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Category Archives: Desktop
Handy Excel Tip: Open workbook in new instance
I’ve written before about using Excel for some remote data collection and analysis tasks. One thing that often annoyed me in such situations was the inability to utilize multiple monitors. Whenever I wanted to break out a sheet, or especially … Continue reading
Fast and easy bluetooth management on Ubuntu
I wanted to connect the conveniently svelte Apple wireless keyboard and mouse to my Ubuntu media server. I don’t often have issues connecting peripherals to my Ubuntu systems these days, so I naively assumed this would be a walk in … Continue reading
Spruce up your desktop with the National Geographic Photo of the Day
[Update, 2011-02-24] Reader Jason Coombs kindly made the necessary changes to get this working on Windows 7! Now I might be shamed into getting it working for Mac OS X as well His changes are here. I’ve updated my script … Continue reading
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Amazon MP3 Downloader on 64-bit Ubuntu
We were in need of some additional holiday tunes and wanted to download this splendid album from Amazon. As it happens, I had my newly set up 64-bit Ubuntu system running 10.10, Maverick Meerkat. I’ve used the Amazon MP3 Downloader … Continue reading
Adobe AIR on 64 bit Ubuntu: install easily at last!
Consider this an extra Christmas present, at least I considered it as such Back in this post I discussed various issues with 64-bit Ubuntu systems after an upgrade. And now 15 months later I upgraded a laptop that had been … Continue reading