After upgrade to the new version of Linux (Mint 13, which is based on Ubuntu Precise) I’d found that my trackpoint is not working right (on Dell E6410), it was bit unresponsive and movement was not smooth. Touchpad was generally OK, but trackpoint really sucked. So I had to look into details of mouse setup in X and I was really surprised how many various parameters are there and how many aspects of mouse behaviour could be modified. So I’d like to share few tips how to set pointing device – apart of those obvious settings, which are available in desktop settings (Acceleration and Sensitivity).
In some places Internet access is available only via proxy, which in practice means that you are limited to HTTP and HTTPS protocols only. But if you have external email accounts like Gmail, this is bit limiting, because you cannot access your email via IMAP protocol from your email client.
However there can be a solution – if proxy support HTTPS protocol, it means also that it supports CONNECT method that tunnels a connection to remote server unchanged. This method could be used to tunnel any protocol, so basically it could tunnel also IMAP ( and SMTP for outgoing email). Continue reading Accessing IMAP/SMTP via HTTPS Proxy→
When I was starting this site I was looking for a reliable solution to backup the site. I have been looking bit around and found this excellent plugin for WordPress: BackWPup
This plugin is absolutely awesome, with many features, just mentioning few key ones:
You can create backup job, where you can define what tables and what files will be backed up – thus you can basically backup all site, or selectively just critical data
You can store backup file to many locations: locally, to remote server or to many popular cloud services (Amazon S3, DropBox …) – so the backup available even when site is completely down.
You can schedule backups with any periodicity (cron like scheduler) – you can also run it manually
It works well even in limited hosting environments
After upgrade to the new version of Linux (Mint 13, which is based on Ubuntu Precise) I’d found that my trackpoint is not working right (on Dell E6410), it was bit unresponsive and movement was not smooth. Touchpad was generally OK, but trackpoint really sucked. So I had to look into details of mouse setup in X and I was really surprised how many various parameters are there and how many aspects of mouse behaviour could be modified. So I’d like to share few tips how to set pointing device – apart of those obvious settings, which are available in desktop settings (Acceleration and Sensitivity).
