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
- 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