00.000-07:00

Add this to your ~/.inputrc to

# get default system bindings
$include /etc/inputrc

# ignore case on tab complete
set completion-ignore-case On

# prefer visual bell
set prefer-visible-bell

Perl - Find and replace all

2007-06-12T17:34:00.000-07:00

Find cpp and hpp recursively from the current directory then append those files onto the perl command, which substitutes "old" for "new" in those files while creating .bak backups.

find . -name "*.[ch]pp" -type f | xargs perl –i.bak –p –e 's/old/new/g;'

or non recursive:

perl -pi -w -e 's/search/replace/g;' *.php

-e means execute the following line of code.
-i means edit in-place
-w write warnings
-p loop

VIM - Multiple highlighted searches

2007-06-07T22:25:00.000-07:00

Script link
:Search <pattern1>
:Search <pattern2>
:SearchReset

redhat - rpm

2007-05-11T16:56:00.000-07:00

Install

rpm -i softwarename(s)

Erase

rpm -e softwarename(s)

Query

rpm -q softwarename

rpm documentation

KDE - Umbrello

2007-05-11T16:46:00.000-07:00

I tried out Umbrello for KDE. Seems to work better than MagicDraw at reverse engineering C++ code. It's free. Crashed on a couple of the files I tried though.

Firefox - Reduce RAM when minimized

2007-05-11T16:18:00.000-07:00

Move Firefox to your hard drive when you minimize it, taking up less memory. And there is no noticeable difference in speed when you restore Firefox.

Go to about:config
Right-click anywhere → New &rarr Boolean
config.trim_on_minimize
Set to TRUE
Restart Firefox for these settings to take effect

From: 15 Coolest Firefox Tricks Ever on lifehack.org

C - Static Keyword

2007-05-09T22:59:00.000-07:00

Usage	Effect
inside a function	remains even after the function call is long gone
modify a global variable	private to a certain file
modify a function	making those functions visible only to the file itself

KDE - Enable mouse gestures

2007-05-09T22:34:00.000-07:00

Run kcontrol
Regional & Accessibility → Input Actions
Gestures tab
Unclick Disable mouse gestues global
Change Mouse button to secondary button (right mouse button)

Open up Konqueror
Hold on to right-mouse button, move left, release
It should have navigated back a page

VIM - Recursively set project path

2007-05-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

Put this in your .vimrc

set path=$PWD/**

Visual Studio 2005 Express

2007-05-09T15:40:00.000-07:00

Download: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/downloads/

Using Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition with the Microsoft Platform SDK

Cygwin/X - Install 100 dpi fonts

2007-05-09T10:53:00.000-07:00

If your fonts look too small, try installing the 100dpi fonts in Cygwin's setup. Under X11, select

xorg-x11-f100: Cygwin/X 100 dpi fonts

In your C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat, near the bottom of the file, append "-dpi 100" to this line:

%RUN% XWin -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error

UNIX/Linux - xhost access

2007-05-09T10:35:00.000-07:00

To make your X server available to everyone:

xhost +

You can add this to your .bashrc

Cygwin/X - Startup with Windows

2007-05-09T10:28:00.000-07:00

Place a shortcut to

C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat

in your startup folder (e.g. Start->All Programs->Startup)

To not have xterm pop up everytime you start up, open startxwin.bat and prepend REM in to this line:

%RUN% xterm -e /usr/bin/bash -l

UNIX/Linux - Recursive, forceful remove

2007-05-02T22:03:00.000-07:00

For you n00bs, to recursively delete a directory with prompts for each file:

rm -rf dir_name

VIM - Using cscope

2007-05-02T21:53:00.000-07:00

Install cscope.

At your project directory, to recursively build the database

cscope -Rb

Place cscope_maps.vim into ~/.vim/plugin.

CTRL+] to search for the word under the cursor.

See the cscope vim tutorial for more details.

VIM - Recursively set the path of the project

2007-05-02T21:48:00.000-07:00

Put this in your .vimrc to

" Recursively set the path of the project set path=$PWD/**

UNIX/Linux - Build essentials

2007-04-30T21:10:00.000-07:00

In order to build stuff in Ubuntu, I needed to install the build-essentials:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Who knew?

