Typescript to the Rescue

It has been more than a year that TypeScript has been out there. The first time I heard about TypeScript, I was like – meh! With plethora of “compiles-to-JavaScript” languages out there like CoffeeScript, Babel, Dart and what not, I felt that TypeScript won’t be able to survive.

Monitoring CPU Temperature in Ubuntu

Follow these steps to monitor CPU Temperature in Ubuntu. Install lm-sensors $ apt-get install lm-sensors Detect Sensors, entering ‘Y’ for each question shouldn’t hurt. $ sensors-detect Load the modules $ sudo service module-init-tools start Get the applet

Installing Webcam in Ubuntu 10.04

Well, this one was easy. The method described here worked for me. Sony VAIO has Ricoh R5U870 Webcam built into it, which I got to know from here. Simply install the following two files from here and install them in the following order: