Create HTML link That Starts A Skype Call


To create a link that visitors can click on to call a phone number or skype username follow this syntax.
Replace the asterisks with a valid username or number.

Phone Number:

<a href="callto://+***********">Link will initiate Skype to call my number!</a>

Skype Username:

<a href="skype:********?call">Link will initiate Skype to call my Skype username!</a>

Google Buzz Keyboard Shortcuts

Buzz Keyboard Shortcuts

Mute – m
Next – n
Previous - p
Like – shift + L
Respond – r (comment)
Open – o (expand comments)
Goto Buzz (while @ gmail.com) – g b

Enable Google Buzz Keyboard Shortcuts

* If you already have keyboard shortcuts enabled for you Gmail then you are good to go!

Steps

1) Login to Gmail
2) Navigate to “Settings”
3) Navigate to “General” tab (Should go there by default)
4) Toggle radio button on for “Keyboard shortcuts on”
5) Save Changes
6) Reload page (I’m guessing this is needed to load shortcut script)
7) Give your mouse the cold shoulder!

Access Local Mac Dev Environment from VM

Testing my web development in IE is the bane of my existence. Since I run Apache and MYSQL on my local host on my Mac it was always a trick to view my work though my Windows VM until my friend Mike Farmer showed me an easy way to access my development environment on my Mac from my virtual machine.

Steps:

  1. Get default gateway of VM machine
  2. Use that address the same way you would “localhost” on your Mac

Example:

Get IP address of VM

Get IP address of VM

Local Mac development environment

Local Mac development environment

Dev environment from VM

Dev environment from VM

Tail Multiple Files

How to tail multiple files

Terminal command: tail -f <file.name> <file.name>

Tail Three Files

Tail Three Files

Tail Two Files

Tail Two Files

Tailing multiple files in one terminal window is a life saver when you are pressed for space on your screen.
With tail you can tail just about as many files as you want. I doubt it would be very useful to have more than a few tailed at the same time.

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