Gmail as ubuntu preferred application

Hi guys,

I've just started playing with gnome-do.
The google-contacts plugin seems convenient, but it doesn't play well with my settings of ubuntu preferred application - configured for gmail.

I was using a solution found on Xantus blog :
perl -MURI::Escape -e '$to = shift;$to =~ s/^mailto://i;exec("firefox", "https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&cmid=22&to=".URI::Escape::uri_escape($to) );' '%s'

but google-contacts was sending ///e@mail instead of mailto:e@mail, so I just added a second sed step :

perl -MURI::Escape -e '$to = shift;$to =~ s/^mailto://i;$to =~ s/^\/\/\///i;exec("firefox", "https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&cmid=22&to=".URI::Escape::uri_escape($to) );' '%s'

Here is a test link.

MM&RR

Et le feuilleton MM&RR est aussi disponible, toujours sur kyrlian.free.fr !

Nouvelles

Mes nouvelles sont à nouveau en ligne sur kyrlian.free.fr !

TOTP 1.2

Just updated TOTP to v1.2 !
what's new :

• can't have two words starting with the same letter
• toggle sound via menu screen
• change dictionnary via menu screen
• high score screen
• enter name for high score

Download it here !

You'll need to have python and pygame, here are the windows links: python and pygame (it's quick and easy)
Python and pygame are also available for mac and of course linux, just check the download pages.

wiimote on linux: wminput

While I'm here, some advertising for a couple of plugins I wrote for wminput, the wiimote driver for linux.

wminput enables to connect a wiimote to your linux pc, and map wiimote actions to mouse and keyboard events.
I wrote plugins to play FPS games with the wiimote... more fun that accurate :)

Here is the source code, and how to get started.

Typing of the python

I recently played with Python, here is my second game : Typing of the python.
The first game is a snowfight game designed for two players with wiimotes, but the graphics are too bad for publishing yet.

This one is similar to Sega's Typing of The Dead, with no graphics, just type as fast as you can.
I wrote it on linux but it should work on windows.
The zip file includes the python code (totp.py), the sounds, a french and an english word list. The game will use the french word list, but you can edit the code (line 8) to switch to the english one.
I wrote this this afternoon, so far my score is 31470.

You'll need to download python if you don't have it already.

Still alive

Hello world,
I'm still around, busy.
I hadn't updated this blog since google revamped blogger, so I spent a few minutes updating the template ... I won't have the patience to change it as thoroughly as I did with the previous one.

This was my welcome back post, now to the proper subject...

Netvibes modules

Hey world,

I recently switched from google/ig to Netvibes. This is a great AJAX desktop, far ahead of the others in my opinion.
And as I like to make a desktop my own, I wrote three modules for netvibes:

Daily comics module, inspired from the comics google module by Grimmthething. Presents a list of comics, hover on one and the daily strip appears:
http://kyrlian.googlepages.com/nvm_cartoons.htm

BG image, a port/extract of my Personalized Home module. Displays a stretched image as netvibe's background. Also makes the modules background transparent:
http://kyrlian.googlepages.com/nvm_bgimage.htm

Quick search, a small search box, with only the query box and a set of icons linking to the search engines. Enter a term, click the icon you choose, and the results opens in a new window.
http://kyrlian.googlepages.com/nvm_search.htm

Have a look at netvibes wiki page for more info and other modules.

Fx Lucky Search

Just published a small mod of an existing firefox search plugin : Google lucky search, with an L icon instead of google's G icon.
Click here to install.
Here is the original plugin by Alan Bramley.

My Google Menus - Config

I just finished the new version of my 'My Google Menus' greasemonkey script.
News:
- Clock
- Change links color
- Config page

The script is here.

The config page is here, and can always be accessed via Tools/User Script Commands/Google Menus Config.

Google module: yadelicious

I'm pleased to publish my second google module:

Yet another enhanced del.icio.us module.
This module is inlined so it can access it's own user preferences, to enable quick tag selection.
Initially based on Kim Schulz's and Alex Young's.

screenshot
module:
http://membres.lycos.fr/kyrlian/yadelicious.xml
mirror on googlemodule.com:
http://www.googlemodules.com/module/286/

To enable inling you must have the developper module installed:
Click "add Content", and then type "developer.xml" in the "Create Section" box.
This module will list all the modules you have, with "Inlined" and "Cached" checks.
You can check both for "yadelicious.xml".

Notes for later use

I just noticed that you must grant access to the internet to LSA shell. I noticed that because my java update could notice the new versions but could not get them.
Also, Generic Host Process for Win32 Services doesn't need access.

