Following on the heels of my google search hotkey in awesome, I decided to tackle expanding the functionality of the run prompt. Awesome’s run prompt, by default, is basically a command-launcher; it chokes on any input that doesn’t represent an executable file. I wanted it to behave more like the run prompt in other desktops, [...]
After conversing a bit with one reader of my kiosk how-to, I was reminded how tricky it can be to really lock-down a modern web browser for kiosk use. It’s so tricky, that for my own needs I ended up writing my own browser. Well, I figure it’s time to stop being stingy, so I [...]
Was sad to see that Dennis Ritchie died this week. Between creating Unix and C, Dennis’s influences on modern computing are probably second to nobody. Here’s a pretty good writeup on him: Remembering Dennis Ritchie, Creator of the C Programming Language and UNIX Co-Creator.
So, the blogging has slowed a bit, but that’s a good thing. Yes, Episode IV of my “Reviving your old PC” series is in progress and on its way. You gotta wait for quality, folks. But last night I started and interesting new project that took over my brain and had me up most of [...]