VIM - Shifting and code formatting

2007-04-18T12:35:00.000-07:00

You can shift (indent) code right or left by typing >> or <<, respectively, with your cursor on the line you want to shift.

You can use VIM automatic formating by typing == on the line you want to format.

You can also set the amount of spaces to shift.

You can also shift and format in visual mode (To get into visual mode: SHIFT+V, then j and k to select rows) by selecting the lines you want, then typing >, <, or =.

VIM - Inserting spaces instead of tabs

2007-04-18T12:11:00.000-07:00

Insert spaces instead of tabs

set expandtab or set et

Set the width of shifts to 4 for autoindenting and shifting: >> and <<

set shiftwidth=4 or set sw=4

Set where to stop tabs to 4

set tabstop=4 or set ts=4

This is what I have in my ~/.vimrc:

Set expanded tabs with shiftwidth=4 and tabstop=4 for Java, Perl, C, and C++ files

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.java,*.pl,*.c,*.h,*.cc,*.cpp,*.hpp set sw=4 ts=4 et

UNIX/Linux - Find command

2007-04-17T17:28:00.000-07:00

To look for files in the current directory tree then run a command on them:

find . -name <file-pattern> -exec <command> {} \;

Examples

To grep for "hello" inside all .txt files:

find . -name *.txt -exec grep -Hn hello {} \;

Put this in a shell script to recursively grep .cpp and .hpp files for the first argument:

#!/bin/bash find . -name *.[ch]pp -exec grep -Hn "$1" {} \;

RSS - Web comics

2007-04-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

Subscribing to web comics is a great way to use RSS.

Here are some comics I subscribe to:

Bug Bash
Unofficial Dilbert Feed by TapestryComics.com
Working Daze comic stips powered by phpGrabComics

Cygwin tips

2007-03-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

All tips assume you installed Cygwin at C:\cygwin

Use rxvt instead of dos command prompt

Change your cygwin.bat to

@echo off

C:
chdir C:\cygwin\bin

rxvt -e bash --login -i

Customize rxvt

Create a file in your home directory named .Xdefaults

rxvt*foreground:white
rxvt*background:black
rxvt*font: Lucida Console-14
rxvt*scrollBar_right: true

Other rxvt options can be found here.

Fix Home, End, Delete, and Insert keys

Put this into ~/.inputrc

# Home Key
"\e[7~":beginning-of-line

# End Key
"\e[8~":end-of-line

# Delete Key
"\e[3~":delete-char

# Insert Key
"\e[2~":paste-from-clipboard

Then add this to ~/.bashrc

export INPUTRC=$HOME/.inputrc

Web - Firefox Search Engines

2007-03-16T10:59:00.000-07:00

You can add your own search engines to the Firefox search bar. Here are some I found:

From http://dictionary.reference.com/tools/firefox.html

Dictionary.com

Thesaurus.com

Reference.com

Some popular ones: https://addons.mozilla.org/search-engines.php

Search for your favorite ones here: http://mycroft.mozdev.org

Tips

With the cursor in the search bar, CTRL+UP or CTRL+DOWN arrow changes the current search engine.

Some tips on how to customize it even more:
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/03/firefox-search-bar-hacks.html

VIM - Doxygen Syntax Highlighting

2007-03-08T11:25:00.000-08:00

To have vim highlight Doxygen comments, add this to your vimrc:

let g:load_doxygen_syntax=1

For more help, try

:help doxygen

UNIX/Linux - Command Line Tips

2007-03-01T16:17:00.000-08:00

Command	Description
du -hs `dir`	Displays disk usage of `dir`. -h gives human readable format (e.g. 12M) and -s suppresses every recursive directory's output
echo $?	Displays the return code of the previously exited program
pgrep -lf `process_name`	Displays pid of all running processes named `process_name`. -l lists the process name and -f matches in the full command line

Web - RSS

2007-03-01T09:59:00.000-08:00

You've noticed websites with orange icons that say "RSS" on them, but you don't know what that means or what to do with those icons.

