SMSHack…how not to design GUIs

26Dec07

I got to test some code in the neo and found that sms sending using pygsmd works quite well!!..Also I was looking for an opportunity to brush up my 2 hour stint with pyGTK which I had a long long time ago. What better reason than to create a dirty, scrawny, crufty, fugly GUI for [...]

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Tags: FOSS and Linux, libgsmd, linux, neo, neo1973, openmoko, pygsmd, pymoko, python-openmoko, screenshot

Add personality to your already powerful firefox

17Dec07

I dunno if it adds functionality to your already functional firefox, but still its damn cute and quite interesting from the technical point of view. Add a new “persona” to your browser on the fly. No crashes bringing down the house although, I am not able to resize the browser. Only a matter of time [...]

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Tags: firefox, FOSS, mozilla, personas, screenshots

Friggin’ stop whining

04Dec07

If you are a student, and pursuing an undergrad course in Computer Science, and if your friend comes and says, “Linux is not user friendly, Windows/Mac is…”, hit them where it hurts and remind them, “You are an engineer and supposed to engineer stuff and make them work, not whine about them”..
….Works everytime

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Tags: College, FOSS, Life, Rants