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Navigate to folder containing current Desktop folder (usually C:\Users\<user_name>)and Right click on it. Then go to ‘Location’ tab. Follow the instruction over there. The same steps are valid for other user folders like Downloads, My Documents etc. PS: I am trying Windows Live Writer for the first time to write and publish a post. At first, I could not figure...
Useful applications for Windows 7
Oct 12, 2010
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TeraCopy - Enhanced copy / move
xplorer2 Lite - Better Windows explorer
4t Tray Minimizer - Additional options in windows title bar
Cute PDF Writer - Free PDF converter
AutoHotKey - Change keyboard key behavior
Foobar2000 - Highly customizable music player
Handbrake - Convert video formats for iPod etc.
WinDirStat - Hard-disk usage statistics
Foxit reader - Free, light...
Google & native language
Sep 22, 2010
(Resolved: see last line of the post)
I am facing a strange problem with google homepage. The homepage loads in a different language (check the pictures attached), which even google auto-translate cannot detect. Few of the writings look like: ᏧᎵᎦᏚᎢᏓ ᎣᏚᏓᎸ ᏚᏙᏢᏒ , ᏂᎦᏓᏊ ᎫᎦᎵ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎣᏲᎲᎢ, ᎠᏱᏍᏗ, ᎬᎾᎨᏒ ᎢᏗᎬᏁᏗ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅ.
I can change...
Configuration Files
Sep 13, 2010
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Updated weekly irrespective of the date of this blog post.
Ubuntu
.bashrc
.emacs
config - mplayer
input.conf - mplayer
Windows
mplayer.ini - mplayer-ww
input.ini - mplayer-ww
AutoHotkey.ahk
var obj0=document.getElementById("adsmiddle1618129571035364932");
var obj1=document.getElementById("adsmiddle2618129571035364932");
var s=obj1.innerHTML;
var r=s.search(/\x3C!--...
Monday as first day of week - Ubuntu
Sep 13, 2010
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Tested on: Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
The calendar, which pops on mouse click over clock in Gnome panel, generally has Sunday as first day of week. This may not be a desired behavior if you use this calendar to manage all your appointments etc. Following are the steps to make Monday or any other day as first day of week.
The calendar and time etc are associated with...
apt-get behind proxy server
Apr 6, 2010
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Tested on: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
Using Synaptic Navigate to Settings->Preference->Network in Synaptic package manager. Enter your proxy server details like:
username:password@proxyserver, and put the proxy server port
Using Command Line
Add following lines to the end of ~/.bashrc
http_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/
ftp_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/
https_proxy=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/
HTTP_PROXY=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/
FTP_PROXY=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/
HTTPS_PROXY=http://username:password@proxyserver:port/
no_proxy=server1,server2
NO_PROXY=server1,server2
Replace...
LXDE
Mar 8, 2010
Tested on: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
I found about LXDE few days back and found it to be suitable for my need of fast and configurable desktop environment. Most of the gnome applications (except automatic wallpaper changers like wallpaper-tray) also work without any flaw.
Note: I did not install lubuntu-desktop package. I just installed lxde & dependent packages.
Here are few configuration changes I made:
Changed default...
Gmail address alias
Feb 4, 2010
Gmail is probably the best free email service available. Along with huge storage (7419.900081 MB & counting at time of writing this post), it also provides free pop and imap serivces. Gmail also offers some very interesting features like undo send, offline gmail etc. Here is a partial list of features.
One of the most coolest feature is email alias. Gmail neglects anything in between + (plus) and @. So any email address...
cron scripts being executed at wrong time
Feb 4, 2010
Checked on: Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10
Few days back I was shocked to see that one of my cron scripts was being executed at 3:24PM, which was actually scheduled to be executed at 4AM. Probing with the system logs further revealed that none of the cron scripts were following the specified schedule. After googling a little bit I found that it is a common problem and has been discussed in many forums. Here is a synopsis of the...
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