I work in technology sector. And I do round a clock, not only from 9 to 5. It is my bread and butter, it is my hobby, it is the fascination of my life. And with the current rate of change particular in information technology (IT), there is always something new to learn, to try, to talk about. I often post news, thoughts, and reviews. And when I do, this is the category I use.
Just a couple of days ago I blogged about the interactive team page of Mantis web design company. Â And today, I am following that up with another nicely done team page. Â This time it’s from the TargetProcess.
I particularly liked how it starts off with the full team, but then can be limited to sub-tams of founders, UX, developers, sales, support, and office. Â Very well done indeed.
A co-worker changed his text editor’s theme to look much like default Vim. Â I think he is Vim-curious.
Not the best start of the week today. For some weird reason my desktop’s screen resolution crashed into a safe 1024×768 mode today. No updates, no changes in configuration, not even a reboot – just in the middle of the working morning. I’ve tried to fix it to no avail, installed updates, and even rebooted. Nothing seemed to help. Google to the rescue, and I find this handy page that shows step by step how to use xrandr to fix things. I knew about xrandr for a few years now, but it’sbeen decades since I had to use it, so I’m rusty. 15 seconds later I have the following script ready:
#!/bin/bash #gtf 1280 1024 60 xrandr --newmode "1280x1024_60.00"Â 108.88Â 1280 1360 1496 1712Â 1024 1025 1028 1060Â -HSync +Vsync xrandr --addmode VGA1 1280x1024_60.00 xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1280x1024_60.00
Run it once and all is back to normal. In fact, after a few minutes in 1024×768 mode, it feels like I have a better monitor now than I used to. They say, you need to lose something to really appreciate what you have. Until today I thought I had a crappy old monitor. But just a few minutes in a lower resolution make me appreciate it a lot now.
In a Facebook discussion about dirty keyboards, Michael shared a link to Logitech Washable Keyboard K310. Â I don’t know if this piece of hardware any good, but I absolutely love the promotional photograph.
Absolutely awesome, I think.
