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Dec. 13th, 2008
New! Improved! Browsing!
Dec. 13th, 2008 04:56 pmWell, a bit of digging around showed that gmail had started taking about 2% CPU time on both my PC and Julie's, despite no changes having been made.
On the other hand - running music streaming site Deezer was still sucking up 40% of CPU. I tried turning off extensions, but this had no effect.
What _did_ have an effect was upgrading Flash to version 10. Which dropped the CPU usage to 20%, and made the PC generally more responsive. In fact, it drops to about 4% if the Flash tab isn't the top-most one.
So, if you run Flash, off you go to here and check your version number - if it's less than 10 then it's worth grabbing the latest version.
On the other hand - running music streaming site Deezer was still sucking up 40% of CPU. I tried turning off extensions, but this had no effect.
What _did_ have an effect was upgrading Flash to version 10. Which dropped the CPU usage to 20%, and made the PC generally more responsive. In fact, it drops to about 4% if the Flash tab isn't the top-most one.
So, if you run Flash, off you go to here and check your version number - if it's less than 10 then it's worth grabbing the latest version.
Delicious!
Dec. 13th, 2008 08:10 pmVarious people have asked me how I get links posted on my journal on a daily basis. So here's a how-to guide...
1) Use Delicious.
It's an online bookmarking system. I started using it to keep sites I found interesting in a central repository, and then discovered that there was an RSS feed of it (which is what produces![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
andyduckerlinks), and then that there was the possibility of reposting from delicious to a blog.
2) Set up Delicious to post to Livejournal.
This is slightly complex. The settings are on the Settings->Blogging->Blog Posting page - but it requires an "out url". If you were running some kinds of blog (Movable Type, Wordpress, etc.) then you'd point it at the posting page there. Livejournal doesn't support this - so you need a page that translates between the two. Sadly, this generally needs to be running in your timezone or livejournal will get upset by you sending a post with a timestamp before an existing post. If you live in the UK then you can use the page I have set up at http://www.notzen.com/lj.php - if you live in a different timezone then download the script you'll find here and change the DateTimeZone to your local one (there are instructions at that link). The out_blog_id and the out_cat_id on delicious' settings should both be set to "1".
3) Leave a comment here saying "I couldn't make it work! Help!" and I'll see what I can do :->
1) Use Delicious.
It's an online bookmarking system. I started using it to keep sites I found interesting in a central repository, and then discovered that there was an RSS feed of it (which is what produces
andyduckerlinks), and then that there was the possibility of reposting from delicious to a blog.2) Set up Delicious to post to Livejournal.
This is slightly complex. The settings are on the Settings->Blogging->Blog Posting page - but it requires an "out url". If you were running some kinds of blog (Movable Type, Wordpress, etc.) then you'd point it at the posting page there. Livejournal doesn't support this - so you need a page that translates between the two. Sadly, this generally needs to be running in your timezone or livejournal will get upset by you sending a post with a timestamp before an existing post. If you live in the UK then you can use the page I have set up at http://www.notzen.com/lj.php - if you live in a different timezone then download the script you'll find here and change the DateTimeZone to your local one (there are instructions at that link). The out_blog_id and the out_cat_id on delicious' settings should both be set to "1".
3) Leave a comment here saying "I couldn't make it work! Help!" and I'll see what I can do :->
Well that explains it
Dec. 13th, 2008 10:16 pmRemember that video from the other day? With the witches, and the swordsman, and the green guitar, and the overall fantastic over-the-top-ness?
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sneakingyoda found an interview with the guy behind it...
sneakingyoda found an interview with the guy behind it...