Category: Software
Using Picasa as a Photo Viewer in Arch Linux
I just added a package on AUR which enables using Picasa as a Photo Viewer. Got the inspiration from here.
If you already have yaourt
installed, then installing the application is a breeze.
yaourt -S picasa-photo-viewer
Sample installation log is shown in the following screenshot
Ubuntu Tweak is a good utility to change the default photo viewer to Picasa, looking for a ‘PicasaPhotoViewer’ application in the list.
WordPress Plugin: Display File Contents Widget for your Sidebar
Recently I wrote a python script to fetch the latest tweet in the background. This would create an HTML file with the latest tweet every five minutes. Now I needed a way to display it as a sidebar widget. I couldn’t find a WordPress plugin which will display the contents of a file given a path, and hence the Display File Contents Widget plugin.Continue reading
Adsense Client – Simple Adsense Application for your Android Phone
Introducing “Adsense Client” – a new Android application I have created to help you track your Adsense Earnings on the go. I have been look for a decent application to track my Adsense Earnings. However all the free applications are severely limited and do not offer even the basic functionalities and hence I decided to make one of my own. This is my first attempt at making a full fledged Android application. I have tested this application across all Android software versions greater than 1.5. This application won’t work for Android s/w versions less than 1.5.Continue reading
Ruby 1.9.2 Final Build for Ubuntu, Kubuntu Maverick (10.10) Uploaded to Launchpad PPA
Sometime back I added the final ruby 1.9.2 build for Ubuntu Lucid. I have recompiled the same for Maverick today and have uploaded it to the ppa. Along with the ruby1.9.2 packages I have uploaded the ruby-default package too. This setups the update-alternatives system for different ruby versions. Read more about it here.Continue reading
New Technical Documentation Sites for Open Source Software
I dislike the documentation sites that most open source softwares have, they usually lack character. However the good news is that since a lot of documentation is in docbook it can be easily converted to HTML, PDF etc very easily and you can style it the way you like it. I have been working on docbook and docbook conversion for the past 3 months and have learnt enough to make decent looking documentation. So I decided to convert some open source documentation and slap some css on it. Here are the preliminary results:Continue reading
Ruby 1.9.2 Final Build for Ubuntu Lucid Uploaded to Launchpad PPA
This has been long overdue. I just updated my ruby 1.9.2 ppa to the final ruby 1.9.2 release. I borrowed the patches from the upstream maverick release and added a couple more patches to get it work on Ubuntu Lucid. The patching system has now changed from dpatch
to quilt
. Please download it and enjoy it and let me know if things work fine. I checked my rails applications and they all are working fine with the new release. Here are the instructions to use the Ruby 1.9.2 PPA.Continue reading
WordPress Plugin: Remove Author Column on Edit Posts Page
This wordpress plugin removes the author column on Edit Posts page (for custom post types as well). The author column doesn’t make sense on single author blogs. By removing it, you can save precious real estate and use other useful plugins like Simply Show Ids.
This is my first wordpress plugin. Just 6 lines of php code :). I spent more time writing the readme.txt than I did to write this plugin.
P2 Theme Page Template as Admin => Screenshot of the Post Form
What doesn’t work yet in the P2 Theme Page Template?
I will update this post as I find issues with the theme.
- Mentions do not work (@Pratik Sinha etc)
- Image upload is slightly funky. Click the Image Upload Icon => Upload a File => Now Click on Media Library => Select the File Just Uploaded => Insert into Post
( Works now, was a permalink issue )