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Pras Sarkar blogs about web technology, music, social networks, digital identities and other random things.

Keeping iTunes organized with tags

I go through a lot of music through the day - my ipod through commutes, workstations at work and home, etc. Keeping my music organized is not only necessarily but also lets me look up the right song for the right moment. So I got to thinking, why not use the social tagging concept for my mp3's. Luckily, iTunes already has support for a mp3 tag called "Grouping". Searching ...

todo.txt and Multi-user IM bot

I started using the minimal but feature-rich todo.txt by Gina Trapani today. Its got a great set of features (lists, priorities, projects, contexts, etc). Its minimal and coupled with the AIM client, you don't necessarily have to always have a Terminal window open to interact with it. Adium does just fine. A few tweaks you may want to use to further enhance. I found myself typing "ls" for "list" ...

OSX Terminal: Solve the “Connection reset by peer” problem

I finally got tired of getting timed out of my server while using Terminal and/or iTerm. Luckily, the fix was easier and less complicated than I imagined. It was a system-wide ssh config fix. Try the following: 1. sudo emacs /etc/ssh_config 2. add a new line "ServerAliveInterval 60" 3. save and exit That should do it. The next time you ssh (using either Terminal or iTerm), you'll be sending 'Keep Alive' packets ...

World Cup Schedule Dashboard Widget

I released my first widget today - the FIFA World Cup 2006 Schedule. Its powered by the good folks at www.worldcupkickoff.com and uses rss feeds to pull in the match timings. It should automatically adjust the time to the timezone set in your preferences. You also have the ability to see schedules by teams or by groups. After much searching, being unable to find a widget for the 2006 ...

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