What is RSS?

Rich Site Summary, or Really Simple Syndication.

For real, what is RSS?

A website containing an RSS feed has the capability to send you a summary of updates whenever it has updates. In other words, you're able to subscribe to that website's updates.

Why should you care?

When you subscribe to an RSS feed, it sends notifications when updates are available on the site. Some feeds even give a brief description of the update. This way, you don't have to open the whole website to know that it's been updated; thus, saving you time.

What can you subscribe to?

Any site with orange icons labelled RSS or XML. This includes sites such as blogs, news sites, forums, and download lists.

Some browsers, such as Firefox, display buttons when you browse to a site with RSS feeds.

Ok, cool. So how do you use RSS?

Let's walk through an example:

At the bottom of CNN, you'll see a link for RSS.

Click on that RSS link. It should bring you to CNN's page of RSS feeds, which contains various RSS links to potential topics to subscribe to, such as CNN's Top Stories.

Click on any one of those RSS links. A page or dialog box should prompt you for which RSS aggregator (such as GreatNews) to use to subscribe to that feed.

Now you open your RSS aggregator, update your feed, and look at the page updates. Simple as that!

Subscribe to my blogs using RSS

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C++ - Forward Declarations

2007-02-23T14:32:00.001-08:00

If a class declaration (in a header file) does not need to know the size of any included classes/structs (i.e., the class declaration does not need to contain an actual instantiation of another class or access member data or functions of another class), forward declare the dependent classes/structs to minimize dependencies.

In other words, use pointers and references of classes/structs with respective forward declarations instead of member objects instantiations and #include's. Then, #include dependent files to access the other classes' members and functions in the source file (.c,.cpp). Remember to delete the pointers in the destructor if the class owns the pointer.

In myClass.h:

//Forward declarations
class  OtherClass;  // defined in otherClass.h
struct OtherStruct; // defined in otherStruct.h
 
class MyClass
{
private:
    OtherClass  *mMyOtherClass;  //pointer
    OtherStruct &mMyOtherStruct; //reference
public:
    MyClass(OtherStruct &_struct);
    ~MyClass();
};

In myClass.cpp

#include "myClass.h"
// include headers of forward declarations
#include "otherClass.h"
#include "otherStruct.h"
 
MyClass::MyClass(OtherStruct &_struct)
:   mMyOtherClass(new MyOtherClass),
    // references can only be initialized in
    // constructor initialization list
    mMyOtherStruct(_struct)
{
    // Empty constructor body
}
 
MyClass::~MyClass()
{
    delete mMyOtherClass;
}

C++ - Minimize Dependencies

2007-02-23T14:29:00.000-08:00

A change in a header file (.h, .hpp) causes every other header file that includes it to be recompiled. Thus, to decrease incremental build times, strive to minimize the number of #include's in header files.

Note this cannot be done with every header file, such as files containing dependencies on template classes or typedefs.

C++ - const Keyword

2007-02-23T14:22:00.001-08:00

Use the keyword const to signify (to developers, not just the compiler) that a variable does not change).

/**
 * This method doesn't change its object
 * @param[in] obj Reference to a constant MyObj
 * @return A constant reference to obj
 */
const MyObj& MyObj::myMethod(const MyObj &obj) const
{
    return obj;
}

C++ - Parameter Passing

2007-02-23T14:17:00.000-08:00

Avoid passing large objects by value. This causes unnecessary copying of those objects on to the stack, slowing down performance. Instead, pass by reference (or pointer).

When needed, use prefixes "in" and "out" to avoid confusion with outgoing parameters.

Pass by value (NG=No Good):

void func(BigObject obj) // Use copy of obj
{
   ...
}

Pass by reference (Good):

void func(BigObject &obj) // Uses reference of obj
{
   ...
}

Note that smaller primitives (e.g. int, short, char) do not benefit from passing by reference because most the time, they are either equal to or smaller than the word size of the machine.

