Compiz Fusion: A Quick Demonstration

This is a demonstration of the Git version of Compiz Fusion (formerly known as compcomm), which is the remerge of beryl and compiz, and some of its interesting features. Pretty cool plugins for Linux Ubuntu.

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Angry Consumers Fight Back on the Web

It used to be, if you were unhappy with a product, you’d write a letter to the company and hope for a response back, maybe even a few coupons.

Today, there’s a whole new way to express your dissatisfaction: It involves a camcorder and the Internet … and the potential to damage a business with a single upload.

Google Earth flight simulator

Hidden inside Google Earth is a secret Flight Simulator that takes full advantage of Google’s extensive satellite imagery.

To access the hidden feature, open Google Earth and hit Command+Option+A (note it must be capital A) or Ctrl+Alt+A if you’re using a Windows Machine.

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Disable Windows Vista Indexing Service

Indexes contents and properties of files on local and remote computers; provides rapid access to files through flexible querying language. What did you just say?

Geek translation: If you don’t do a million file searches in Windows Vista you can turn this off for a overall speed boost.

Double-click this icon on your desktop:

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This window opens…

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Right-click your hard drive and click “Properties”. This window now opens…

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Un-check the box “Index this drive for faster file searching” and click “OK”. This window now opens…

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Click “Apply changes to drive (Your drive name here), subfolders and files” and click “Ok”.

During the process you might see an error like this…

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Do not panic, this is a normal error and Windows Vista is fine. If you see this error just click “Ignore All”.

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