This is how I feel everytime I talk to a IPhone fanboi
Posted in Uncategorized on 07/08/2010 07:54 pm by MattUbuntu 10.4 Close, Minimize, Maximize buttons on the left!?
Posted in Uncategorized on 07/02/2010 01:18 pm by MattSO I have been running Ubuntu 10.4 for a few days now, been using ubuntu on and off for several years and with 10.4 they moved the close, minimize and maximize to the left side of the window. This has been a very annoying change. So I wanted to change it back and here is how:
Press Alt+F2, then type gconf-editor and press enter. That’s for opening the configuration editor.
Once on this editor, in the item tree at the left, you have to look for this path app -> metacity -> general and you doubleclick on the field named button_layout.
Then, you have only to change the value field and put this:
menu:minimize,maximize,close
There are a lot of little changes in10.4 like this that annoy me.
Wow, been neglecting my blog
Posted in Google Android, Life on 05/08/2010 01:43 am by MattSo, I guess I have been super busy and been neglecting my online life. So I figured I would come give a summary of the last three months, wax philosophical for a bit then go to bed. So my parents just left, was a great visit, my dad was here for almost two months and my mom was here for a week. While dad was here we played some golf, and hung out. It was good to spend some time with him, we don’t talk much, just the way we are. Its interesting we can go play golf and have lunch and its like two old friends being together, you don’t have much to say but it is not awkward, is very comfortable and enjoyable.
Once mom got into town we headed over to Las Vegas, my wife has never been. We stayed at the MGM grand and had a good ole time walking teh strip, gambling a little and visiting family that live there. Saw the Cirque du soleil show KA. Was pretty cool, great mixture of acrobatics and acting.
I bought myself a Nexus One when they came out, absolutely love the thing. Was happy when they added multi-touch and I Can’t wait till Flash goes live on it.
I was going to wax philosophical about life, work and raising children, but I am tired, will do it another time.
Good Quote
Posted in Uncategorized on 01/05/2010 08:37 pm by MattThose who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety. Nor, are they likely to end up with either. — Benjamin Franklin
Nexus One
Posted in Uncategorized on 12/20/2009 07:28 pm by MattSo there are aot of rumors about the Nexus One floating around. For the uninitiated the nexus one is the alleged new phone designed by Google and made by HTC. Rumors are abound but nothing confirmed. I am looking at getting this phone or the Sony Ericsson X10. Which ever will hurt the pocket book least.
Attended Codeworks LA 2009
Posted in PHP on 09/26/2009 08:09 pm by MattSo I attended Code Works 2009. Codeworks is mainly a PHP conference but it also dabbles into other subjects as well. I had a great time, met a few people, attended seminars and had an overall great time. The conference was relatively small with around 50 attendees. It was split into two days, the first day was a tutorial session with two sessions, morning and afternoon.
Can’t say I have learned a lot of new things, but I did learn alot of small tricks and interesting tid bits I was not aware of. It was a good show overall.
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Posted in Gaming on 07/18/2009 12:49 am by MattI don’t get excited about games very often, can’t remember the last time I was excited about an MMO, but The Old Republic has got me in an a tizzy. They released their latest trailer talking about the massive amounts of voice over. Check it out.
Going to CodeWorks
Posted in Work on 07/17/2009 05:46 pm by MattWell I got clearance from my president that I can take our programmers to Codeworks (cw.mtacon.com). Pretty excited about this.
Moved to California
Posted in Life on 07/16/2009 05:00 pm by MattSo those of you who don’t know, I have moved from sunny Tampa, FL to sunny Los Angeles, CA. Was a long journey, I had been commuting to Cali for 8 months before finally making the jump and moving. And I have to say its HOT out in the Valley where I live. I will say I don’t sweat as much here as I did in Florida. The lack of humidity makes it a much more enjoyable heat. One thing I do miss is turn signals, California has an unusually low amount of turn lights. Its annoying. Anyway, happyThursday!
My New Fritz Hansen/Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair from dkVOGUE
Posted in Life on 03/20/2009 05:44 pm by Matt
I attended the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fund Raiser hosted by dkVOGUE in West Hollywood last night, was a great event with interesting people, was sponsered by dkVOGUE, Fritz Hansen, Angeleno Magazine, and Casa Noble. Was a wonderful event, the backdrop of the dkVOGUE showroom was amazing, with the classic/modern Danish furniture it made the event wonderful, eye catching and breathless at the same time. The event was to raise money for breast cancer reasearch; they sold tickets for the raffle of some wonderful prizes. Amoung the prizes were some hand painted 7 series chairs, several autographed books, two sets of 4 chairs and the egg chair. I bought 1 ticket, solely to give a donation to Cancer research, not really figuring to win anything nor was that my goal. But as luck or divine intervention, I won the main prize of the limited edition $6000 Fritz Hansen/Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair. So to my host dkVOGUE, other sponsors of the events and Fritz Hansen I would like to say thank you.