WordPress 2.9 RC1 is out

December 17th, 2009

Get it here.
Get it here.

Remote surveillance with Skype and Fring

November 24th, 2009

Fring just announced their client now support Skype video calls on symbian mobile phones.

If you have an always-on computer at home (and a webcam), you can set up a Skype client on an auto-answer and auto-video mode.
To check out what’s going at home, just initiate a Skype video call.  Pretty neat!

How to make Growl notifications show up in your secondary monitor

November 10th, 2009

If you’re using Growl and have more than one monitor, here’s how to make the notifications appear on your secondary display:

  1. System Preferences->Growl
  2. Display Options
  3. Screen: 1 (or 2 or 3 etc…) – 0 is for your primary monitor.

Growl

Google Tasks as a desktop app

November 8th, 2009

Here’s how to set up Google Tasks as a desktop app:
gtasks icon

  1. Get Prism (pc) or Fluid (mac)
  2. Set up a new app using the following URL: https://mail.google.com/tasks/canvas
  3. Get a fancy icon

If you’re using Android, download gTasks from the market.

Quebec Hike

October 12th, 2009

I’m in Quebec right now, working and having a great time with my friends at Automattic. We went for a short hike today – here are some pictures from the trail: