If, like me, you don't use Windows, then you probably rely on Adium or Pidgin for instant messaging.As of this morning neither Adium or Pidgin has not been able to connect to the MSN messenger servers for instant messaging.If you're on a Mac you can install the Microsoft Messenger for Mac software or you can downgrade Adium to an older version. The Pidgin developers are aware … [Read more...] about MSN Messenger Broken on Adium and Pidgin
Open Source
A Bit of SQL For Jobberbase Open Source Job Board
JobberBase is an open source job board application written in php / mysql.It's pretty powerful and is open source, so I've decided to use it for one of my many sideline projects that I promised myself to get off the ground this year.Unfortunately there wasn't any SQL for the counties of Ireland, so I did up a simple one last night.You can grab it hereThanks to Paul from … [Read more...] about A Bit of SQL For Jobberbase Open Source Job Board
Pidgin Multiuser MSN Chats
If you're trying to setup a multiuser chat in Pidgin see this entry on doing it in Gaim - the process hasn't changed! … [Read more...] about Pidgin Multiuser MSN Chats
Mackers SMS Script Rocks!
I've used the Mackers SMS script on and off over the last couple of years, but I don't think I've ever mentioned how cool and useful it is.I tried to get the OSX desktop widget to work, but it threw a rather annoying and unhelpful error message. Fortunately the Debian / Ubuntu version is a total breeze to install, so I was up and running again in a couple of minutes.I'm not a … [Read more...] about Mackers SMS Script Rocks!
Fixing Firefox 3’s Annoying Autocomplete
Image via Wikipedia When I was playing around with Firefox 3 several months ago one of the biggest annoyances for me was the "autocomplete".As you type a URL Firefox suggests links from your browser history.While that might be useful the way they've implemented it is incredibly obtrusive and, therefore, really really annoying.As I mentioned previously I couldn't upgrade to … [Read more...] about Fixing Firefox 3’s Annoying Autocomplete