Evolution Mail program for Ubuntu doesn't play sound upon receiving new mail

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:04

Evolution Mail program for Ubuntu 9.10 doesn't play sound upon receiving new emails.

The box is checked, but only a notification overlay appears upon receiving new mail. If I'm away from the computer, there's no audible tone to indicate getting new mail.

I've overlooked this issue for some time and am now determined to figure out why the sound is not making it to the speakers.

I've also noticed that Evolution's Mail Notification Plugin is unable to play OGG files.

Install mail-notification-evolution. In a terminal, type:

Google Chrome 5.0.307.11 beta

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 07:30

The Good: Lightweight, simple interface, loads quick, awesome tab openner!

The Bad: CKeditor doesn't work well with Chrome. Hitting Control-B within the editor doesn't operate javascript bolding within the editor. Somehow the button combination pressed went back into browser history, therefore losing everything I had typed. I'm done testing Chrome!!!

I don't care about being green. I just care about my investment!

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Tue, 03/09/2010 - 06:57

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124485343&ft=1&f=1001

Knowing how much Toyota is gonna get screwed over for flaws in their Prius line definitely motivates me to run out and do something great for a mass amount of people.

What gets me, is Toyota will probably be screwed over for a product that devalued itself, yet the Government can continue to print more money, therefore devaluing your safe full of money... That's stealing.

FOR SALE: GPL-8DL Lifeline Deep Cycle Batteries

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 17:32

Used less than a year GPL-8DL Lifeline Deep Cycle Batteries. Pulled from a diesel electric boat due to conventional diesel repowering. I had wanted to use them for an electric Cushman Golf Cart, but have since sold the project. The batteries have not been used or charged in the time I have had them.

I have 4 matched batteries available. $300/ea OBO

Resources:

Click here for GPL-8DL Lifeline specifications

FOR SALE: Gen-Pro 7500 Watt Electric Start Generator

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Sat, 02/06/2010 - 10:39

Gen-Pro 7500 Watt Electric Start Generator with 2.7 hours, powered by Honda.

$1100 obo

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My QuiBids Experience

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 19:07

I became curious of what QuiBids was, especially after seeing numerous laptops and Mac Book Pros go for pennies on the dollar. So I bought 40 credits for $25 and gave it a whirl.

Here are a few things I found interesting:

No WYSIWYG, CTKEDITOR, FCKEDITOR support in Android Browser

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Sun, 01/31/2010 - 08:51

For some time now, many CMS's (Content Management Systems) use WYSIWYG editors (What You See Is What You Get) for content creation, modification and hierarchy arrangement. The Android based phones do not seem to support these rich textareas within its browser. When attempting to focus a rich text editor, the browser begins to think you want to input a url, rather than data in an html field.
 A simple way around this is to click "switch to plain text editor," and make your changes in the basic text field. Then later on, edit the data with a real browser like Firefox and clean up the html-less paragraphs.

A day with T-Mobile Cellular Service

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 10:24

T-Mobile Service LOG in Port Townsend, Washington

2010-01-29: Service appeared to have gone down between 10:15 AM and 11 AM today, and again between 11:05 AM and 11:45 AM. Other service interruptions may have followed.

T-Mobile 3G Status in Port Townsend

2010-01-30: When is T-Mobile going to provide 3G coverage to Port Townsend? T-Mobile offers 3G to main highways and greater Seattle areas, but why not Port Townsend? AT&T has offered 3G in Port Townsend at least a couple of years now.

Nexus One by Google with T-Mobile

Eye Of Gnome (eog) for Ubuntu 9.10 doesn't support pause and resume of slideshow

Submitted by Jordan Peterson on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 19:01

My friend wanted to use the image viewer for Gnome, Eye of Gnome or eog, as a slideshow player for a simple presentation. However, we could not find any controls or buttons to pause or resume playback of the images. Pressing the spacebar to pause and resume the slideshow was mentioned on a few sites, but when trying the space bar, the image changes to the next.

We are now looking at other image viewers that provide a simple slideshow with pause and resume functions.

J

Notes: Eye of GNOME 2.28.1

2010-01-20 Senate Bill 5482 negatively affects the Elderly & Handicapped

Submitted by Roderick on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 09:19

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