About Johan Appelgren

Software developer and gaming nerd.

Configure the Firefox 2 beta 2 tab close button

 Just a little note for me if I decide to try the latest beta, from a comment at slashdot. 🙂

  1. Start Firefox.
  2. In the Address Bar type “about:config” and press Enter.
  3. Right-Click and select New->Integer.
  4. A box requesting the Preference Name will popup and you should enter “browser.tabs.closeButtons” (without the quotes). Press OK to continue.
  5. Now you need to select the type of close button you want:
    0 – display a close button on the active tab only
    1 – display close buttons on all tabs
    2 – don’t display any close buttons
    3 – display a single close button at the end of the tab strip (Firefox 1.x behavior). After entering the value corresponding to your preference press OK again.

Synchronizing Google Calendar with my phone

I’ve finally found an application that can synchronize Google Calendar with my phone, SE k750i. It’s a java application for phones called gcalsync, and from my initial testing it seems to work just fine.

Previously I’ve tried using Remote Calendars for Outlook and then from Outlook to my phone using the sync software I got with my phone. But Remote Calendars didn’t work very well, and on top of that the two step sync process isn’t very user friendly.

Maybe things would be even easier if Google added SyncML support to Google Calendar, but right now it looks like there are no such plans.

Spring Xbox 360 dashboard update

Looks like the next update contains at least one feature, in addition to some user interface tweaks, I’ve wished for many times. The ability to download stuff from the live marketplace in the background.
The media system has also been changed but I have no idea how. I can’t for my life understand what ign is trying to describe.

Changes to the Media section might send little shivers of relief up your spine. Music is now seamlessly integrated into your dashboard to such a degree that you can now play the music of your choice while playing a game without fiddling around.

But I’ll find out soon enough, next week 🙂

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Battlestar Galactica spinoff

Not anything new, but I just found out. A spinoff series has been announced called Caprica. I really like the new Battlestar Galactica series but the description of this spinoff just scares me.

Caprica will weave together corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television’s first science fiction family saga

If it gets produced I’ll probably give it a shot anyways. Can’t get enough sci-fi I guess.

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