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I found renaming files in Dolphin, the file manager in KDE, to be a little awkward. By default, renaming files does not happen in-line. Thankfully, enabling it is just a few clicks away. Navigate to 'Settings' > 'Configure Dolphin' > 'General' and the option 'Rename inline' is in the Behavior tab.

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Hold Shift when invoking the Expose in Mac OS X 10.6, everything is in slow motion! Hold Ctrl when invoking Expose, only the windows belonging to the application in use are displayed.

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UltraScan is a software used to analyze data from analytical ultracentrifugation experiments. The installation instructions that came with the software were not entirely tailored for Ubuntu. Fortunately, I had some help. If you too are like me, then here is your help. First, download the software package appropriate for your computer from UltraScan website. (Note: I am assuming that the file is

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If you like a lot of waterfalls, you will like Ricketts Glen State Park. Read on for more... Ricketts Glen State Park is located in Luzerne, Sullivan and Columbia counties of Pennsylvania. More information about the park including directions, links to reserve a campsite or cabin, and downloadable maps can be found at the park website. We stopped by at Adams Falls on our way to the main park.

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For most users, OpenOffice provides ample functionality at an unbeatable price. If you don't know about it already, you should give it a try (Download OOo link). I use OpenOffice and I like it. However, that is not the case with everyone I work with. Microsoft Office is the preferred piece of software and although I am careful, often I come across a situation where I have file in ODF (

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As a Linux/Mac user, I use good old rsync to keep files on all my computers in sync. My wife on the other hand is not CLI-savvy and is a Vista user. How should she keep files backed up and in sync? My answer: Get Dropbox! When all the tech details are left for the techies, here is what Dropbox does: creates a 'My Dropbox' folder on your computer and keeps its contents backed up on its server. If

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Recently, we went biking on the Green trail in Fair Hill NRMA. Fair Hill NRMA has several biking trails. Five of them are well maintained and marked with colored blazes on the maps that are put up at the parking areas. Apart from these five colored trails, there are several interconnecting trails. If you want a map for yourself, you can either buy it from the Park Office or order one here.

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While ApE is for the masses, EnzymeX is for classy Mac users. Read on for more... 4Peaks is a pretty well-known piece of program used for work with DNA sequencing trace files. EnzymeX is made by the same guys. Their website has a few other interesting programs for Mac users that are worth trying. EnzymeX is a feature-rich plasmid construct designer and editor. You can download EnzymeX from

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Fairhill is a wonderful place for biking; and very close to Newark too. We went biking here a few times earlier too. But, this is the first time we had the GPS on us.Fairhill Natural Resources Management Area (NRMA) is located just off of Rt 273 across DE/MD state line. Parking is not free - Maryland vehicles pay $3 while out-of-state vehicles pay $4. Park maps are available for purchase at the

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This is a trail we biked on a little while ago. I just got around writing about it now. I do not remember a lot about it other than that we had no idea what we were doing!We took off from the trail head at the parking lot near Thompsons Bridge Rd. Thompsons Bridge rd is just off of Route 100. Park entrance falls just beyond the bridge on Brandywine Creek. Delaware vehicles have to pay $3 for

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If you use Firefox as the primary web browser on your Mac, then you must have noticed that it is a pain to work with a bunch of PDF files. Luckily, now there is a solution. As a part of my work, I need to open and work with a lot of pdf files. Often, these are research papers published in scientific journals. When I click on a link to open a pdf file, Firefox-Mac (unlike Safari) cannot open that

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After using Quicksilver on Mac, I always wanted a similar program for linux too. I used Katapult for a while. Katapult is okay; but it has a few shortcomings. Recently, I came across Gnome-Do. "Inspired by Quicksilver and GNOME Launch Box", gnome-do in its most basic form lets you launch programs and files from your computer. Installation was very easy. Just go to Adept Manager and search for

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I previously wrote about biking on Creek Rd here and here. This one is a longer version... Start at the intersection of Lovett Ave and Academy St. There is a parking lot here. If you have a University of Delaware Parking Pass you can park here. If you do not have a parking pass, you can still use the pay-per-use spots (either in the parking lot, or on Academy St). If you are planning a day trip

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Another nice day, and we are out in the woods. Middle Run area was the destination this time too. This trail is a 7 mile long loop starting from Middle Run area parking lot. Unlike several other parking areas in White Clay Creek State Park (WCCSP), this one does not require any parking fee. For the most part of the trip, we were on one of three trails: Tri Valley trail, Whitley Farms Trail and

