Gordaen’s Blog

I seem to be stumbling across all kinds of little tips lately. Looking about the about:config part of Firefox, I saw browser.backspace_action was set to 1. I changed it to 0 and now backspace actually goes back rather than jumping around on the current page. If you are using Linux (or any [...]

My desktop never had any problems with video playback in Ubuntu, but my laptop has. I was too lazy to really look into it, but basically several types of videos would be a weird blue hue. Adjusting the hue by 50% made the colors close to normal, but reds generally appeared too green [...]

Even though Wacom is the name in graphics tablets, I decided to go with a brand I hadn't heard of. My primary reason was because the Wacom tablet I wanted was a couple hundred dollars more than I wanted to spend. I possibly would have bought that one if I could have tested [...]

Call me crazy, but I think this is more artistic than some of the abstract art I've seen...

Unfortunately, ATI does not appear to be very "Linux-friendly." Their Linux drivers are scarcely supported in many cases, so I shouldn't have been surprised when I installed Ubuntu and couldn't set the resolution I wanted on my Acer Aspire 5672 laptop. My only options were 1024x768, 800x600, and 640x480, but the screen is [...]