Your other chin
In: development|software
11 Mar 2010A few months ago, I did a build of the STFW Pidgin plugin for Windows. Recently I started using Ubuntu but found that STFW didn’t work on my system. So I did a 64-bit build of the plugin for Pidgin 2.6.x. Here it is! To install, just copy that file over to /usr/lib64/purple-2/ . If […]
In: development|software
24 Sep 2009All too often people ask me questions that are just as easily looked up on Google. Things like “How do I burn a CD?” or “What does HTML stand for?” Sometimes I use lmgtfy.com (short for letmegooglethatforyou) to show them how easy it could have been to just Goggle it. But it takes too much […]
In: software
29 Oct 2008I just tried the new Facebook Chat plugin for Pidgin. My experience so far has been flawless. I shut off Pidgin, ran the Windows Installer and started Pidgin back up. Then I created an account in Pidgin’s “manage accounts” area. I didn’t have any trouble at all. So far, it’s worked 100%. I really like […]
I'm Jon Chin. I love technology, food, and learning. I served a mission in the Philippines and loved it. You probably can't type on my keyboard because I don't have qwerty installed--I use Colemak. I'm obsessed with learning about North Korea and abandoned anything.
Recent Comments