March 2009
How to Fix Poor Skype Audio Quality in Linux
boz — Thu, 03/26/2009 - 11:50
For those of you that use Skype for business or personal use, I finally fixed my audio issues with Skype 2.0 in Ubuntu. I was experiencing poor audio quality (low volume, choppy ouput) since I installed it. The soluction was simple enough. In the options menu select "Sound Devices" and then uncheck "Allow Skype to Automatically change my mixer levels". I found that when I change this setting everything works fine. The audio is now just a crisp as you can expe
Time Tracking in Gnome with Hamster
boz — Fri, 03/20/2009 - 18:18
If you're like me, you want to know how much time you're actually spending on projects. I've been using a very useful applet for Gnome desktop called Hamster. With Hamster, I'm able to start and stop time tracking on a particular task, enter previous times, and see time charts for days, weeks, and months. Here's a quick screen shot.
Installing FirePHP For Drupal
boz — Sat, 03/07/2009 - 07:55
I just found this and thought I'd pass it along. Firebug is an extension for the Firefox browser which provides a rich interface for JavaScript debugging among other features. FirePHP is an extension that allows use to leverage Firebug rich interface for PHP debugging. To install FirePHP for Drupal follow the instructions provided by FirePHP HQ.
- Download and enable devel-module from http://drupal.org/project/devel
- Create a folder FirePHPCore in the devel-modul-folder (modules/devel)
- Download the FirePHPCore library from http://www.firephp.org/HQ
