Day in brief – 2011-11-09

New note : 50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools – Smashing Coding http://t.co/2MOzIjc1 # I've done a massive cleanup in my Gmail. Unsubscribed from a bunch of old lists, removed and reorganized a few labels, etc. Mr.Clean now. # I favorited a @YouTube video http://t.co/sgaKezk0 Al Jarnow's Cosmic Clock # Hello from #Fedora 16. Upgrade went … Continue reading Day in brief – 2011-11-09

Postr – Gnome Flickr Uploader

Once again Flickr Web Uploader failed me. I had a bunch of photos to upload and it kept getting stuck on the first one, not uploading even that one. So, once again, I started looking around for a simple tool that would allow me to just upload a huge bunch of pictures to Flickr. No … Continue reading Postr – Gnome Flickr Uploader

Day in brief – 2011-11-07

G+: Happy birthday, Vim! http://t.co/iTPWWRCQ # G+: Just a few days left until the release of Fedora 16! http://t.co/nnuQe03k # G+: Google Reader changes are finally here. http://t.co/bhsOQlm5 # G+: I'm not that sure about Facebook comments in particular, but in general com http://t.co/7BfPx6cV # Fedora 16 coming out tomorrow! They are probably syncing mirrors … Continue reading Day in brief – 2011-11-07

Twitter Stories

The other day, Twitter announced a new website of theirs – Twitter Stories.  Yes, of course, that’s a part of their marketing effort and they are promoting their own services.  But it’s not just that.  It is an excellent compilation of stories which show kindness, compassion and humanity – things that unfortunately aren’t so popular … Continue reading Twitter Stories

Fedora 16 dedicated to Dennis Ritchie

According to the release notes of Fedora 16 (work in progress), this release of the popular Linux distribution is dedicated to Dennis Ritchie, who passed away recently. I think this is an excellent idea. During the preparation of Fedora 16, the computing world lost one of its great contributors: Dennis Ritchie. Ritchie co-invented Unix and … Continue reading Fedora 16 dedicated to Dennis Ritchie