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Every time I use Skype
November 21st, 2011 | Add a Comment
Skype 2.2 Beta is just a buggy piece of crap, but I have to use it because my family are on it, so here’s a small script I use when it blows up (which it does almost every chat session): #!/bin/bash proc_id=`ps -ef | grep "/usr/bin/skype" | grep -v "grep" | awk '{print $2}'` kill -9 $proc_id /usr/bin/skype & … Read entire article »
Filed under: Distractions, Linux
Google+ vs Facebook
November 19th, 2011 | Add a Comment
I have a G+ and Facebook account. Whilst I still log into FB to check on what friends are doing, I find the automatic upload feature to G+ incredibly useful so I’ve stopped uploading photos to FB. I think G+ is better than FB, like it’s circles feature, which FB badly needed for a long time. I don’t think the implementation is quite there, but it’s a logical and necessary feature. I remember when most of the FB friends I have now were on MySpace and all had headache inducing, eye-bleeding home pages. I didn’t bother, but when FB came along and was relatively obscure I joined because it was a bit like LinkedIn is now, low key and mostly professionals. Of course, G+ is always compared to this and I have … Read entire article »
Filed under: Distractions, Social Media
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