Yesterday I was searching for a way to make GMail my default email provider, so that when I click on “mailto” links GMail opens. In Windows this is pretty easy, but I couldn’t figure it out for Linux. So, bring on Google search. I found this web page which explains it succinctly. While I don’t [...]
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Setting Gmail as the Default Email Application in Linux
April 26, 2009 by Isaac
Idea for Logging Tool
May 16, 2008 by Isaac
The piece of software that I test at work has an option to enable debug logging to a file. Normally, I run with this enabled so that I have a record of what I did and any errors that I encounter. However, this file can become extremely bloated and if often hundreds of megabytes by [...]
VMWare Workstation 6.0 and Ubuntu Hardy
May 14, 2008 by Isaac
I just finished installing VMWare Workstation 6.0.3 under Ubuntu Hardy (8.04) and ran into some issues. During the configuration, when VMWare is compiling drivers for the system, I got an error saying “include/asm/bitops_32.h:9:2: error: #error only <linux/bitops.h> can be included directly” From my reading this seems to be related to version 2.6.24 of the Linux [...]
SSH Double Hop and Google Chat
November 29, 2007 by Isaac
I work at a place that blocks most outgoing ports, including Google Chat (port 5222). While I don’t use chat much at work it is nice for me and my wife to communicate short messages quickly. Of course I’ve never let a little thing like a firewall stop me, so I figured a way around [...]
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