Easy and friendly navigation can’t be bad. I’ve been investigating this concept of having similar or related posts being listed in the sidebar. I’ve ummmed and ahhhed over whether it’s actually useful and I’ve decided that it may be useful for some posts and for others it will be useless, mainly because those posts were […]
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Speed up an mp3
While studying for exams I’ve found it really useful to listen to the recordings that are made of our university lectures. They make the lectures available to download as mp3s for students enrolled in the course. Very handy, especially for the lectures I wasn’t able to get to; it’s quite difficult to learn anything if […]
A good watch
There’s something to be said about a good watch. I don’t know if I’ll say it now but I’ll write a bit anyway. I think it was about year 9 (6-7 years ago) that I got my first good adult watch. I guess my first “good” watch would have been my Flick Flack one. It […]
Widgets for Linux
ADesklets are widgets that can be used in Linux using the X-windows system. They are cute and easily customisable. This article has a nice description of how to install the calendar and weather desklets. I now have the weather forecast one up and running and configured to the way I like it. I’ve had to […]
Utili-key 6-in-1
I got a Utili-key this week from Think Geek it’s fairly cool. It’s sort of hard to open but perhaps with some use it will lossen up enough to be easy to use but won’t swing open all the time. It would have come in handy when I was breaking up boxes from the garage […]