Eddie's Tech Notes

http://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/change-the-ubuntu-12-04-login-screen-using-ubuntu-tweak/ Slidewall: https://launchpad.net/slidewall http://www.webupd8.org/2012/08/use-wallpaper-clocks-live-earth.html http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpaperclocks/ http://askubuntu.com/questions/134252/is-there-any-alternative-for-windows-gadgets-in-ubuntu

Step 1. Open the Diskpart application by either typing in "Diskpart" (without the quotation marks) into the search, or type "Diskpart.exe" into Run by pressing the Windows key + R. Step 2. Now with Diskpart open, you must enter the following command lines: I. Type "list disk" without the quotation marks and press enter. II. Type in "select disk 0" and press enter. III. Then type in "list partition" and press enter. IV. Then type in "select partition x" x=the recovery partition you wish to delete (i believe it's 1, i dont recall) replace x with the recovery partition number and press enter. V. Then finally type in "delete partition override" and press enter. Reference

http://psung.blogspot.com/2011/09/network-audio-with-pulseaudio-made.html Play octoshape stream with firefox under http_proxy http_proxy=[ [http_proxy_server]] octoshape/OctoshapeClient | PULSE_SERVER=localhost:[[pulse_server_port]] firefox

Increase the heights of top and bottom panels  Install dconf-tools Start dconf-editor. Find the setting org -> gnome -> gnome-panel -> layout -> toplevels. Change the "size" attribute of the bottom-panel and top-panel. Do meta (window) + alt + right click on top panel to add the following applets. "Clock" that can show both day/time and weather "Notification Area" that can show the gcin status. "Indicator Applet" that can show the status of various things such as battery and wifi.

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2769061/how-to-erase-the-file-contents-of-text-file-in-python-and-c http://stackoverflow.com/questions/220525/ensuring-a-single-instance-of-an-application-in-linux