Here’s a simple way to find how much disk space is taken up by each folder in a directory, and sort it by size. This works in pretty much any Linux distribution (Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, and more). du –block-size=MiB –max-depth=1 | sort -n du is the disk usage and will, by default, recursively traverse every [...]
Patents in the USA were intended to protect inventors against people copying, reproducing, and selling their own creations. But with software, things have gone awry with companies like Apple and Microsoft patenting the stupidest things — hoping they will slip through the US patent office and be accepted. And now to defend oneself from being [...]
UPDATE! Today only, SwiftKey X is free on the Amazon Appstore! Normally a $3.99 purchase. The fastest and most advanced keyboard for Android, SwiftKey, just got better with SwiftKey X. SwiftKey is an Android keyboard replacement, the first that introduced the idea of next-word prediction and analyzing your e-mail and SMS messages to detect your [...]
When I decided to switch from T-Mobile to Verizon for my mobile wireless provider, I purchased the Droid Incredible 2 by HTC. There were a bunch of great new Android models to choose from, including:
The Mac OS has a nice screenshot interface. You press Cmd Shift 3 to take a screenshot of the entire screen and save it to the desktop. Pressing Cmd Shift 4 will display a crosshair to take a screenshot of any rectangle area of your choosing. This saves the step of cropping the image which [...]
Once again I have started to use Ubuntu GNU/Linux to try to get away from Windows and explore more freedom respecting software. Of course there are going to be a lot of utilities you use in Windows that are not available in Linux so you have to find the equivalents. One of my must have [...]
This year instead of sending out paper cards in the mail, I created a web page with a personal message protected by a password, and e-mailed it out to friends. The password and personal message system is made possible by PHP and MySQL. Some of the graphical effects were made possible by CSS3 rotations, such [...]
If you try to search for Logitech RX1000 laser mouse drivers for Windows 7 (32 bit or 64 bit) on www.logitech.com, you will find nothing. The mouse partially works in Windows 7 without drivers — however you won’t be able to customize the extra buttons. To do this, simply search for RX1500 on www.logitech.com for [...]
The first e-commerce website developed by ButlerPC has been launched! Anyone looking for fun, retro kitchenware and other vintage knick knacks can look no further than www.flyingsaucersAP.com. Due to the retro nature of the products in the store, we wanted to give the site a kind of retro look from the 60s and 70s. That [...]
11Sep10
Behringer UCA222 Review and FAQ
Last year I put up a short review on YouTube of Behringer’s UCA222 USB audio input/output interface for recording stuff into your computer. I just did the review for fun after getting my Ultra HD pocket video recorder but, since then, it has received thousands of views and a lot of comments too — many [...]
