Wisdom is the prime thing

I’ve added a new feature to posts here on the site. At the end of each post, where applicable, there is a “Related Posts” section. It shows a list of posts that may be interesting to readers who found the content useful.

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I read a fascinating article about the “One Laptop Per Child” laptops that are available now. For a limited time, anyone from the US or Canada can purchase them. This program has been extended to December 31, 2007.

I’m incredibly impressed with these laptops. Here’s why. » Read the rest of this entry

This is the bash prompt I have been using for quite a while, taken from one of the most impressive graphical designers I’ve ever seen. I’ve been using this prompt for a few years now and have always enjoyed it.

PS1='\[\033[1;30m\]>\[\033[0;32m\]:/\[\033[1;32m\]\u\[\033[0;32m\]@\h::\[\033[0m\]\n\
\[\033[0;36m\][\[\033[1;36m\]\t\[\[\033[0;36m\]] \[\033[1;37m\]: \[\033[1;34m\]\W \[\033[0m\]> '

Here’s a screenshot where you can see that prompt: » Read the rest of this entry

I’ve been running enlightenment for a few years now, and have never seen any better window manager to make me consider switching. It’s lightweight, configurable, and just plain beautiful. I’ve been using e17 for probably a year now, and it has in general been stable. I upgrade every month or so to the latest cvs build, using the ArchLinux community package.

Lately, though, a couple bugs have been irritating enough to me that I’ve thought about switching. So, today I reloaded e16. It’s still a beautiful window manager. Here is a screenshot of my desktop. And here’s how you set it up.

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I’ve been a happy Eterm user for quite a while now. But, recently, I decided that there is no good reason for opening Firefox or OpenOffice just to compose emails and text in Russian. I need a terminal emulator that is fast, customizable, and supports Unicode, ie. UTF-8.

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