May 10
I am horrible with other people’s important dates, e.g., birthdays, anniversaries, date you got your appendix removed, etc. I just realized I should put all that info into my Gmail Contacts, and then it will appear on my Google Calendar automatically. Oh wait… It doesn’t show up. Damn. Why doesn’t it work? Turns out, this …
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Feb 06
Ever since I got my Kindle at Christmastime, I was thinking that there should be an application that lets you view your Kindle bookshelf, and share books with friends, share what you are reading, have read, and may recommend. I have been using the weRead on Facebook for quite awhile, but you have to manage …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2011/02/06/readsync-facebook-app-for-kindle-users/
Sep 16
I just recently started using iTunes Ping, and my first impression was ‘Facebook/Twitter for Music’; pretty neat. If you have friends on Ping, then you can follow them, and see what they are listening to and/or interested in. Finding your ‘actual’ friends is pretty easy, since you know there name and often times e-mail, but …
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Jul 13
After using SnagIt for several years with my old company, I was in need of an open source replacement. After using everyone’s favorite research assistant, I found Greenshot. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that SnagIt has, but it has the basics which is what you use 80% of the time anyway. So …
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Mar 19
I originally did this back in 2007, but did not want to lose the content, so I decided to put it up here. I found a robust and relatively simple calendar control to use for web UIs. It can use a pop-up window or a floating <div> tag. I prefer the latter as it makes …
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Jan 13
A conversation between @cwgabriel from Penny Arcade and @pvponline from PVP. Brought a tear to my eye after @wilw got involved.
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Nov 25
I installed Google Chrome Frame about a month ago, and I am very impressed with how responsive and quick Internet Explorer is with JavaScript intensive web pages now. If you use a lot of JavaScript intensive websites, e.g., Facebook, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Calendar, etc., you will notice a significant improvement in performance when using …
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/11/25/google-chrome-frame/
Oct 30
I was looking for a version of PyXML for Python 2.5 and had some difficulty due to the project being unmaintained. I was able to find someone that compiled PyXML 0.8.4 for Python 2.5. You can find it here.
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/10/30/pyxml-for-python-2-5/
Oct 21
When Oracle first announced that they were acquiring BEA, the first thought that went through my head wasn’t “I wonder if Oracle AS will be dropped in favor of WebLogic.”; it was “Oh great! Now I won’t be able to find shit on the WebLogic forums too.” It’s been several months since the acquisition, but …
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Sep 03
Just noticed today that Google Calendar now has built in sports schedules so that you can be sure you never miss out on a game. Pretty sweet feature for the sports fanatics out there.
Permanent link to this article: http://ericsilva.org/2009/09/03/google-calendar-now-has-sports-schedules/
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