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Gmail Notifier – v1.7.1

Michael — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:20:22 +0000

Added support for Google Apps email accounts.
Email subject automatically limited to 30 characters.

http://repo.ahadiel.org/apt/lucid/gmail-notifier_1.7.1_all.deb

Gmail Notifier – v1.6.2

Michael — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:50:15 +0000

I haven’t had much time lately to work on gmail-notifier, however, this small update should be beneficial to those who’s connection drops intermittently or who’s internet connection isn’t established before gmail-notifier.py starts.

Gmail Notifier – v1.6

Michael — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:45:23 +0000

Now with configuration GUI

Gmail Notifier – v1.5.2

Michael — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:49:41 +0000

Fixed a regression or two, and added a longer timeout before the initial check.

Gmail Notifier – v1.2

Michael — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:33:39 +0000

http://ahadiel.org/projects/gmail-notifier

You have mail

Michael — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:08 +0000

Looking for a gmail notifier that uses Ubuntu’s new Indicator Applet? Well look no further!

http://ahadiel.org/projects/gmail-notifier

Windows 7 – d(^.^d)

Michael — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:42:10 +0000

The Japanese Man behind the counter seems weary of Linus (and possibly his possey), but at the same time appears happy at the prospect of a potential sale.

In the end, Linus does NOT buy a copy of Windows 7 (shocking eh?).

Microsoft’s Training Campaign for Bestbuy Employees

Michael — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:39:03 +0000

So here’s the gist of the story:

Microsoft is offering Bestbuy employees an ExpertZone a retail-training course in how to sell Windows. In a thread on Overclock.net, user GodofGrunts has kindly uploaded some images of one of the course’s modules, “Linux vs. Windows 7.” The points Microsoft uses against Linux are either lies, or common misconceptions and have no concrete evidence backing them up.

Maybe Microsoft should train Bestbuy employees on how to properly manage a demo machine. When I was walking around the computer department, I came across this:

At least three employees walked by the machine while I was there and didn’t do anything.

Volctrl Released!

Michael — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:08:38 +0000

Check out my latest project Volctrl.

Speed up downloads in Pacman

Michael — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:05:18 +0000

While idling in #archlinux on freenode, I came across this neat little trick to speed up downloads in pacman.

First install the package axel:

pacman -Sy axel

Then, edit /etc/pacman.conf:

XferCommand = /usr/bin/axel –output=%o %u

The next time you update/download a new package, Pacman will now use axel to download the necessary files. Axel will try and make multiple connections thereby taking less time overall to download.