For the last few weeks I’ve been working hard to finish up my research project, most of it concerning about on mobile phone application usability and context-aware applications. This leaves me with less time to devote for this blog and I started to realise that I might have a ‘burn-out’ issue at the same time. […]
Funny music video, a parody on technology that we used to have back in the 80’s
From : linuxsologist’s site
Regarding the previous post Solving Pidgin Yahoo Messenger Connection Problem , the temporary solution may not work anymore as Yahoo already upgraded their server to accept newer authentication mode. The good news is, users can download the latest Pidgin release (2.5.7) in order to keep connected with Yahoo Messenger. For Ubuntu users, Pidgin 2.5.7 is […]
Here’s how to temporarily disable the touchpad control on Ubuntu Netbook Remix for those who were always accidently ‘clicked’ or ‘touched’ the touchpad while typing long sentences. Disabling Touchpad Go to the Ubuntu Netbook Remix main screen Select ‘Preference’, then ‘Mouse’ Untick the touchpad checkbox. The touchpad would be disabled until you you change the […]
Lately, it seems that some people are having trouble connecting pidgin to Yahoo Messenger services. The problem seems to be associated with the Yahoo server itself. Solving the Yahoo Messenger problem A temporary solution for this problem is to change the Pidgin YM server setting. Go to Accounts->Select your YM screen name->Edit Account->Advance. Then change […]