Anyone with a Logitech keyboard with multimedia keys knows that Setpoint does not play nice with foobar. In fact, there’s no actual support by Logitech! BUT there is a fix! Check out this post over at Weyland.be for instructions.

This is a neat addon I found while roaming through StumbleUpon today. Firebug is something every web developer should have. It helps out in multiple ways when debugging a page. It tracks load times, is a DOM inspector, allows real-time HTML, CSS and Javascript editing… It’s basically a debugging toolkit right in Firefox! Definitely makes things easier to track down when all you have to do is mouse over the area in question and Firebug takes you right to the code from where you can dig deeper into it’s inner workings… What CSS is applied here, HTML tag properties, it’s all there at your fingertips!

I’ve always wanted to get a Wacom tablet and a Cinq would be even better but I probably wouldn’t use it enough to justify the cost of getting one. But why buy one when you can build your own for cheeeeap!!?

Drew Northcott thought the same thing and embarked on an adventure to get it done! For only about £100, he was able to purchase an old Wacom tablet and 15″ Dell 1501fp LCD off eBay (along with a few other small bits and pieces), and combined them into a beautiful Cinq replica!

What’s even better is that he’s posted his steps and pictures on his site for all to see for anyone else daring enough to do the same!

So I’ve taken on another project and this time I’ve already gotten started

I’m working on converting an old Sony VAIO PCG-FX220 into a picture frame I can hang on the wall to display my photos. The main idea being that it’ll run off WiFi and should be light enough to hang safely on the wall. I’ve started documenting my progress and you can find the link here, or on the top nav of the blog.

If you have any questions or ideas along the way, feel free to post a comment and I will do my best to answer them for you.

Right now, the plan is to install Windows XP on it, and use Slickr to show the images. I’ll probably set up a share on the network and have Slickr read off that so I can easily add and remove photos as I go. Another idea which I got from another site was to have a startup script to map a drive to the network and run another script that I can customize which would allow me easier control of the frame.

The question on my mind right now is how I want to mat the frame. Do I keep the full 15″ at 4:3 or should I bring it down a little to 5:4 (Do I have my aspect ratios right?) which is where all my photos will be sized at?

I personally only have one Gmail account, but I know there are a bunch of you out there who have multiple accounts for different purposes. Wouldn’t it be great if you could check all your Gmail accounts at once without having to login to each one, one at a time?

Check out Gmail Manager for Firefox. This little add-on allows you to enter all your Gmail accounts into it and just sits in the staus bar of Firefox and will show you an overview of your accounts and notify you of any new mail that comes in. Simply click on the account you wish to view and you’re in! By default, you can even middle click on an account and it will take you directly to the composition page making everything quick and easy to access.

Even if you have just the one account, this add-on still makes it easier to check for new mail so it’s definitely worth checking out.