August 15, 2018

Working on Linux: Restore Firefox’s normal behavior

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One of my main gripe when switching from Windows to Linux is that my favorite web browser Firefox doesn’t behave exactly the same way it does on Windows. Specifically, 2 things that bother me the most are:

  • The Backspace button doesn’t go back to the previous page
  • Clicking on the url address bar doesn’t automatically highlight the entire line.

Fortunately, it’s possible to change those behaviors simply by fiddling around with the settings a little bit. You’d want to go to your about:config page and change the following values:

  • Find browser.backspace_action and set the value to 0 (default is 2 or something). This will make the backspace button behave as it does in Windows.
  • Find browser.urlbar.clickSelectAll and set the value to True

And that’s about it. Personally I can’t understand why the developer would choose to keep these little annoyances. If it was just for a versions or two then we could accept it as bug but it’s been many years since these behaviors were implemented. The fact they’re still there mean that they are intended. Maybe they were made by Mozilla devs who are actually Microsoft moles who want to low-key diminish the user experience in Linux, I guess we’ll probably never know.

October 29, 2017

N.E.W Project 1: Mason Jar Chandelier

If you read my previous post about making a mason jar lamp all the way to the end, you know that I promised to make a goddamn chandelier out of the thing.

Well here it is.

I don’t have time to write a step by step this time, it’s very simple to be honest. You can visit my previous post about making the jar lamp, and then find an old chopping board, paint it, then hang a few of those bad boys on (in parallel)

If you care about power effeciency, you can use LEDs like in my original post. If you want to be fancy though, you can use Edison light bulbs with a dimmer to control the brightness, do keep in mind however, they are expensive. In my case here I use simple incandescent light bulb with the brightness turned way down (with a fan dimmer).

Don’t look too bad if you ask me.

PS: If you’re wandering what N.E.W mean, it’s No Electronics Weekend.

#noelectronicsweekend

May 3, 2017

On Turning Thirty

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To be honest, I thought turning 30 would be a bigger milestone, for me personally at least.

I mean, I don’t have anything to complain about my current situation per se, I have a job that I enjoy, a wife that I love, a house. Honestly this is as good as any 30er would get. But is that all there is? I mean is this going to be like this for the rest of my life. Like that old saying, you know? “Some people are dead by 30, but never buried until they’re 75″.

(to be continued)

February 16, 2017

Just an update…

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If you’re wondering what I’ve been up to lately (well you probably aren’t, but whatever), well, I’m getting into tee shirts sale!

These are the first designs to roll out, get ‘em while they’re still available.

https://teespring.com/shop/quitters-never-win
https://teespring.com/shop/gustwind

Also, bookmark this storefront link for future awesomeness: https://teespring.com/stores/uniq-world

March 21, 2016

Bông hồng thủy tinh đã vỡ

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Tặng chuyến đi dài của anh Trần Lập

Tình ơi!
Em hãy ở lại với dòng sông mênh mang bên lở bên bồi
Với cánh đồng lau trắng gió xé lòng vi vút
Với ráng chiều giông về nghi ngút
Với dang dở đời anh không kịp viết hết cho mình
Nằm gối đầu ngóng hiên nhà lặng thinh
Dịu lòng nghe ai hát về bông hồng lửa đỏ
Đặt lên ngực sẽ thấy thương thương nhớ nhớ
Đừng đau nhiều nghen em

Hãy nhẹ nhàng đi qua những cơn ngủ êm đềm
Giấc mơ có ngực rám cho em gục đầu hờn lẫy
Đôi tay anh vẫn gân nhiều đến vậy
Để chở che vai thon những năm tháng rộng dài
Nhắm mắt chạm lên sạn chai
Em sẽ hiểu mặn mòi đàn ông dụm dành thơm mát
… Ngủ đi em yêu cho gió hát
Cho trăng trôi trên sông ra biển lớn dịu hiền

Trở về và hãy cố gắng nguôi quên
Đặt anh vào tim vào ngực đàn bà kiệt cùng ngang trái
Kiên cường bước dùm anh trọn đoạn đường bỏ lại
Đa đoan đàn bà chắc sẽ vững yên

Ôm anh thêm lần này hứa đừng ưu phiền
Gạt nước mắt nhìn trời cao xanh ngát
Ở lại trỗi mầm như hạt
Bung biêng xanh!

Ở lại đừng nói gì cho anh đi thanh thản lòng mình
Bông hồng thuỷ tinh
Đỏ lửa!

January 21, 2016

The Nostalgic Generation

That’s what we are sometimes called, the generation of late 80s, early 90s kids (or adults, as we all should be by now). Indeed it wouldn’t be uncommon to find someone from this generation reminiscing about ‘the past’, a mere decade or two ago, as if they were centuries. But there’s a reason for that.

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