On/Off http://blog.yoavfarhi.com Yoav Farhi's blog Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:27:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha WordPress 2.9 RC1 is out http://blog.yoavfarhi.com/2009/12/wordpress-2-9-rc1-is-out/ http://blog.yoavfarhi.com/2009/12/wordpress-2-9-rc1-is-out/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:43:42 +0000 Yoav http://blog.yoavfarhi.com/?p=386 Get it here.
Get it here.

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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!

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

Growl

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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.

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