Last Update: Oh good grief. Pidgin spell check works fine and it was an aspell issue all along. The file aspell.exe needs to be in your PATH. Install Pidgin 2.2.2 and make sure you install the language you need. That will kick off Aspell and the dictionary. Once the installation is done go to the [...]
Software
Pidgin 2.0.0 is released
It’s released, get Pidgin 2.0.0 here.
XHTML 1.0 Strict and WordPress themes
WordPress themes are usually either XHTML 1.0 Transitional or XHTML 1.0 Strict. The first line of the generated web page has the Document Type Definition (DTD) sent to the browser to define which. My main theme that I use FastTrack, was defined as transitional. Just for kicks I changed it to strict and figured I [...]
Pidgin IM client
I’ve been using Trillian 3 Pro since it came out. It’s okay but I have problems with it’s stability and I suspect that AOL updated their protocol and Trillian has not kept up. Upgrading to Vista did not help, Trillian routinely crashes and I can’t get any spell check plug-in to work. The appeal of [...]
I bricked my WRT54G
Right after I put a post up about how dd-wrt rocks, I bricked my WRT54G v5 by playing around with the nvram settings. “It’s dead, it’s a late WRT54g, it’s passed on.” Sigh. Right now I have my buggy WET54GS5 back and running on the second floor. I’ll either shell out $60 for a WRT54GL [...]
Disabling Snap Shot plugin
I’m disabling the Snap Shot plug-in. Some of the recommended links that are listed underneath the screen capture are freaky. One of the theme author links came up with “divorce” and something else 100% unrelated to that web site.
dd-wrt rocks
If you have a supported wireless AP or gateway and want to have fun extending it without getting too deep into building software, give dd-wrt a try. I have a collection of Linksys wireless junk, enough that I should consider becoming a stock holder. When we moved into this house I was thinking of running [...]
Harmony 720 and Vista
Costco has the Logitech Harmony 720 on sale and I picked one up Saturday. Don’t bother looking for it on Logitech’s web site, it apparently does not exist there. It’s a programmable IR universal remote with a color LCD display and is programmed via a USB cable to your PC. You create an account on [...]
Upgraded Linksys to dd-wrt
Upgraded my WAP54G and WRT54G v5 to dd-wrt v2.3 SP2. So far so good.
Ubuntu and Steam
So far so good. I have tried the following with my Ubuntu installation: Tried to get Compiz running on my laptop Updated Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy to 7.04 Fiesty Fawn Get Steam working on my laptop running Ubuntu Compiz works badly. I think it’s the xserver I am using. I’ve un-installed it already; my laptop probably [...]
