How to display the pressed keys on Ubuntu (Linux)

During the make of my latest video i faced a problem of displaying the keys i'm typing. I found an excellent tool for the job. There is a .deb to install. Here is a short feature list:

http://code.google.com/p/key-mon/

Features:

• The window and buttons are scalable to any size.
• Different keyboard themes/styles supported, for example the Mac look.
• Can start without a window border to take up less space.
• Right click provides an application menu.
• Supports the META (aka Windows) key.
• Supports the scroll wheel.
• Supports all three mouse buttons.
• Should support multiple mouses or keyboards.
• Move the window by dragging from anywhere inside.
• Swap the left and right mouse buttons for lefties.
• Support for touch tablets.
• Emulate middle click by clicking left and right mouse buttons.
• When the dialog is smaller a different set of images are used for a better look.
• Support for foreign keyboards.
• Ability to make your own keyboard scancode maps, for when the defaults don't work.
• Visible mouse click. Briefly show's a circle where you clicked.
• Option to show only key combinations

Please comment if you know another tool for the job!

Thanks,

Dave

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Libre Office - How to create a hyperlink (anchor)

Hi all,

In this video you can learn how to create a "web like" hyperlink in your Libre Office documents.

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Branch by abstraction

I was asked to do a short practical presentation on "Brancing by abstraction" at work. I would like to share the presentation (prezi) and the example project here.

The project(s) was made in Scala:
https://rapidshare.com/files/1592074815/branch_by_abstraction_example_project.zip

The prezi:
http://prezi.com/f7txjmfbaydm/branch-by-abstraction/

Any feedback of yours will be welcomed.