My desktop improved

{{1342313440}} In the photo you can see my current desktop setup. In middle august my wrists began hurting when workin at my computer. I immediactly bought a couple of gel twist pads (one for mouse and one for keyboard) and installed a support below the desk, so I could keep my arms in the correct position when working.
This solution is a little McGiverish and has its con’s and pro’s. But it’s a whole DIY product, so I am satisfied with the results.

NFL vs NHL: a hard decision

Which one is the most brutal game?
Those NHL players that crouch before impact are killers …

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disable touchpad while typing in Ubuntu

Via Lifehacker I got to this Ubuntuforum thread and in a matter of minutes fixed a problem that kept me away from using my laptop touchpad.
It’s pretty common in fact that you accidentally bump on the it while typing, and that means the cursor will randomly move, eventually selecting some text or moving your caret lines away from the point you are typing.

Shutdown from command line, the easy way

Being stupid with friends a couple of nights ago, this is the way I shutdown my laptop (fixing a typo, you know):

echo "sudol init 0" | sed 's/sudol//'|xargs sudo

Using xargs makes me feel better.

Bunch of links

Everything via the “always-the-best-source-of-time-wasting-links Anarchaia”:http://anarchaia.org/.

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Ultra random monday theme

It all started with Am sliding to Bm, the rest is random boring improvisation on the theme.
Dedicated to those that in these days are going back to work after their holydays.
(In the first 5 seconds you hear something falling. I think it’s funny so I left it uncut)

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More visual effects for Gnome Totem audio player

I found out you may need to install gstreamer0.8-plugin-apps in order to get more visual effects available. You also may need to restart GDM in order for them do be loaded (after installing them of course, aptitude install gstreamer0.8-plugin-apps is your friend).

Drupal CVS contributor now!

“flevour, We are pleased to inform you that your CVS account request has been approved. It will be activated within one or two hours.”

And this is “my first commit”:http://drupal.org/cvs?commit=77788.
So little is enough to make me happy sometimes :)

MeeMix

MeeMix, some kind of new social music network has 5 invites for me. If you are interested or just curious, leave a comment!

Everyone should know a bit jQuery and install FireBug

After jQuerify my life changed: I am not a passive surfer anymore.

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