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How To Add a Dock To Ubuntu 10.10

January 30th, 2011

Anyone who has seen a Mac is highly aware that it has a dock. What if you wanted that for your Ubuntu 10.10 install?

Well here is how you add it:

  1. Open Ubuntu Software Centre (Applications –> Ubuntu Software Centre)
  2. In the search box search for Docky. And install it.
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    Docky in the Ubuntu Software Centre

     

  3. Start it if it hasn’t already. (Applications –> Accessorys –> Docky)
  4. Click the docky icon and set your preferences and looks. Make sure its set to start automatically. And that manage windows without launcher is selected.
  5. In the bottom panel (you know…very bottom of screen where the open windows are) right-click an empty area and click delete this panel. Confirm.
  6. Tada. All done. Now you can have a mac like experience in Ubuntu. Enjoy icon smile How To Add a Dock To Ubuntu 10.10

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Google Instant Now Has Keyboard Enhancements

September 29th, 2010

Google has improved Google instant. The new improvements allow you to use the arrow keys to navigate instant results, and results when you press enter. Google instant now also works on blogs, books, news, etc.

Check the video below for a demo:

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TV Buying Guide – Rocketboom Tech

September 23rd, 2010
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Getting a new TV can be both fun and confusing. What kind should you get? LCD, LED LCD, OLED, plasma or 3D? Naturally that is way to many choices.

Thankfully rocketboom tech has come up with a fix. They have made a video that will show you which TV you should get, and why.

Watch below:

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How To: Adding Liquid Cooling To A PC

September 10th, 2010
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For hard core computer enthusiasts who build PC’s for gaming etc, the barrier of air cooling comes in. It’s either not effective enough, or its too loud.

That’s where water-cooling comes in. It can cool your PC and its components at a much lower noise so you can raise clock speeds with little to no issue.

Watch the How To from tigerdirecttv for more info.

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Fix XP Boot (MBR) From Vista Disk

May 27th, 2010

I did a very silly thing this morning. I deleted my Ubuntu, and Vista partitions without fixing XP’s MBR. This basically leaves grub in rescue mode because there is no boot partition. I have the Vista disk but it was unable to fix the MBR or so I thought.

To fix the XP MBR (from a vista downgrade or whatnot) do the following:

  1. Boot from the Vista DVD
  2. Select repair install when the screen shows up after the language settings.
  3. Then open the command prompt aka restore counsel:

 Type the following: X:BootBootsect.exe /NT52 All

Note: X:/ is the drive letter where the Windows Vista media is located (the command prompt will show the letter).

After the computer restarts it should load XP’s MBR again icon smile Fix XP Boot (MBR) From Vista Disk .

If it doesn’t still work or you use Vista and have the Vista dvd then just use the repair startup tool 2-3 times.

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Fix No Auto Scroll in Linux/Mac For Firefox/Chrome

April 19th, 2010

One annoying thing you may miss from Windows is that Chrome/Firefox seem to do not support middle wheel auto scrolling.

Well there thankfully is a fix.

Firefox: Edit –> Preferences. Go to the advanced tab and select “Use Auto-scrolling”. Restart Firefox and boom it now works icon smile Fix No Auto Scroll in Linux/Mac For Firefox/Chrome .

You can also do it via Auto:Config. In the address bar type auto:config. Accept the warning. Type in the box; scroll. Look for the phrase general.autoScroll. Under value set it to true. Restart Firefox.

Chrome: Chrome has yet to have this feature at all!!! There is thankfully an extension. Download AutoScroll from the Chrome Extensions page. Restart chrome and AutoScroll should work.

That is how you fix a “feature” in both Linux, and Mac. Enjoy icon smile Fix No Auto Scroll in Linux/Mac For Firefox/Chrome .

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How To Install A Hard Drive [Video]

March 10th, 2010

Installing (or replacing) a hard drive can be intimidating for new users. Computer TV has a video (11 mins long) that shows you step by step on how to install, and replace a hard drive/SSD.

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How To: Skip Those Annoying DVD Trailers

March 4th, 2010

Being a legal purchaser (or renter) of DVD’s, or Blu-Ray can be annoying.

You have to deal with all those warnings, then you are forced to wait for the trailers to pass.

While you can speed them up there is a much easier way.

The technique is press: stop, stop, play.

This will have you show up at the DVD menu like you wanted!

Watch the video here.

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How To: Use Any Client With Facebook Chat

February 26th, 2010

Nothing is more annoying then your favorite custom messenger not supporting Facebook chat.

Well there is a fix!

Facebook supports jabber, so you can use almost any client that supports the service.

CNET TV has more info and how to set it up.

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Dear United States: The Rest Of The World Wants To Watch TV Shows Free Online

February 25th, 2010

Being in the U.S. is great…you can get all your TV shows online for FREE.

Live outside the U.S? Good luck, almost everything is blocked.

Living in Canada sucks because of U.S. Copyright law…and/or tv networks that just won’t budge.

I have plenty of examples too.

So many show I can’t watch online.

But there is somewhat of a fix.

For FOX/CBS/NBC/ABC there is CTV/CBC/Global/Access so most shows are able to be watched.

DNR: Does not Restrict

So lets see:

  • Cops? Nope icon sad Dear United States: The Rest Of The World Wants To Watch TV Shows Free Online !
  • V?  CTV
  • Simpsons? Global
  • House? Global
  • American Dad? Global
  • Family Guy? Global
  • Cleveland show? Global
  • Heroes? Global
  • 24? Global
  • NCIS? Global
  • NCIS: LA? Global
  • Glee? Global
  • Kitchen Nightmares? Global
  • The Nature Of Things? CBC
  • Human Target? CTV
  • CSI (All versions)? CTV
  • 1000 Ways to die? Spike (DNR)
  • Colbert Report? CTV
  • Daily Show? CTV
  • TMZ? CTV
  • Whale Wars? Nope! (No free version online – iTunes only)
  • AETV? (DNR)
  • Discovery Channel (DNR)
  • History Channel? (DNR)
  • Discovery Channel? (DNR)
  • Comedy? (Redirect)

So most of my shows are online if I choose…but I have to hunt and peck since Hulu does not want to work with Canadian Networks.

Note: Canadian Networks that “host” the American TV shows are actually just bought for $2-3 million ea for usage, so technically it’s not a loophole but rather a make peace payment.

The unfortunate thing is most online steaming boxes (Boxee, Tivo, etc) while work in Canada, they do not know about the Canadian Networks so usually there nothing to watch.

Windows Media Center Online TV has no Canadian/Outside access AT ALL.

So while I can do some work a round’s I wonder how many shows Australians/Europeans watch online shows since well…there not Canada.

The real bad thing is though the Canadian ISP’s…NONE of them offer unlimited bandwidth (except for Yak but it’s limited to a few Providences ((AB/BC)).

I can get unlimited internet that way but 3MB/s its too slow.

So ya, in Canada it’s not easy, so I am envious of Americans who have high (I.E over 40GB/month) bandwidth caps.

While I don’t expect anything to change, I hope this will show just how uneasy it is incase you travel.

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