Shortcuts for Java-in-Eclipse programmers!

I was working with a friend recently on a project, and I noticed how much time we were actually spending, searching around in the package explorer, finding the right file to edit or view. Thus I google'd for eclipse shortcuts and came upon a page telling about "10 awesome shortcuts.."

The first being Open Resource -> "Open any file quickly without browsing for it in the Package Explorer" : CTRL + SHIFT  + R

press the shortcuts and start typing the name of the file you want to find, and it will appear in the window, along with all the other files sharing the beginning of their name with the file.

an asterisk > * < can be used as a wild card for a string, if you want to find cakeFile.java, but can't remember the first part of the name, write *File, and it will appear. Same goes for a single character, >?< is used instead, so ?akeFile will show the files containing any character + akefile. Ca*le can also be used, as can C?keFile. The search also isn't case sensitive, meaning that CaKeFiLe will also result in finding the file.

The 10 shortcuts can be found on this page::
http://rayfd.me/2007/05/20/10-eclipse-navigation-shortcuts-every-java-programmer-should-know/

Directorylisting on a website!

Sometimes you'd like to share a couple of files with people, and you don't want to zip them but rather just host them on your website..

I found this tool dirlistingv3 which is just a .php page and a lot of images, and when you've put this in a folder, it is suddently possible to navigate around in this folder, just like you'd do in a standard filesystem.
It looks like this,

It is downloadable from here
http://www.evoluted.net/thinktank/web-development/php-directory-listing-script

It also includes a live demo.. and it took literally seconds to setup, because no setup was required. I just unpacked the rar, and dragged the index.php and dlf-folder into a folder on my website. Awesome.

Tons of Symbols in LaTeX

So! I recently found this huge compendium of symbols to use in LaTeX, which I'm a big fan of.. both the compendium and LaTeX.. So I'd just put it inhere.

It contains almost everything you could dream of using in a remotely standard document,

http://www.rpi.edu/dept/arc/training/latex/LaTeX_symbols.pdf

Have fun!

Roll a Dice on Skype! DiceRoller V2.0 (for Skype)

So I was playing this game over skype with some friends, and I was rolling physical dice and showing it over a stream constantly... So that sucked and I google'd "Dice rolling on skype" or something.. And I came upon this !

Read more on http://variable.dk/blog/117-how-to-roll-a-dice-in-skype

Stop the Wacom Bamboo Pent & Touch tablet from glitching/lagging on Windows

I've had this problem recently,

My Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch tablet wouldn't stop glitching/lagging around the screen whenever I pressed to drag... which was horrible and making it prone to useless.. and it is not my computers' specs fault, although it does run windows /joke ..

So I tried Google! since Google always has the answer.

Read more on http://variable.dk/blog/394-stop-a-wacom-bamboo-pen-touch-tablet-from-glitching-or-lagging-on-windows

10 pieces of software you need on a Mac

I originally wrote this on my other blog, Figaw's Helpdesk, but I thought it was more appropriate to share it here.. so I put it both places!

This is a list containing much of the software I install first thing when I have formatted my, or get a new, mac.

1: Alfred (AppStore)- it is Spotlight 2.0, faster searches and you can customize it to enable searching on google etc. install it and set the CMD+space hotkey for this program instead of spotlight!

2: Dropbox (www.dropbox.com)- Auto backup software. It's like a usb-drive, but connected to all of your computers, smartphones and tablets simultaneously!

3: Ji-Touch (www.jitouch.com) - Adds +100 gestures and shortcuts to the multitouch trackpad

4: Caffeine (AppStore)- Prevents the computer "falling asleep" or the screen becoming dark

5: UnRarX (www.unrarx.com)- small and simple .rar file extractor

6: jDownloader (www.jdownloader.org)- download manager which automatically grabs links from your clipboard

7: Bejeweled 3 (www.popcap.com)- .. because it's an awesome game!

8: Switch - ACC/mp3 converter
(http://download.cnet.com/Switch-Audio-Converter/3000-2140_4-10703967.html)

9: TeamViewer - Remote desktop's made easy, have people help you, or help others! With computerrelated problems from their/your own home.

(www.teamviewer.com)

10: VLC - media/dvd/iso/music/everything player
(www.videolan.org)

11: Skype - Voice and video communication
(www.skype.com)

12: TeamSpeak and Ventrilo - voice communication, used for gaming or meetings where video isn't needed, or where you just want an awesome sound and have some other solution for broadcasting video!
(www.teamspeak.com) & (www.ventrilo.com)

13: Split & Concat - rar/zip splitter, awesome for when you have to move files bigger than 4gb, mac's fat-system doesn't allow this.

(http://loekjehe.home.xs4all.nl/Split&Concat)

14: Quicktime Broadcaster - streaming your screen when working or gaming. A bit rough to setup but simply an awesome tool!)

(http://support.apple.com/kb/DL764)

15: Espresso - Web development program with build in FTP client

(http://macrabbit.com/espresso/)

16: Xampp - local apache/php, mysql og ftp server, for programming PHP-sites offline
(http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html)

17: Adium - msn (and lots of other IM clients..) for mac

(http://adium.im/)

18: Textmate - Absolutely awesome text editor with syntax highlighting
(http://macromates.com/)

19: ShiftIt - Shortcuts for "really" maximizing windows, or aligning them to either side of the screen windows style.
(https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt)

20: LittleSnitch - software for monitoring and blocking the internet access of programs
(www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch)

These might not be the most awesome and best programs in the world, but it's the programs I use since I've come to love either how simple or easy they are to work with, that they accomplish their specific task in such a great way or that it's just a free program! - have fun!

Hiding the icons on the desktop of a Mac

To hide the icons on your desktop:

1: Open the Terminal on your mac

2: write or copy and paste

• defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool false

3: write or copy and paste

• killall Finder

To show the icons on your desktop:

1: Open the Terminal on your mac

2: write or copy and paste

• defaults write com.apple.finder CreateDesktop -bool true

3: write or copy and paste

• killall Finder

killall Finder will restart your Finder process, (the windows and icons..)