How to set the Position and Size of Windows in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

A few web pages that I found useful when writing scripts to set up windows with particular positions and sizes in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

Automate opening of nautilus windows? - a thread at Ubuntu Forums

wmctrl examples from Spiral of Hope

wmctrl(1) - Linux Man Page

In the Spiral of Hope page I am not sure what the constructs of the form [#r -r] are meant to do.  Maybe they were part of the option syntax for earlty versions of wmctrl?  Anyhow, the examples seem to work if you replace each occurrence of [#r -r] by just -r (and similarly for the other [#..] constructs).

How to Create Launchers in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

A few of web pages that I found useful when I wanted to create a launcher for a shell script in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

Desktop files: putting your application on the desktop menus from Gnome Dev Center

Desktop Entry Specification from freedesktop.org

Registered Categories in Desktop Menu Specification from freedesktop.org

Ephydrid Flies

A pair of flies mating, probably Notiphila riparia (Diptera: Ephydridae).  I saw a lot of these (about 50) swarming on a bush on the north shore of the large lake.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-07-07.

Tephritid Fly

Tephritid fly Goniglossum weidemanni (Diptera Tephritidae) on bryony (Bryonia dioica), the host plant for its larvae.  Lightly dusted with yellow pollen.

Photos taken in Whiteknights Park (actually on the fence alongside Whiteknights Road), Reading, UK, on 2012-07-07.

Useful Blog Posts

A couple of blog posts that I found useful when setting up my development web-server on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:

How to Install a PHP PECL extension/module on Ubuntu by Mark Foster

Send-only Mail Server with Exim on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid) by Phil Paradis