Tips and tricks

As a GNU/Linux user, I love things that are free. There is even a saying and a song about it - “The Best thing, in life are free. do do do etc.” So the folks over at moo.com are giving away (for a short time) free minicards - which in they describe in marketing speak as: “Create unique designs, and share your Skype Name, email, blog, and vital statistics with friends and attractive strangers, in the real world”.

So lets rephrase that for the linux crowd: “Create opensource designs, and share your Skype Name, email, pgp public key, blog, uptime, and bogomips with friends (unless you’re a BOFH and have none) and any strangers that are 1337 enough, IRL”

So yeah, get your cards - hey they’re free! If you happen to meet your soul mate using these cards in a bar I want to hear about it!!

URL: http://www.moo.com/skype/
Password/Promo code: freebie

UPDATE: They’ve run out of the free mini cards, so this free offer is no longer valid.

So here’s a short description of how to make skype: links in your browser work.

Applies to Mozilla (Firefox) and Konqueror. Assumes you have skype-action-handler installed in /usr/local/bin - adjust path as appropriate.

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