Every now and then I’ll enter the computer lab only to find that all the computers are being used – this usually happens when I urgently need to print something before I miss the bus.
Thankfully, the system admins have allowed me the wonders of ssh access. So, printing is relatively simple:
Copy the file to be [...]
10 September, 2009 – 11:13
Simple fix:
in /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc
Add the “-dpi ” argument to ServerArgsLocal in [X-:*-Core].
Not sure what this does to dual monitor setups.
I recently purchases a Song Walkman which has great video capabilities – provided you know how to encode the video.
It’s not very hard, simply chuck the video into handbrake and let it churn out a Sony Walkman compatible video:
handbrake -i $input_name -o $output_name.mp4 -f mp4 -e ffmpeg -E faac -w 320 -l 240 -b 500
If [...]
District 9
I like the science fiction premisis but I don’t like what the trailers hint at: it’s gonna be a long movie (> 2h).
Time Traveler’s Wife
I think it’s time to give in and watch a sci-fi(ish) romance for a change.
The Final Destination
[...]
Just a quick post but the readline library keybindings are very interesting -
you just don’t need the home|end keys anymore. For the uninformed, here’s the
excerpt I’m talking about (man readline):
Emacs Mode
Emacs Standard bindings
“C-@” set-mark
“C-A” beginning-of-line
“C-B” backward-char
“C-D” delete-char
“C-E” end-of-line
“C-F” forward-char
“C-G” [...]
Not too difficult, here are a few tips to make sure that your experience is flawless.
When configuring the virtual machine, make sure that you
enable APIC and ACPI in Settings –> System.
create a fixed sized harddisk to improve disk I/O speeds.
After installing Windows XP, make sure that you
download the driver for the Intel Pro 1000 network [...]
Even though my virtual workspace is pretty minimal: dwm+urxvt+screen+irssi+firefox, that doesn’t mean that it can’t look good. Here’s what I’ve done to make my setup visually appealing without adding bloat.
- Change default cursor [http://antonyjepson.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/changing-the-default-x-cursor/]
- Change default icon theme (I choose Tango).
- Change system font (by editing gtkrc-2.0):
#include “/usr/share/themes/Dust/gtk-2.0/gtkrc”
gtk-icon-theme-name = “Tango”
gtk-font-name = “Sans Serif 12″
style “user-font” [...]
I’m still looking for a good distribution for my new desktop and I’m becoming increasingly attracted to FreeBSD. I like the ports system and how integrated it is. I think I will like the community so I’m going to keep my eye on the forums, mailing lists, and IRC for a bit.
I really enjoy using Mutt as my email client. However, sometimes I have to log
into my Gmail account to view my contacts. Tired of this, I exported my Gmail
contacts and imported them into abook.
Now I can view my Gmail contacts in Mutt.
Here’s how I did it:
(Sorry, no cut and paste instructions.)
* Export your [...]
Microsoft has been hard at working preparing for the Windows 7 RTM release in October.
Their latest build of Windows 7 is Build 7232. This build was quickly leaked to torrent sites as a VHD (Virtual Hard Disk), just like the previous iterations: build 7201, 7227, 7229, and 7231.
Another important development is the ‘Microsoft Security Essentials [...]
