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Contributed Hacks [All Available Hacks]

Disable Annoying Networking Balloon Tips in XP
Windows XP frequently displays annoying balloon tips in the task bar when network connection/disconnection events occur. For advanced users who can understand the net-notification icons (and their status) on the taskbar, this hack prevents the distracting balloon tip messages from displaying whenever a network connection/disconnect message occurs.
Contributed by: mwstone
[12/30/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Using NumLockX for Xsessions
Starting your Xsession with NumLock on.
Contributed by: jevo
[12/27/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Fast suspend-to-disk reboots
Decrease load-time of applications when rebooting a laptop that has been suspended to disk
Contributed by: Youssef.Hmamouche
[12/21/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
SuperJump on Lockout/Zanzibar
Get on top of the tower on Lockout and on the fan on Zanzibar.
Contributed by: sevospartan
[12/20/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
WSJ Hedcuts Search
Search Wall Street Journal hedcuts for famous people via images.google.com. For example: Steve Jobs.
Contributed by: Sid Steward
[12/20/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Sword Stick
Stick enemies using a sword lung.
Contributed by: sevospartan
[12/20/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Auto Laptop Shutdown
A script for cron to automagicly shutdown your laptop when the battery gets too low.
Contributed by: destryjaimes
[12/20/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Google free proxy!
Access restricted web sites using Google language tools service as a proxy.
Contributed by: bigthistle
[12/20/05 | Discuss (11) | Link to this hack]
 
Command Line Battery Monitor
Colorfuly display your ACPI battery status in the command line with a dynamicaly changing $PS1.
Contributed by: destryjaimes
[12/19/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Phoogle Maps
Simple PHP class that lets you display Google Maps on your website
Contributed by: system7designs
[12/14/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Recharge Devices via USB
From a PCWorld.com article about batteries: You can recharge any device that comes with an internal rechargeable battery and a USB port by connecting it to a powered USB hub, whether in your PC or a stand-alone device. USB cables are easier to carry around than the bulky "wall wart" AC power adapters that accompany most portable devices. Cell phone makers often provide USB cables as an accessory.
Contributed by: Sid Steward
[11/03/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Dual Boot Knoppix with Loadlin 1.6c

I dual boot Knoppix 3.4 with Windows95 using loadlin1.6c as a bootloader.(It's actually a triple boot as I also have a Peanut Linux 8.4 install on my second hard drive.)

Contributed by: jjflash53
[10/17/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Serve Paid Content to Search Engines and Freeloaders as Babel
Here's a working example and PHP script for randomizing web page text in-place. The result scans well and indexes well, but it doesn't give the story away. I think this would be a good technique for interfacing paid content with the free web. Certainly better than following search engine hits into 'access denied' pages.
Contributed by: Sid Steward
[10/04/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Creating your own browser title in Mozilla Firefox
Ever wondered how you can change the text in the blue bar at the top of your Firefox browser? Read on to find out how...
Contributed by: aj0211
[09/17/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
Get a clustered view of a country or US state in Google News
Google News allows you to search for news originating from a perticular geographic location, but frequently the results of these searches are not 'clustered' like the results in the default categories.
Contributed by: Michael Bernstein
[09/04/05 | Discuss (0) | Link to this hack]
 
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