Comments on: Dapper is dialed in… http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/ Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. —Voltaire Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:24:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 james Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:44:47 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1110 Yeah, really not exciting but it has been useful in the past and gives you something else to look at when compiling, "Look at all the red and green! It's like Christmas in June!" ;-) If you are looking for some app candy check out the gDesklets, the RSS and weather feeds pinned to the desktop are pretty cool. Yeah, really not exciting but it has been useful in the past and gives you something else to look at when compiling, “Look at all the red and green! It’s like Christmas in June!” ;-) If you are looking for some app candy check out the gDesklets, the RSS and weather feeds pinned to the desktop are pretty cool.

]]> By: Tyler http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Tyler Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:35:20 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1109 Ahh . . . ok, now we're really communicating! System Monitor, that makes sense. Not very exciting, but it makes sense. :-) Ahh . . . ok, now we’re really communicating! System Monitor, that makes sense. Not very exciting, but it makes sense. :-)

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 james Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:19:32 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1106 LOL! Why is it if I have a 50-50 chance I'm wrong 100% of the time (and I really ought have done the old hand signal "L is for Left, Loser!"). Anyway, that craziness is the System Monitor watching the processor (1st), memory (2nd), and disk (3rd) loads. Under Warty and Hoary I needed it to see at what point the system was going to vapor lock from Firefox and Liferea battling for every last scrap of memory and power. Now, to tattoo left and right on my hands ala <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048424/" rel="nofollow">Harry Powell</a>... LOL! Why is it if I have a 50-50 chance I’m wrong 100% of the time (and I really ought have done the old hand signal “L is for Left, Loser!”).

Anyway, that craziness is the System Monitor watching the processor (1st), memory (2nd), and disk (3rd) loads. Under Warty and Hoary I needed it to see at what point the system was going to vapor lock from Firefox and Liferea battling for every last scrap of memory and power.

Now, to tattoo left and right on my hands ala Harry Powell…

]]> By: Tyler http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 Tyler Tue, 06 Jun 2006 03:31:58 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1105 No, my left. :-P Specifically, what's the green rectangle in the middle of the top taskbar? No, my left. :-P Specifically, what’s the green rectangle in the middle of the top taskbar?

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1103 james Mon, 05 Jun 2006 22:51:11 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1103 "then to the left of that _______" Weather and notification items. Liferea, Rhythmbox, and Gaim followed by network, volume, date and time. A fair share of apps can minimize to there for easy access, a nice feature for us lazy folk. “then to the left of that _______” Weather and notification items. Liferea, Rhythmbox, and Gaim followed by network, volume, date and time. A fair share of apps can minimize to there for easy access, a nice feature for us lazy folk.

]]> By: Tyler http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1101 Tyler Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:42:19 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1101 I'm looking at the top panel. It looks like you have the temp, then to the left of that your virtual desktops, then to the left of that _______ I’m looking at the top panel. It looks like you have the temp, then to the left of that your virtual desktops, then to the left of that _______

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1097 james Mon, 05 Jun 2006 19:07:26 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1097 On the bottom panel? Naw, just shortcuts though thumbnails of the apps will show up in the window selector on the top right panel and in the active app selector in the bottom left panel (between Firefox and the minimize to desktop thingy--its that technical!). I just juiced the size of the panel to some 60px 'cause I like things BIG. ;-) On the bottom panel? Naw, just shortcuts though thumbnails of the apps will show up in the window selector on the top right panel and in the active app selector in the bottom left panel (between Firefox and the minimize to desktop thingy–its that technical!). I just juiced the size of the panel to some 60px ’cause I like things BIG. ;-)

]]> By: Tyler http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Tyler Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:29:05 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1096 Are you minimizing apps to thumbnails up there? I'll have to try that out. Now that I've gotten used to Beagle, it seems to be the only way I access ANYTHING. Are you minimizing apps to thumbnails up there? I’ll have to try that out.

Now that I’ve gotten used to Beagle, it seems to be the only way I access ANYTHING.

]]> By: JonECat http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 JonECat Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:55:45 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1095 I need to check out that LMMS, from the screenshots it looks like a good program. I need to check out that LMMS, from the screenshots it looks like a good program.

]]> By: james http://elwoodicious.com/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 james Mon, 05 Jun 2006 10:14:05 +0000 http://www.elwoods.org/home/2006/06/04/dapper-is-dialed-in/#comment-1094 Well, I suppose that Gimp my not make the cut if you have spent a good portion of your professional life on Photoshop and I have heard complaints from PS purists saying that Gimp can do odd things with color and saturation levels. However, the light editing that I do Gimp and Inkscape work out just fine but then again I'm only cropping photos or manipulating them to make banners like the one above. On the video editing front, I have not tried anything yet but I've heard rumors about <a href="http://heroinewarrior.com/cinelerra.php3" rel="nofollow">Cinelerra</a> and <a href="http://www.kinodv.org/" rel="nofollow">Kino</a>. To be honest I know even less about video than I do about photos and of that I know just a little less than nothing. That said, if you want to drop some user created beats on your movies <a href="http://lmms.sourceforge.net/home.php" rel="nofollow">LMMS</a> is a pretty solid app! In lieu of building a studio I've been finding it handy to keep my drum loop skills honed. ;-) Well, I suppose that Gimp my not make the cut if you have spent a good portion of your professional life on Photoshop and I have heard complaints from PS purists saying that Gimp can do odd things with color and saturation levels. However, the light editing that I do Gimp and Inkscape work out just fine but then again I’m only cropping photos or manipulating them to make banners like the one above.

On the video editing front, I have not tried anything yet but I’ve heard rumors about Cinelerra and Kino. To be honest I know even less about video than I do about photos and of that I know just a little less than nothing. That said, if you want to drop some user created beats on your movies LMMS is a pretty solid app! In lieu of building a studio I’ve been finding it handy to keep my drum loop skills honed. ;-)

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