Re: Stumbleupon for Firefox
On 26 August 2011 12:40, Anthony wrote: > I want to share with you all my secret addiction to this Firefox Add-on. > Stumbleupon is awesome if you're bored and need to kill some time looking at > things on the web that interest you. > > Basically you pick topics that only interest you and Stumbleupon brings you > pages on those topics voted by people all over the > world to be the most interesting. > > Here's a brief intro http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D_a-h4XFMo > > How does this apply to Ubuntu you say? If you add from the hundreds of > topics the "Open Source" and "Linux/Unix" topic groups, > you can discover lots of new and different projects currently being used or > in development that may work with Ubuntu. > > Easiest way to install it is to start Firefox, goto "Tools" -> "Add-ons" and > in the search bar at the top right type in "Stumbleupon", click "install" > and restart Firefox. > > Making a new account only needs an email address and a nickname and your > set. > > Have fun! > > Octatron > > > > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > > I had this installed a few years ago. I found it too involving and sometimes I'd realise I'd spent 3 hours just hitting that silly little button. For those of us with no self control or no concept of time when sitting at a computer this thing is dangerous. So it's only fault was, it was too good. -- Regards, Jared Norris JP(Qual) BBehSc(Psych) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Sound in Skype
Hi Anthony, using Skype daily, I have the same experience. It seems that the test call stuck sometimes or is just not approachable. I can't say what happened, but it has definitely nothing to do with your settings. The problem occurs on Linux and Windows equally. I got the feeling that the whole service dropped over the last months, because we also had problems with the paid services of Skype without getting any apologize or credit notes for not delivered services. regards Ferdi -Original Message- From: Anthony Brow Reply-to: tb...@internode.on.net To: ubuntu list Subject: Re: Sound in Skype Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:38:11 +1000 Hi Folks, Recently, although working ok for quite a while, the incoming sound in Skype is not working. My version of Skype is 2.2.0.25. When checking about this problem on the net, many people are stuck with this problem. I have done all sorts of checks and also successfully played CDs. Also the sound settings are ok. The Skype 'sound test' is good, but the test call just does not work (at least the lady's voice cannot be heard) People online in Skype can hear me ok. I get the impression that the problem is with Skype. And seeing Skype is now owned by Microsoft, who would one contact there ? The suggestion has been made to use an older version of Skype, but I am not sure that this is still available for Ubuntu 11.04. And Skype 2.2.0.25 is still shown as a "Beta System" and has been for months. Well, I really would appreciate any assistance with this bug/problem. thanks and regards -- Anthony Brow -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
