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Comment on kteatime - Small tray utility which reminds you of steeping tea by jens

Sun, 11 May 2008 20:20:58 +0000

Great! Why didn’t I know this application before?
It could have helped me to save hectoliters of tea the last years. That’s exactly what I needed!

Comment on kteatime - Small tray utility which reminds you of steeping tea by Dom

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:21:10 +0000

I love KTeaTime because it’s an easy way to time anything you want.

For example, for those of you familiar with the GTD (Getting Things Done) principle, you can set a timer to 2 minutes (and save it) and then be able to turn it in with only two clicks of the mouse.

Tip: I found out it’s easier to use left mouse button for activating timers (only two clicks to activate one) as opposed to using the right mouse button where you need four clicks to start the timer of your choice (this might be obvious for many people but I was surprised when I found out I was going the harder route every time…)

Comment on NTP: be on time, always by booksezez

Sun, 11 May 2008 10:59:27 +0000

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Comment on kteatime - Small tray utility which reminds you of steeping tea by shiny

Sun, 11 May 2008 07:32:15 +0000

Great! I love kteatime. I’m wondering if it’ll be so usable under xfce if they revrite it into a plasmoid?

Comment on Thanks! by silent reader

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:42:53 +0000

great!

Comment on synergy: sharing the keyboard and mouse by Anonymous

Sat, 10 May 2008 04:46:35 +0000

-akhbit

MaxiVista might be the software you are looking for. It allows you to use another PC as an additional monitor.

Comment on cu: Simple serial communication program by Dan

Sat, 10 May 2008 01:23:46 +0000

How about the “picocom” package instead of cu? Picocom is an even more lightweight serial communications program, only 127k installed vs. 350k for cu :-)

And yet Picocom is more featureful (offers z-modem transfers) and more user-friendly in my opinion. You can adjust the line settings (e.g. 8N1 9600bps) online, using an escape code, generate breaks, and send and receive files automatically.

I’ve used picocom a lot for electronics development, and it has never let me down!

Comment on apt-file: search for files in packages, installed or not by Depression in Children

Fri, 09 May 2008 22:27:00 +0000

Great post! Thanks

Comment on unclutter: hide the mouse cursor after a period of inactivity by Free Mouse Pointers

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:27:46 +0000

ingenious! do they have this in Windows?

Comment on cu: Simple serial communication program by Yaroslav Halchenko

Wed, 07 May 2008 03:30:35 +0000

Alternative handy tool which is always near my hands is…. screen ;) and there you get logging if you wish… smth like
screen /dev/ttyS0 38400
might be all you need ;-)