“Feedly transforms your favorite websites into a fun magazine-like start page.” is what Feedly’s makers say about it. No doubt they would choose magazine as the key word in that statement, though I would go with transform.

My RSS reader of choice was Google Reader. When I log in, it looks like this:

The same view on Feedly looks like this: 

See my point? Like Google Reader, Feedly allows you to use keyboard shortcuts to open up articles inline, or mark them as read etc.

Feedly also has an Explore view – which allows you to discover curated content over a multitude of categories.

If you try and like it, you’ll probably want to check the mobile and tablet versions of Feedly as well. Have a go, read in style.

cd dow

and pressing TAB will not auto-complete to cd Downloads/ 

To remedy this for the current Terminal session only, run this:

set completion-ignore-case On

More likely though, you’ll want to make this permanent. Run these in Terminal (courtesy of this post):

# If ~./inputrc doesn't exist yet, first include the original /etc/inputrc so we don't override it
if [ ! -a ~/.inputrc ]; then echo "\$include /etc/inputrc" > ~/.inputrc; fi 

# Add option to ~/.inputrc to enable case-insensitive tab completion
echo "set completion-ignore-case On" >> ~/.inputrc

To change this for all users, edit /etc/inputrc and add this line:

set completion-ignore-case On

You might have to restart Terminal, but after that you’re set. Happy tabbing.

For instance, in my home directory I have a directory called Documents and another called Downloads. When I type Do and press TAB, nothing happens. Pressing TAB again shows Downloads and Documents, and now I must either type c or w to choose between them. I personally prefer the Windows Command Line style, where tabbing the first time cycles through Documents and Downloads.

To change to the cyclic completion behaviour, simply edit the .bashrc file in your home directory. To change for all users, edit the /etc/bash.bashrc file. Add the following line:

bind '"\t":menu-complete'

Then restart Terminal and you’re done!

P.S. You might also want to see how to make Terminal’s autocompletion case-insensitive.

1. Open gconf-editor (you can use Alt+F2 to bring up Run Application to execute this command)
2. Navigate to apps > metacity > general and set the button_layout property’s value to menu:minimize,maximize,close

TeraCopy replaces your Windows copy handler with one that allows you to pause and resume your copying process. You can even minimise copy windows, and subsequent copy operations will wait for previous ones to finish (though you can override that). Oh and did I mention that it’s much faster than the default Windows copy?

Grab it here.

1. Download TrueCrypt for your operating system and install it.
2. Open TrueCrypt, and select Volumes > Create New Volume...
3. We’ll be using the default option of Create an encrypted file container. Click Next
4. Again, default option of Standard TrueCrypt volume. Click Next
5. On the next screen, choose Select File... This is actually asking you where to create the file container. Choose a path, give a filename and Save. Go to the Next screen
6. On the Encryption Options screen, we’ll use the default algorithms. Click Next
7. Specify a size for your file container. Keep in mind that you can create more containers, but can’t resize existing ones. Click Next
8. Enter and confirm passwords for the volume. Make this as long as possible and easy to remember. Click Next
9. Choose a filesystem. If you’re on Windows and unsure what to choose, go for NTFS. Click Format to create your volume. Depending on how big a container you’ve chosen, this part will take some time. At the end of it, you should get a notification that your volume has been created. You can exit the window at this time.
10. In the main TrueCrypt window, you’ll see a list of unmounted drives in your system. Choose one and click the Select File button. Browse to and select the container file you created in step 5.
11. Click Mount and enter your password in the dialog box that appears next.
12. That’s it, you will now have a new drive with the letter you specified in step 10. Just keep your sensitive data in this drive, and when you’re done working with it, select your drive in TrueCrypt and click Dismount. All volumes are also automatically dismounted when you shutdown your system.

If you’re interested in learning more about TrueCrypt and exploiting its advanced features, head over to the documentation.

One problem with this is you could lose your profile if you reinstall your OS for some reason. Another is that the profile folder could grow huge, depending on how much mail you’ve configured Thunderbird to download. In any case, it’s a good idea to move the profile folder to another location, preferably on another drive.

Here’s how to do it:

1. Close Thunderbird
2. Locate the profile folder. This is best done by looking in the profiles.ini file in the Thunderbird installation folder (Windows: %APPDATA%\Thunderbird    Linux: ~/.thunderbird). The profile folder is specified in the Path property.
3. Move the entire profile folder, usually named something random like vxlwc2al.default, to your new location.
4. Open the Thunderbird profile manager by running the command thunderbird -profilemanager
5. Create New Profile > Next > [Give your new profile a name] > Choose Folder
6. Here choose your profile folder (vxlwc2al.default, in my case) in your new location.
7. Click Finish/OK, and come back to the Choose User Profile window.
8. Ensure your new profile is selected, and the Don't ask at startup checkbox is checked. You can also delete your old profile at this point.
9. Start Thunderbird and start using your profile from the new location.

Have a look at the official documentation for more details.

To change this once and for all, takes less than a minute:

• Open Thunderbird and go to Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Config Editor
• Promise to be careful
• Set mailnews.default_sort_order to 2

That should do it. If you’re interested in changing other advanced options, have a look at this official entry listing all the config entries.