Thunderbird Dictionaries (for Gentoo)
After struggling every time I want to install new dictionaries in thunderbird, I think its time to write it down. Once and for all. It is as simple as that: Take a dictionary in the appropriate format...
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Git
After enthusiastically playing around with Git for a few days, I wanted to share my expirence. It is an extremly powerful, yet (by now) easy to learn version control tool. More and more I start to...
View ArticleICQ Messages from Your Server
Often, I have long running jobs on various headless machines. Sometimes, I am eager to get the results, but get tired watching the console. Therefore, I wrote a small shell script that will send me an...
View ArticleCommand History in DrScheme’s REPL
As I like to use a Scheme REPL as a sort of (very) advanced pocket calculator. I frequently would like to refer to results of previous calculations. Although you can paste previous inputs (<Esc>...
View ArticleLaTeX and Graphviz
Today, I had to create a few simple graphs to be included in a LaTeX document. As they were really simple I thought, I could probably produce them directly with LaTeX and would not have to switch back...
View Articledict.cc for Offline Use
Usually, I use either dict.cc or LEO as online dictionary or DING as offline dictionary. Both online dictionaries have the advantage of providing more information while the offline dictionary is, well,...
View ArticleLocal Wikipedia Installation
After reporting on how to obtain your offline installation of a great online dictionary, I want to point out how you can create an offline installation of a great online encyclopedia. I stumbled upon...
View ArticleCrossloop
An important addition for the non-local friendly administrator: CrossLoop. This is a piece of software I have long been looking for. Often I have to give computer support over the phone to friends and...
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Funderbird
Finally I found out how to bring my Thunderbird back to speed. The extremely simple solution was to move all e-mails out of my inbox and create a dedicated folder for those that I want to keep. Simple...
View ArticleHassle-free Encryption
A few weeks ago, I discovered pam_mount. This wonderful piece of software allows you to type in a single password, log into your system and mount all encrypted drives at the same time, by using the...
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