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February 14 is Not Just Valentine’s Day…
…it’s “I Love Free Software Day” too. If you don’t know much about free software, click the lovely banner to find out more!
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Use Opera Mobile to Add Proxy Supported Web Browsing to a Kindle Fire without Having to Jailbreak
I love my Kindle Fire, with one big exception: It does not support proxy servers. I use my fire in environments all the time (i.e. public schools) that require proxy support. While I haven’t solved the proxy problem system-wide, I have figured out a way to use Opera Mobile to add a proxy-supporting browser! Even…
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Easy Way to Copy a File Path in Windows Vista and Windows 7
I work with file paths a lot, since I email co-workers locations to stuff on our file servers. And even though I try to avoid it, sometimes it’s absolutely necessary to hard-code a file path into a program or script. In either of these cases, the quicker I can get the path to a file,…
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Like Clicky Keyboards? Get an iOne XArmor U9 Plus
Trav is very happy to have his new (old) IBM Model M buckling spring keyboard!
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WordPress Plugin to Generate Post Slugs
If you have migrated your WordPress blog from another blogging platform but the post slugs weren’t generated, you can my Generate Post Slugs Plugin to have the slugs generated from the post title. Why I Wrote This Plugin I wrote this plugin for use on this very blog because when I ported my custom blog…
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For $200, the Kindle Fire should scare Apple (and delight most everyone else who doesn’t have an iPad)
The Fire has one thing that an iPad has never had: A comfortable price. I’m not the first person to posit this, but I think Amazon’s new Kindle Fire is going to be the first non-fruit tablet to succeed in the marketplace due the the “bang for the buck” factor. After playing with my Fire…
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How to Install Your Own Custom Apps on a Kindle Fire
Well, folks, I have my Kindle Fire in hand. So far, I think it is more than worth its $200 price tag. I’ll be posting more about it later tonight after I’ve had more time to take it for a spin. One of the first things I wanted to know was could I load my…
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Android App Web Color Prototyper Sneak Peak
A couple weeks ago, I alluded to an Android app I’m writing in conjunction with Mike Bryant. As requested by some friends wanting to know what the app does, it is meant to help web designers prototype color schemes quickly. You set colors for various parts of a sample page and get to see an instant preview…
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Kindle Fire Uses Android 2.3 (API Level 10) Gingerbread as its SDK
I preordered a Kindle Fire a couple days after it was announced. At $200, I figure I couldn’t go wrong. Besides, Amazon has impressed me greatly with my e-ink Kindle: I’m sold on their ability to please. One of the things that most excites me about getting a fire is that I can start developing…
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