YouTube Problem

Have you ever had a problem on YouTube where you can't subscribe to a channel?

There are many theories as to why you can't subscribe such as you may have subscribed to over 20 videos in an hour or that you might have reached the maximum number of subscriptions, which is apparently 2,000.

These theories don't seem to be correct as within a few hours I can subscribe again, the problem seems to be caused by maintenance work being carried out on the servers.

Alps Touchpad in Ubuntu

I've recently brought a netbook computer which I installed Ubuntu Linux on. Everything worked fine except for the fact that the touchpad is incorrectly recognised as an ImPS/2 Generic mouse. This is extremely annoying as the 'tap to click' functionality of the touchpad can't be turned off.

Apparently a lot of people have reported the same bug here on launchpad but there is no solution yet.

No Credit Card Apple ID

Need to create an Apple ID but you haven't got a credit card?

You'll find the solution here at the Apple site.

ProBoards iPhone App

Earlier this morning I was quite surprised to discover that someone was using their iPhone or a similar device to browse the Basic4GL forum.

After a little searching I found a free ProBoards App available here.

The App is also compatible with the iPod touch too.

MetroTwit

Is a nice & lightweight Twitter client available from here.

It makes really good use of the .NET Framework & the ClickOnce installer technology.

SMPlayer

In the past I've encountered problems playing MP4 files on my computer.

I've tried many different media solutions such as K-Lite & VLC but they've still caused trouble like playing sound but no video.

I have now uninstalled all the other media players on my computer & use SMPlayer which has dealt with every file I've thrown at it so far.

Useful Websites

Two useful websites I've found recently are Userscripts.org & imo instant messenger.

The former is a site where a lot of useful web scripts can be downloaded, while the latter is an instant messenger site which also has an extension for the Chrome browser here.

wxCommander

In need of a new file manager? Then you should download wxCommander from here.

Black Ops First Strike DLC

A new map pack is due to be released for Call of Duty: Black Ops on February 1st for the Xbox 360.

ruby-opengl & ruby v1.9.1p430

If any of you are having problems using ruby-opengl on Windows I suggest you read this post that I made on the ruby forums.

PyOpenGL & py2exe

In the past when I'd tried creating a bundled executable with PyOpenGL & py2exe I had always failed. Recently however I was successful & after spending a few more days understanding the build process I was able to create an application that was just 2.3MB in size.

Click here to download the file.

ScribeFire for Google Chrome

Just discovered it on the Chrome Web Store here & I can highly recommend it if you've got a blog.

Chrome Web Store

The Chrome Web Store has just gone live & can be found here.

Amongst it's features are free Extensions & Themes for the Chrome browser & OS.

Some of the really good Extensions that I've noticed are a free 5GB of web space on Box.net here & the Picnik image editor here.