Configure ALPS (Synaptics) touchpad in Ubuntu Karmic and Jaunty

The Problem

Update: (29th October 2009): This guide holds true for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala as well. The only difference is how to restart the hal correctly. I’ll be examining that and posting it here.

Update: (29th April 2009) I was facing these problems using the 64 bit version of . . . → Read More: Configure ALPS (Synaptics) touchpad in Ubuntu Karmic and Jaunty

The Story of the champions of the round table – Book Review

I’ve always loved the Arthurian legends and read whatever books I can get my hands on concerning them. The whole image of those days when knights errant went in search of adventure and enchantments – and damsels in distress were a plenty. Of course, it’s a highly romanticized version of how things . . . → Read More: The Story of the champions of the round table – Book Review

Number of Google search results – Ubiquity Firefox extension

Getting the number of Google search results

Update (July 16th 2009): I’ve updated the command for the new Ubiquity 0.5 Parser (Version 2)

For us SEO practitioners out there, we often need to check how many pages are returned by Google for our search term. We do this to find out . . . → Read More: Number of Google search results – Ubiquity Firefox extension

Ubiquity Torrent Search – MiniNova, IsoHunt, PirateBay, btjunkie

Update (November 28th 2009): Now that Mininova has been forced to lose most of its torrents, I’ve removed it from the list. It will be sorely missed and we all mourn its demise

Update (July 16th 2009): I’ve updated the command for the new Ubiquity 0.5 Parser (Version 2)

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Check PageRank with Ubiquity Extension: page-rank

Update (July 16th 2009): I’ve updated the command for the new Ubiquity 0.5 Parser (Version 2)

As a writer, I frequently need to check the Google PageRank (PR) of pages. My old solution was to have a plug in that gave me the PR of the site I was on. This . . . → Read More: Check PageRank with Ubiquity Extension: page-rank