Welcome to my lair of inter-web despair. OK, it isn't really that bad.
Hello, my name is Jezra. I'm a software/web developer, musician, and all around general tinkerer currently living in the wonderful city of Petaluma, California. As a knowledge seeker I like to spend my time in the persuit of:
If you have a problem, and you can't get the A-Team or MacGyver, drop me a line, I might be able to help (credentials available upon request).
Hello, my name is Jezra. I'm a software/web developer, musician, and all around general tinkerer currently living in the wonderful city of Petaluma, California. As a knowledge seeker I like to spend my time in the persuit of:
- software development
- playing music
- human locomotion
- photography
- competitive whisker growing
- tinkering
- some of this, some of that
If you have a problem, and you can't get the A-Team or MacGyver, drop me a line, I might be able to help (credentials available upon request).
Thu 26 Aug 2010
The day started great; sleeping in until 8:20 AM, brewing the perfect pot of coffee, catching up on a web project for a friend (who was less than impressed that a very chipper Jezra was calling her to discuss the project at 9:30).
Oops: no oatmeal, I guess sustenance will have to be delayed.
At 10:30, I pedaled across town to give someone a **lot** of money to make my face hurt.
Phase 1 of my [dental implant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_implant) is complete. Let me tell you about the procedure from my view.....
A topical anesthetic was applied to the area where the implant needed to go. An injection of anesthetic was inje...
Read the full post at jezra.net/blog/my_face_hurts
Oops: no oatmeal, I guess sustenance will have to be delayed.
At 10:30, I pedaled across town to give someone a **lot** of money to make my face hurt.
Phase 1 of my [dental implant](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_implant) is complete. Let me tell you about the procedure from my view.....
A topical anesthetic was applied to the area where the implant needed to go. An injection of anesthetic was inje...
Read the full post at jezra.net/blog/my_face_hurts
Fri 20 Aug 2010
###The Logic
For some reason, I thought it would be a nice idea to donate all of my nickels to the wonderful fighters for digital freedom at the [Electronic Frontier Foundation](http://www.eff.org/), a non-profit organization that promotes Free Speech, Privacy, and Fair Use in this digital age.
My 3 gallon coin jar was full, and my custom [change holder thing](http://www.jezra.net/blog/making_a_change_holder_thing), although not full, was certainly heavy, so I figured the EFF would get 20 or so bucks, and I'd get a bit of a workout by hauling that cold hard **heavy** cash around.
###The Pile
The first thing I needed to do was to dump all of the co...
Read the full post at jezra.net/blog/Giving_Nickels_to_the_EFF
For some reason, I thought it would be a nice idea to donate all of my nickels to the wonderful fighters for digital freedom at the [Electronic Frontier Foundation](http://www.eff.org/), a non-profit organization that promotes Free Speech, Privacy, and Fair Use in this digital age.
My 3 gallon coin jar was full, and my custom [change holder thing](http://www.jezra.net/blog/making_a_change_holder_thing), although not full, was certainly heavy, so I figured the EFF would get 20 or so bucks, and I'd get a bit of a workout by hauling that cold hard **heavy** cash around.
###The Pile
The first thing I needed to do was to dump all of the co...
Read the full post at jezra.net/blog/Giving_Nickels_to_the_EFF
Mon 16 Aug 2010
Starting with version 2.18, the [GTK](http://www.gtk.org) library allowed for adding links to Labels, and this is exactly how I handled adding clickable URLs and names in [heybuddy](http://www.jezra.net/projects/heybuddy). Unfortunately, the version of GTK on Maemo devices is too old to use links in Labels.
Another unfortunate problem with links in Labels is that no GTK theme seems to have set a custom link color and all themes are stuck with the default bright blue link color. Egads! It sure would be nice if the user could set the color of links in heybuddy.
After searching and searching, I couldn't find an example of how to set a custom color for links in a GT...
Read the full post at jezra.net/blog/setting_the_link_color_in_a_GTK_Label
Another unfortunate problem with links in Labels is that no GTK theme seems to have set a custom link color and all themes are stuck with the default bright blue link color. Egads! It sure would be nice if the user could set the color of links in heybuddy.
After searching and searching, I couldn't find an example of how to set a custom color for links in a GT...
Read the full post at jezra.net/blog/setting_the_link_color_in_a_GTK_Label