In some instances you may find that the default configuration of VIM has the backspace key disabled. Like many others I expect to be able to delete characters right-to-left like most other text editors. Unless you are doing some very minor editing, it quickly becomes a hassle to use the delete key. Luckily there is [...]

ASCII is a 7-bit character set containing 128 characters and stands for the “American Standard Code for Information Interchange”. It was designed in the early 1960′s as a standard character set for computers and hardware devices. It contains the numbers from 0-9, the uppercase and lowercase English letters from A to Z, and some special [...]

Google Chrome is an awesome browser and there are a few tricks that you should learn that make it that much better. Some of the coolest and simplest are text highlight for searching and navigation. Both of these tricks will save you an unbelievable amount of time, and they are only but a couple of [...]

The iPod shuffle is a great little device but unfortunately it is buit to work with iTunes and comes with an almost undecipherable file system and database. Apple’s motives are clear here, buy a Mac and use iTunes. Fortunately for us you can save your money as there are a variety of ways to sync [...]

If you have been using GNOME 3 and the GNOME Shell desktop then you will undoubtedly find this cheat sheet handy. Finding your way around the desktop without the help of a task bar can be tricky at first. While it is possible to use the mouse for each of these actions, GNOME Shell is [...]

A handy feature about Google Chrome web browser besides its speed and simplicity is the ability to sync everything to your Google account between multiple browsers. Currently the features the support synchronization include apps, extensions, autofill, preferences, bookmarks, and themes. Other services like xmarks (previously Foxmarks) sync bookmarks but to have this feature supported natively [...]

At can be very handy to automatically add a timestamp to a Tomboy note but the feature is not enabled right out of the box. Fortunately it is very easy to turn on this feature. Open Tomboy Preferences, click on the Add-ins tab, and select the Tools Add-in dropdown list. Select Insert Timestamp and click [...]

One of the great features of Boxee is that it can scan your local media collection and retrieves artwork and information from IMDb.com. It does this by doing regular expression matching on each file name to determine what movie, album, or TV episode it is. If you have a collection that is not well named [...]

If you are looking for a great HTPC then you should look no further than Boxee on the Dell Zino HD. For those of you that don’t know, Boxee is a free software program that you install on your computer that allows users to watch internet movies and TV shows, listen to online radio and [...]