Things that I Have Learnt or Done
Filed under: Tech
Posted 4 years, 9 months ago at 4:05 pm. 6 comments
Instead of posting teeny-weeny entries on random nerdy bits, from now on, I will compile a list of things that I have learnt or done on computers. The list will be filtered against the boredom threshold and posted on a weekly basis.
Firefox Search Bar, Shortcut and Engines
All of these might seem trivial.
- To navigate between the engines, press Ctrl+up/down arrow. I didn’t know the shortcut for this and have always been using my mouse!:ohoh_ee:
- I don’t remember what were the engines that came with Firefox, but I only need Google, Dictionary and Wikipedia, so I removed the rest (SRC and icons) from the subfolder “searchplugins†of where my Firefox was installed.
- I also made the search box wider by adding
#searchbar {
-moz-box-flex: 400 !important;
}
#search-container {
-moz-box-flex: 400 !important;
}
to my userChrome.css file.
Steps to Improve Photoshop(lagging) Startup Time
To see the motivation behind this, google for Photoshop CS2 slow.
- Reset the preference by holding Ctrl+Alt+Shift whilst firing up Photoshop.
- Set the scratch disk to a drive other than the pagefile drive
- Set the Windows pagefile to 2x the amount of RAM (512 after 2x in my case :shuteye_ee:).
- Defrag the harddrives.
Don’t ask why not GIMP, otherwise you will see a long rant on bad UI design. I also use Photoshop when I am on Linux.
XHTML, CSS and AJAX
Greatly inspired by the CSS Zen Garden, I decided to learn XHTML and refine my CSS skills this summer. Also, AJAX seems to be the hottest topic in the web community now. Gmail and Google Map are good examples of how AJAX can be deployed. I won’t have time to learn everything in 1.5 month, but I want to know what the big fuss is about.
From a Pet Chihuahua to an Animated Character
The birth and evolution of an illustrated character
Check it out if you are into character animation, or vector graphics in general.
Currently reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, XHTML by Example, XHTML: Moving Toward XML , PHP5 for Dummies. I bought the first one, you’re welcome to take it later.
It makes one wonder how much time do I actually spend on my schoolwork…and this post is off the boredom threshold again. :mad_ee: You see the reason why I started this post with a picture of my watercolour pens? *sigh*
bugmenot is great! (kinda late but, just found something i wanted to read behind login screen (about hawl’s moving castle))
that Chihuahua is not animated yet.. is it?
Jobnu is a great name! :lol_ee:
Look at the flash banner at the top of http://jefte.net, the Chihuahua is animated.
did someone mention the Gimp? :)
You could always put in a bug report for the UI, or something. As for reasons TO use Gimp, I could think of many. And the UI has improved a lot with the 2.0 versions.
This link is kind of related and interesting.
I really like your idea of mentioning things you’ve learned/done. And those FFox tips are useful! I bet most people don’t know at least a couple really useful/basic shortcuts. I didn’t know what you mentioned in this post, and am glad I now do!
I love character animation. I like art in general, but animation is just SO COOL. … I think I heard my tablet laugh at me.
I lied. That link wasn’t interesting. :mad_ee:
At least the exam’s over and I will have time to read it.
I lied.
It’s hard to get the software right, if the programmers themselves are not into graphics.
It’s annoying they advertised it with “there’s no reason to use photoshop anymore” (when Gimp2 came out), when Gimp itself is nothing more than a GPL version of Paint Shop Pro. That’s like comparing an expensive bike with shinkansen, in front of those who have only seen shinkansen on TV but never had a ride before.
(my smiley collection is lacking an angry face)