C++ - Initialization Lists

2007-02-23T14:16:00.001-08:00

Constructing an object consists of two parts:

Creating the object

Without initialization list: Assign default values to the object's member variables
With initialization list: Assign specified values in initialization list to member variables

Running the constructor's body

In object creation without an initialization list, default values are assigned to the object's member data. If assignments exist inside the body of the constructor, member data will be assigned again. However, with an initialization list, specified values can be assigned in step 1 to avoid assignments in the constructor's body.

Warning: there is no guarantee on the order of assignments (see example).

Before:

MyClass::MyClass()
{
    member1 = 1;
    member2 = 2;
    member3 = member2;
}

After:

MyClass::MyClass()
:   member1(1),
    member2(2)
//, member3(member2)  // No guarantee member2
                      // was set before here
{
    member3 = member2; // need to assign here
}

VIM - Advanced Tips

2007-02-23T13:06:00.001-08:00

Here are some advanced tips I've learned from coworkers and working with VIM:

Command	Description
`:%s *$==`	Delete end of line spaces
`:'a,'bs/str1/str2/g`	Replace "str1" with "str2" from marker a to marker b
`:%s/$.$:$.$/\2:\1/g`	Replace the first field (\1) with the second field (\2) separated by the :
`zf`	Fold a selected block of code
`zd`	Unfold a block of folded code
`:make`	Run Makefile
`:w\|make`	Write (save) current file and then run Makefile
`:grep regexp files`	Find regexp in files
`:copen`	Open quickfix list. Helpful after doing :make or :grep. Press Enter on entry in quickfix list to jump to that location
`:cclose`	Close quickfix list
`:colder`	Display contents of previous quickfix list
`:cnewer`	Display contents of next quickfix list
`:!cmd`	Run cmd as if on command line. Example: :!ls
`:bw`	Close current buffer
`ctrl+o`	Go back once through visited lines
`ctrl+i`	Go forward once through visited lines
`:h topic`	Get help for topic

GreatNews

2007-02-21T08:51:00.000-08:00

I've tried many RSS aggregators but the one I like most is GreatNews from Curio Studio.

Here are some tips I've learned from using it for a while:

Ctrl+R: Mark feed as read
Ctrl+T: Create new tab
Middle click

Feeds: Opens originating page
Posts: Opens post in current tab
Links in posts: Opens link in new background tab
Tabs: Closes the tab

Tools → Options → Reading

Check "Mark previous feed as read when switching feeds"

Do not sort by date (or anything for that matter). This really slows it down.
Tools → Cleanup... : Cleans up unread posts

Web - Firefox Extensions

2007-02-16T10:07:00.000-08:00

I can't imagine using Firefox without these essential extensions. You can download Firefox on the side bar.

All-in-One Gestures - Mouse gestures

del.icio.us Bookmarks - Integrates your browser with del.icio.us

Download Statusbar - View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar

DownThemAll! - Download manager/accelerator

Gmail Manager - Manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications

IE Tab - Embeds Internet Explorer in tabs of Mozilla/Firefox

ImgLikeOpera - Hide/show images from the status bar

Tab Mix Plus - Enhances Firefox's tab browsing capabilities

Non-essential:

Extended Statusbar - A Statusbar with Speed, Percentage, Time and loaded size (like Opera's one)

Fasterfox - Performance and network tweaks for Firefox

Firefox Extension Backup Extension (FEBE) - Backup your Firefox extensions

Fission - Progress bar in the address bar (Safari style)

ForecastFox - Get weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com, and display it in any toolbar or statusbar

Paste and Go 2 - Lets you Paste Text and Load/Search It Immediately

Linux - Reinstalled Kubuntu

2007-02-15T10:25:00.001-08:00

A few days ago, I wanted to install the new subversion client for Kubuntu because the old one didn't have the 'svn diff -c' option. I guess I shouldn't have because it depends on a newer cpp package, which the system depends on it. So after installing the new cpp package, my thesis wouldn't compile. I tried installing the old cpp but it kept using the new one. So last night I reinstalled Kubuntu. I updated all the packages and everything looks good. Hopefully, I will be able to work on my thesis tonight.