Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Rainmeter Perth Weather

Rainmeter skin which displays the current forecast for the day, and also shows the current temperature for Perth, WA. Information is taken from the Bureau of Meteorology website. Theme is the same as illustro.
https://mega.nz/#!aBZ10aRA!D-ByNBxyFMszdxmbpi6hfDc9NC7FKAL7LCkS4Jdk83g

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Doing stuff in Ubuntu

The following works for Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS

In the terminal:

- Checking the ubuntu version:
lsb_release -d

- Installing programs:
sudo apt-get install program-name

- Looking for a certain type of file within the current directory, e.g. .pdf files:
find -name "*.pdf"

- Increase the screen idle dim timeout for Ubuntu 14.04:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.session idle-delay number-of-seconds

- Opening files in the current directory:
xdg-open file-name


 Other:

- To create desktop shortcut, go to /usr/share/applications.
Select the icon and press Ctrl+c to copy it. Go to the desktop and press Ctlr+v.
Note that drag and drop won't work.

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Modifying Google Chrome

- To mute audio in tabs, type into the address bar: chrome://flags/#enable-tab-audio-muting. Enable it and restart chrome. Next time you want to disable audio from a tab, click the speaker icon on the tab.
- To remove name badge from the top right corner, type into the address bar: chrome://flags. Go to 'Enable new avatar menu', disable it, and restart chrome
- To remove name badge from the top right corner, follow the instructions as provided here: http://techdows.com/2015/06/chrome-44-disable-user-menu.html

Source:
http://betanews.com/2014/09/30/you-can-now-mute-audio-in-chrome-with-a-single-click/
http://www.addictivetips.com/web/remove-your-name-badge-from-the-top-right-corner-of-chrome/