I’ve never had a shortage of RROD Xbox 360s so when I needed to raise my monitor up a few inches, I had the perfect thing. Since my desk shares a wall with the utility room, I decided to move the tower in there and ran some extra long USB/Video/Speaker/etc. cables through the wall. This…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Dual docks in elementary OS
Update: this tutorial is still valid for systems that don’t change monitors frequently, but if your system has frequent monitor changes, check out this post: https://heathpaddock.com/?p=854 When using two monitors in elementary OS the dock only shows on one monitor. I prefer to have it shown on both monitors. Here’s how it’s done: Open…
Hacking a Boxee Box remote to work with a PC/Mac
I’ve had a Boxee Box for a few years and while it has served it’s purpose, it’s definitely on it’s last leg. However the remote is a work of genius and I thought I’d see if I could salvage it. If you crack open the case, you’ll find a board holding both the WiFi card…
New features in super-wingpanel
There have been a number of new features added to super-wingpanel recently. You’ll need to add the unstable repository to get these new features: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:heathbar/super-wingpanel-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install super-wingpanel Global Menus Thanks to +Francisco Javier Delgado del Hoyo for adding global menus. To enable global menus, you’ll need to do…
Charging an iPad Air in Linux
The Backstory Today I plugged my iPad Air into my MacBook Pro (running Linux of course), but was promptly disappointed to notice the “Not Charging” message on the iPad. A friend suggested that the iPad would charge if the screen was turned off–and indeed it did–albeit very slowly. This behavior is a result of the USB…