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Today, I grabbed a copy of the updated version of VirtualBox. Among other few improvements, VirtualBox for Macs now includes support for Shared Folders. VirtualBox 1.6 comes with several updated features. You can find out about them here. Of interest to Mac OS X are: MacOS X: fixed seamless mode MacOS X: better desktop integration, several look’n’feel fixes MacOS X: switched to Quartz2D

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A 5.3mi long loop that Sachin and Gajju biked on. It is not one particular biking trail - it is a mix of a few of them. Click on 'Read More' to see a map and elevation profile.View Larger Map

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With the days getting warmer, I am back to biking. Yesterday, we went mountain biking for the first time this season. We took two trails in White Clay Creek State Park Possum Hill area. Click on 'Read More' to see a trail map and elevation profile of Bryan's Field Trail and Whitley Farms Trail. Bryan's Field Trail can be accessed from the parking lot of Possum Hill area (Parking is not free from

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Please visit this website to find a neat map of White Clay Creek State Park. This is an unofficial trail map designed and constantly updated by Ken. You can download a pdf file from that website. It not only shows the trails and their respective mileages, but the map also gives a rough idea of the elevation. Further, this map even lets you choose the information you want to be displayed. This

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Virtualbox, is a virtualization software. It can be used to run Windows on Mac OS X. In that respect, it is very much like VMWare Fusion and/or Parallels. However, Fusion and Parallels are commercial software programs - you need to buy a license. Virtualbox, on the other hand, is available free of cost for download under GNU General Public License.I came across Virtualbox a little while ago while

Vamsihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045041214649488998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10528792.post-6753432740034806482007-12-25T14:00:00.000-05:002007-12-29T16:51:30.349-05:00

One of the features I eagerly looked forward to in Leopard was Spaces. After using multiple desktops (also known as Workspaces) in Linux, I always missed that feature in OS X and Windows. When it was announced, I assumed that Spaces in OS X would be exactly identical to multiple desktops in Linux. That, I realize now, was a wrong assumption.As much as I like Spaces, I feel that it is half baked

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This morning I was working on some stuff in Safari with about a dozen tabs open and a popup appeared asking me if I am interested in updating Leopard. I said yes; but it popped up another message asking if I am willing to restart the computer in order to install the updates. None of the tabs open in Safari were very important; I could get back to them very quickly later. So, I decided to close

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Here is a map of Creek Rd trail with some minor modifications. Instead of continuing on the Tweeds Mill Rd., you go over the bridge near Wedgeweood Rd. and bike on the other side of the creek. Immediately after crossing the bridge if you take a left you will be on a trail that runs almost parallel to Tweeds Mill Rd. (shown in map). However, if you decide to go straight after crossing the bridge,

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Several trails - short and long - are present close to Newark, DE. This is the first among the few I intend to scribble about.The trail starts at the junction of E. Main St. and N. College Ave. If you do not have a University of Delaware Parking Pass, you can park your vehicle in the Trabant Parking Garage on the Main St. North College Ave. becomes Creek Rd. White Clay Creek falls on to your

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For fun. For health. For earth.I used to bike as a kid. I biked a for a couple of years during my college. But it was biking as a means of transportation during those times. After I came to the US to do my PhD, I started biking, again as a means of transportation till I bought a car. Only a few months ago, I discovered the 'fun' part of biking. And that is what all this rant is about.My wife had

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I listen to NPR in my car. If you are like me, on long drives you often come to the point where you loose your NPR member station's signal. If you do not know the frequency of the local NPR member station, then the only choice for you is to scan through all the available frequencies - a distracting procedure.NPR website now has this nifty feature called NPR Road Trip. Enter your Start Address and

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I am a biochemist. And as almost every biochemist these days, I do some sub cloning. Working with all those DNA and/or protein sequences can sometimes be confusing. I always wanted a small program that can help me organize those sequences. So, one fine day, I set out on a search for that perfect program. Some of my criteria were:Interoperability I use a Mac Book. My home computer runs on Linux

Vamsihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07045041214649488998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10528792.post-33041105333479233802007-09-22T16:28:00.001-04:002007-09-22T16:28:25.328-04:00

What does 'Vamsi Gaadi Gola' mean? Vamsi's chatter (that's the best I could get to; telugu people can suggest better, and more interesting, translations). And the title of the post - Aadi - means 'beginning'.That sorted out, I feel I should tell right away what this blog is about. In short, it is about anything I feel to write about! For now, I can think of things like: nifty programs that I find

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