How to make VoIP phone calls from your iPod touch or iPhone using a freeware application called SIP-VoIP
(for future reference)
To remove a tag and file:
cvs tag -d “tagname” filename
cvs remove -f filename
cvs commit -m “message” filename
To tag an entire folder:
cvs tag -F “tagname” foldername
I started using command line cvs more frequently. These are reminders for myself. In addition to the cvs help.
Today I* was asked:
Is the blog hype over?
My answer:
Yes, the hype is over, but blogs are still around and will not disappear any time soon. In my humble opinion, blogs are becoming more and more mainstream (read “boring” for all of those geeks looking for the next big wave).
Reasons:
I no longer need to […]
I’ve been browsing around (aimlessly) looking at WordPress themes.
Uploaded a couple and tried them out, but there’s always something that I don’t like. Typography, comments, additional plugins I need to use the theme. After a while I return to my 3 column version of K2.
What I don’t like are hard-coded navigation or list links. […]
(introspection)
Amakhala scared.
Seeing my own tweets display on my blog is kind of frightening and scary. And has a sci-fi weirdness. I think I’ll deactivate the display of tweets for a while.
Tweets contain a lot of personal information. And it’s searchable. Let’s see who’s having coffee…
My only consolation: there is such a flood of tweets […]
At work we use cvs and subversion for version control, light years better than Visual SourceSafe.
I’m trying to extend my active command line knowledge of cvs and svn… Remember I’m a low and humble marketer / content developer / writer.
Regular commands I use:
cvs update
cvs commit -m “message” filename
cvs tag -F “tagname” filename
cvs update -dPr tagname […]
I’m dreaming of an affordable mobile device with WLAN/WiFi functionality.
I noticed there’s a lot of open WiFi. A way to circumvent expensive mobile data services.
There are a couple of gadgets out there, but they still tend to be on the expensive end.
impressive list:
Office 2.0 tools
White African has listed some company logos here.
Stumbled across this:
‘Un-sexy is good business,’ and other rules from Scott Rafer
Today’s attempt to use the USB modem GlobeTrotter Connect with my MacBook failed. I had the right PIN and the right software. But couldn’t connect.
The preferences revealed a dialog box with input fields for an APN, a username and a password. I checked the help. There was no explanation what APN stands for… and whether […]
Remember I wrote about the villagers in northern Malawi that climb an ant hill to get GSM reception?
Looks like Soyapi saved the newspaper article and passed it on to Mike:
Ant hill phone booth
(Insert comment on power of blogging, impossible is nothing, etc.)
The benevolent dictator model
This article has been linked to from lots of WordPress sites, but I was just struck by the use of language… software is getting more religious and political comparisons.
via the BBC:
A 2005 study showed that an increase of 10 mobile phones per 100 people could increase GDP growth by 0.6%.
For local WordPress fun, I might install this package:
MAMP
Although Apache is already available.
The pre-installed Apache can be accessed like this:
Go to System Preferences > Internet and Network > Sharing
Select Personal Web Sharing or click Start.
Copy & paste the URL listed in the lower part of the dialog box into a browser. The corresponding HTML and […]
Today I installed Tomcat on my MacBook. In order to run a website with Java servlets locally.
Here are my non-developer notes, for my own future reference.
To check if Java is installed, open Terminal and type:
javac -version
In a previous session, I had already installed the Apple developer tools, which includes JDK 1.5.
Note: you’ll need […]
(half-geek plans)
Maybe I’ll try out this Wordpress theme over the weekend:
Whitespace WordPress Theme
And I’ve still got to figure out how to install and configure a Tomcat on a Mac.
And I still want to install MacFuse and MacFusion
Interesting read:
Cy on his Malawi experiences
The contrast between rural and urban areas in Malawi is huge. I remember an article I read (probably The Nation or The Daily Times) during my last stay, on how people in a remote village in the northern region near Rumphi can get reception for their mobile phones if they […]
quick note:
If you’re embedding a Google Video and you don’t want the video to start automatically, check the embed code for flashvars=”autoPlay=true” and delete it…
At Lift 07 there was a panel on technological overload. The video of the panel is available here.
Fellow blogger Mlle. A. pointed out that this kind of discussion isn’t new.
A couple of days ago she sent in an article by Ann Blair on “Reading Strategies for Coping with Information Overload ca. 1550-1700″ published in […]
The newness of my MacBook is decreasing rapidly. I’ve installed GIMP (works nice and zippy), GraphicConverter (useful for quick resizing of images), TextWrangler (an editor), MS Office 2004 (although I’m considering to install NeoOffice and use MS Office via Parallels only).
I had a look at the websites of Scribus and Inkscape, but I think […]
Here are some quick notes on installing a CVS client on my MacBook (for my own future reference):
Install CVS, if you haven’t done so already. It’s part of the Apple developer tools on Mac OS X Install Disc 1 called XcodeTools. To test if it’s installed, open Terminal and type cvs to get a […]
My new MacBook arrived last Monday. And I’ve started installing software and exploring. Slowly. A new laptop is like getting a new exercise book at school. An empty book equals an empty hard disk. And a new operating system is a new learning experience.
Software installed so far:
Firefox and Thunderbird
The latest version of Safari
Quicksilver […]
I started reading “The new rules of Marketing and PR” yesterday, and I like it. I’m at Chapter 3, and so far it’s a good summary of things I’ve discovered. Reinforcing experiences which I’ve been calling Low Budget Internet Marketing.
A couple of notes:
Today’s search engine setup means you can reach buyers directly.
One-way […]
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