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Color Cop, color picking tool
Ever needed to know what was a certain color wherever on your screen? Many applications already exists to let you know the color of a certain pixel on the screen, but everyone has their favorite one. Mine is Color Cop. The application itself is well-done and has lived through ages. Jay Prall first released it in [...]
Continue reading...Greasemonkey woes? Can’t install any scripts?
25. May 2007
I use greasemonkey a fair amount. Ran into a problem today, where I’d get a cryptic error containing ‘NS_ERROR_FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS’. After much searching, gnashing of teeth, and some swearing, the fix is pretty simple. Greasemonkey stores the scripts in your (mozilla profile directory)\gm_scripts directory - simply go in there, delete all of the scripts (I left the [...]
Continue reading...Network printing in Vista, UAC, and you
25. May 2007
Having trouble printing to a networked printer (say, on your workgroups Windows Server 2003?) in Vista? Have UAC (User Access Control) disabled? There is your problem! Vista won’t install the print drivers remotely from a networked printer, without UAC enabled. The only solution is to enable UAC, and then add the printers. Oh yeah, you [...]
Continue reading...Linux/Gnome quicktip - Connecting to a network share the fast way
15. May 2007
Want to connect to a network share without going through the long and arduous process of mounting it? Try this:Â hit (gently) the Alt-F2 keys to bring up a Run Application window. If you’re trying to connect to a server called sarcasm.arsgeek.com and a share named ‘haha’ enter the following: smb://sarcasm.arsgeek.com/haha Alternately, if you have an IP address and [...]
Continue reading...Linux Quickie - force your trash to empty on Debian/Ubuntu
26. April 2007
If you have something that’s stuck in your trash and you just can’t seem to get rid of it, this single command line should help. sudo rm -fr /home/username/.Trash Replace the username bit with your actual user name. This will forcefully empty your trash, but your Gnome or KDE trash icon may still show something in it. I’ve [...]
Continue reading...(application/x-mplayer2) in Firefox on Vista not working? Try this!
16. April 2007
Ebyblog has the fix for you. Download the two files, and place them in your plugins directory of Firefox (mine is c:\program files\mozilla firefox\plugins). Works like a charm! Click the icon, share the link:
Continue reading...A way to speed up digg.com in your browser
26. March 2007
Gleaned from our forum user Harrie and McQuaid at the Ubuntu forums, here’s a quick way to speed up the digg website in Konquerer/Firefox. In Konquerer, choose Settings -> Configure Konqueror. Then choose Adblock Filters. Check Enable Filters and add the following (you add it by pasting in the text box and press insert). digg.com/img/main-back.gif In Firefox with [...]
Continue reading...Enable telnet in Windows Vista
20. March 2007
By default, Vista installs without telnet available. I know, I know, you should be using SSH for everything now, but sometimes you just need good old telnet. Here is how to enable telnet in Vista: 1. Open ‘Control Panel’ 2. Select ‘Programs and Features’ 3. In the left column, select ‘Turn Windows features on or off’ [...]
Continue reading...Adobe Acrobat Reader got you down?
14. March 2007
EDIT: 7/12/07: This apparently breaks Acrobat Reader 8.1 - even removing the accessibility plugin causes Acrobat Reader to complain about an ‘invalid plugin’, then exit out. I put the plugin back in, and 8.1 does not seem to exhibit the same symptoms that 8.0 did (i.e.: no “please wait while the document is being prepared” [...]
Continue reading...20 must-have Firefox extensions
7. March 2007
Computerworld is running a story on 20 must-have Firefox extensions. My personal favorites are the Foxmarks plugin and the Adblock Plus plugin (I tend to whitelist sites that I like, and frequest, such as Arsgeek). PS: This post was written with the ‘Performancing’ plugin. Cool! Technorati Tags: firefox, plugins Click the icon, share the link:
Continue reading...Quicktips - how to change the default time out in Grub
14. February 2007
Do you need a little more time in making an operating system decision at your Grub boot screen? A little less? Here’s how to quickly change your timeout in Grub. First, we’ll copy the menu.lst file to a backup sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/menu.lst.bak Next, we’ll gedit the menu.lst file and make a quick change. gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst Look for this [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Quicktip - Surround Sound through ALSA
9. February 2007
Got surround sound hardware but can’t get your sound to surround from your Linux box? Here’s a quick way to get it done on your Ubuntu box. This will also work on a variety of other distros. First, we’re going to create/edit a file called .asoundrc in your home directory. Open a terminal session (Applications ->Accessories -> [...]
Continue reading...Vista Quicktip - How to REALLY set your default programs
6. February 2007
I’ve been tooling around in Vista now for a solid 24 hours (more on this in a soon to be published article) and one thing that’s been bugging me is that even though I’ve set Firefox as my default browser, it’s not. Strange, eh? Every time I launched Firefox, I’d go in and [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Quicktip - Getting external montiors/lcd projectors to work with your Intel embeded Graphics chip
2. February 2007
Sheesh, I think the title’s going to be longer than this article. If you’re having problems with external monitors or LCD projectors in your laptop equiped with an Intel graphics controller, try this: sudo apt-get install i810switch Once it’s installed you can turn it on by typing: i810switch crt on Or turn it off: i810switch crt off simple! Click the icon, share the [...]
Continue reading...Ubuntu Quicktip - Converting Mac .dmg images into .iso images
23. January 2007
I recently came across a handy script that allows you to convert a Mac OSX or Apple’s iPod (iPod firmware generated images) to standard .iso files. You’ll need to have perl installed. Also, you may need to add an additional dependency in the form of a perl zlib module. So, here’s how to install [...]
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8. October 2007
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