Archive for December, 2009

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 at 2:15am

Trail: 01 – Sled: 00

Posted by Brian Higgins in 2009 Photos
Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 12:41pm

Sorting PROGRAMS menu under START button in Windows 7

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

Left-click START button
Right-click PROGRAMS and choose OPEN or OPEN ALL USERS
Create new folders or delete old ones, sort, etc.

Note: You can also right-click the START button itself and select PROPERTIES to modify toolbars and other aspect of the Start Menu and TaskBar.

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 at 12:42pm

Add Google search to IE8

Posted by Brian Higgins in Windows

To add Google search to Internet Explorer 8:

In IE8, choose TOOLS -> MANAGE ADD-ONS
Highlight the SEARCH PROVIDERS type in the left-hand navbar
Click the FIND MORE SEARCH PROVIDERS link near the bottom of the page
At the top of the ADD-ONS GALLERY PAGE, enter “google” in the SEARCH THE GALLERY text input box in the [...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 7:45am

perfectBuntu script

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

Visit http://www.category5.tv/files/bash/perfectbuntu to download the latest version to your Desktop, or copy-n-paste the script displayed near the end of this article into your favorite text editor.
Once you have the script on your Desktop, either “chmod +x” it, or right-click it to set the PROPERTIES -> PERMISSIONS ->EXECUTE to ENABLED.
You can now either double-click the file [...]

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at 7:14am

pySDM – Graphical fstab editor

Posted by Brian Higgins in Ubuntu

The utility “pysdm” allows GUI editing of your /etc/fstab file. After installation, root is required to execute the utility.
$ sudo apt-get install pysdm
$ sudo pysdm

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