Google module: Personalized Home

Here is the latest version of my google module: Personalized Home.
This module is aimed at modifying the look of google personalized homepage.
You can change columns spacing, text padding, link color, link style, title font color and title bar color..

screenshot

module :
http://membres.lycos.fr/kyrlian/personalizedhome.xml
You'll need to set it as "Inlined" using the developer module (see below).

I tested the module on Firefox 1.5 and opera, with windowsXP.

Inlining:
As my module modifies the page style, you'll need to set it as Inlined.
To enable inling you must have the developper module installed.
To add it, just type "developer.xml" in the "Create Section" box.
This module will list all the modules you have, with a 'Inlined' and a 'Cached' chekbox.
You can check both for "Personalized Home".
More info about inling

Update
Due to numerous user inputs, the module is regularly updated. To force updating of your module, just untick the 'cached' checkbox. Then tick it back to save my bandwith, thanks.

Due to the limit of 10000 characters applied on google base, the google base mirror is discontinued.

But we have a new mirror on GoogleModules.com:
http://www.googlemodules.com/module/184/

My Google Menu

Also wrote a greasemonkey script named My Google Menu.

This script will add a link to google “Personalized Home” and a link to google “groups” just after the “you@gmail.com” in the top right menu of any google page (if you are logged in).

Google Module

Hey.
Recently wrote a google module.
A module is a snippet embeded in google personalized page.

This module is aimed at modifying the look of google personalized homepage.
You can change Columns spacing, Text padding, Link Color, Link style, and Title bar color.

screenshot :
http://membres.lycos.fr/kyrlian/personalizedhome.jpg

module :
http://membres.lycos.fr/kyrlian/personalizedhome.xml
You'll need to set it as "Inlined" using the developer module (see below).

I tested the module on Firefox 1.5 and opera, with windowsXP.

Inlining:
As my module modifies the page style, you'll need to set it as Inlined.
To enable inling you must have the developper module installed.
To add it, just type "developer.xml" in the "Create Section" box.
This module will list all the modules you have, with a 'Inlined' and a 'Cached' chekbox.
You can check both for "Personalized Home" (or for 13694720870286158375 if you are using the google base mirror)
More info about inling

Screenshot there.

You can find info about google modules here.

Update:
A mirror of the module is available there:
http://base.google.com/base/a/13694720870286158375

You might want to have a look at the google groups thread if you have a google groups account.

Update:
Due to the limit of 10000 characters applied on google base, the google base mirror is discontinued.

But we have a new mirror on GoogleModules.com:
http://www.googlemodules.com/module/184/

Flock

Trying Flock

del.icio.us

I tried del.icio.us some time ago, but it wasn't very convenient. Having to go to a webpage to get my bookmarks, in a lenghty format, having to go to another webpage to add a bookmark, too much for too little.
Then a friend reminded me of it, at a time when I was working on different computers, with need of online bookmarks.
So I searched for a convenient way to use del.icio.us.
I surely am not the first one to find it, but here it is - firefox only:
First go to your del.icio.us bookmark page, This icon should appear in your status bar, it's for live bookmarks. Click and choose 'Subscribe to feed for xx bookmarks'.
If it doesn't appear, open bookmark manager, click File, New live bookmark, and enter the url of your bookmark page.
Now your del.icio.us bookmarks will appear in a folder together with your regular bookmarks.

Then the 'add bookmark' button.
Del.icio.us proposes a 'remember this' bookmark, which brings you to a web page to enter details about the new bookmark. with a little modification (see below), you can skip the details and just save the bookmark with no tags.
To do this, edit the bookmark, and change this
javascript:location.href='http://del.icio.us/YOURID?v=3&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)
with this
javascript:location.href='http://del.icio.us/YOURID?v=3&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&description='+encodeURIComponent(document.title)

Google web accelerator

It seems google web accelerator is availlable for download again.
As I recall, it came up early May 2005, and went down shortly after that.

You should read some comments before using it.
at 37signal,
at metafilter,
at o'reilly radar,
at bnc.
You can also read google web accelerator faqs here and there.

Considering drawbacks previously raised, I will wait for some more reviewing before installing this.
Anyone uses it ?

Clusty

Recently tried clusty, a clustering search engine.
I usually use google, but when I didn't find what I was searching for I tried clusty, and found.
Don't know if this clustering thing is of any use, it enables to categorize your search in a different way... Sort of post-processing.
Just like google, clusty has web, news, images, shopping searches, also has wikipedia, blogs and jobs searches.
Note: Google's blog search is currently beta.

BTW, when looking for alternatives to google, I had a look to mozdex. This is an open source search engine, currently beta. With not much activity during last year. It seems a lot of buzz followed it's opening (in 2004), but nothing followed. I guess it's dead.

So

No news.
I'll post a javascript led clock sometimes later.
Too bad Palm is turning toward M$ OS.
Gotta go.