I recently came across a fantastic alternative to the alt+tab command on Linux, it’s called Superswitcher.
Nice features on it
Press the command touch (Windows touch on the keyboard) to display Superswitcher.
To switch from a desktop to another press Command + arrow left or right
To switch from available windows in a desktop press Command + arrow up [...]
After Shutter, the Skitch like for Linux, I would like to spot the light to a very useful Linux app called Caffeine.
Why is it use for?
Caffeine stop your computer for going to sleep, or just to switch your back light off.
Really useful when watching a video, or during a meting.
You can also add process, that [...]
Rubyflow blog started yesterday a thread called Tools of the Trade, so to reply here is my main tools, I use everyday.
Hardware
As described in a previous post I now use a netbook as main development machine until September this year.
Machine1: Medion E1312,11.6″,Athlon 1.6 Ghz single core, 2 Gig Ram . For all task, it’s really [...]
I had a problem last week, while developing tweetcetera. I need to use open-uri to open the twitter search url.
BUT, when I develop/test from from my office, I needed to pass through my corporate proxy. Obviously not when I’m at home, and not on my staging/development server.
For the first days I just manage to remove [...]
So that’s it, you want to start development with Ruby on Rails, but you don’t know where to start.
The good thing is Ruby on Rails has a very clever and smart community, and you can find lots of documentation on the web.
Here is quick summary on where to start.
Books
If you really want to learn Ruby [...]
This morning I needed to transform some Textmate snippets to Gedit format.
I’ve wrote a quick and dirty code for that (tmsnippets2gedit on github)
You just need to copy the script to the textmate bumdle root directory, and run it.
You’ll have a new file call result.xml that you need to edit to specify the language format (JS,Ruby,XSL, [...]
Rails rumble, this competition where Ruby on Rails developers were invited to code a web application in 48 Hours, is now over. Since today 00:00 GMT precisely.
I participated this year, and managed to develop a personal stretch reminder, called Sheep Fit. You can visit the application for the beta use here. The [...]
A happy week is coming.
Last week I was really busy. A lot of work in my day job, and a lot of work at home on the travelplanner.
I’m now really proud to annonce that Nathalie, my partner, will help me in the launch of the two projects.
What are these 2 projects?
The first one is [...]
The rails rumble team inform us (on their blog) that they manage to open more Rails Rumble seat.
There are now 10 seat left. Hurry up.
Are you looking to attach signature on your Gmail / Aol Mail / Hotmail / Yahoo Mail, without pain ?
WiseStamp Firefox Exension is for you.
This little extension will add a new button on the bottom right of your Firefox status bar. You’ll just have to do a right click, edit, and start your new signature [...]