Hijinks Inc.

Category: Tips

  • Alternative iTunes 10 Icon (OS X)

    If you’re like me, you might not be sold on this new icon for iTunes. Don’t get me wrong, I love that they killed off the CD, but the new icon looks a little Windows 7ish in my dock.

    This morning I noticed this new icon from Chris Carlozzi floating around on Twitter, which looks pretty sweet.

    So I downloaded it and converted it to a .rsrc file so you can replace your iTunes icon with it on OS X.

    You can download the .rsrc file as a .zip here. After it’s downloaded, extract the icon file and right click on it a select Get Info.

    Next, navigate to your Applications folder and right click on the iTunes icon and select Get Info.

    You should now have both Info windows next to each other. In the iTunes 10.rsrc window, click once on the small icon in the upper left hand corner (should now be highlighted). Then press Command+C.

    In the iTunes Info window, click once on the icon in the upper left hand corner and press Command+V. You should now see the same icon in both windows.

    Close out the open windows and start iTunes, and you should see the new icon in your dock. Enjoy!

  • Answer Google Voice Calls in Gmail

    Answer Google Voice Calls in Gmail

    So you’ve been having a grand old time making phone calls from Gmail, but maybe you’re like me and you’d like to actual answer incoming calls in Gmail. Good news, Google’s got you covered and it’s really simple to setup.

    Here’s how to enable it:

    Step 1: Login to your Google Voice account.

    Step 2: Click Settings, and select Voice settings.


    It should automatically load to your Phones tab, at the bottom of your “Forward to” list you should now have a Google Chat option, just check the box next to it and you’re good to go.

    You’ll now get a Caller ID like popup when you have an incoming call, and of course you can also answer the call from within your browser now.

    Tip: You can also transfer calls from your Gmail to your regular phone by pressing * while in a call. This works to transfer calls from your phone to Gmail as well.

  • Making a Phone Call in Gmail

    Making a Phone Call in Gmail

    The recently rumored voice calling option is already live on all of my Gmail accounts, not sure if everyone else is seeing it, or if users with existing Google Voice accounts got it added automatically. At any rate, voice calling works fairly well. Though in my tests people on the other end complained of frequent static even though I could hear them just fine.

    All my out going calls showed up as coming from my Google Voice number, so I’m making the assumption that you’ll need to have a Google Voice account for this to work.

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  • Terminal Tips: Play Tetris in Terminal

    Bored out of your mind on an airplane with no internet and a company laptop with no games installed? How about playing a crappy low resolution version of Tetris!

    Here’s how…

    Step 1: Open Terminal.app (/Applications/Utilities)

    Step 2: Type emacs, hit Enter. After it loads, press the Esc key, then X on your keyboard.

    Step 3: Enter tetris (lower-case) and hit Enter.

    Bingo! Your very own copy of Tetris running in Terminal, use the arrows keys to control/rotate the blocks.

  • Quick Tip: Use AutoHotKey To Disable Your Touch Pad While Typing

    Call it laziness, call it fat hands, call it bad posture, call it whatever you want. I’ve found on my latest laptop that the touch pad is either placed in an inconvenient spot, or perhaps it’s just more sensitive than my last laptop. Whatever the case, I’ve run into the trouble of the mouse jumping while I’m in the middle of typing; it’s particularly frustrating whilst blogging. Through the magic of AutoHotKey you can make the problem disappear!

    I was browsing for possible fixes to this problem and stumbled across an old article on Lifehacker with this solution. I’ve now been using it for a couple weeks and it’s completely solved my problem. Before I get started with the quick how to, be sure to check your synaptics driver, it may have an option to disable the cursor while you type already built in. Go check real quick and then join me after the jump for the details. (more…)