http://wlmtips.com A tip a day... Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:00:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Why on earth would you want to invert your colors on your Mac? Well, what if you're on an airplane, it's a night flight and you're looking at something that has a lot of white space. You might be able to decrease the brightness on your screen, but sometimes that ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/30/how-to-invert-colors-on-your-screen-mac-monday/ Changing your icons allows you to change the look and feel of your system. It mainly changes the standard icons to something new. The first place to look for icons would be gnome-look.org. Click icon on the left. Or just click here. Search around for something that you like. I like to ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/27/how-to-install-new-icons-in-ubuntu-linux-friday/ When Microsoft first released Windows Vista, there was talk of fading out XP.  As word got out about the problems with Vista, some people decided to stay with XP for a little while longer.  Microsoft heard such and uproar about fading out XP that they decided to push back the ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/25/microsoft-to-stop-selling-xp-windows-wednesday/ If you are used to using Windows, you probably have a favorite font.  Even if you use Open Office, you still need to have Microsoft fonts installed so that when you open documents created in Word they will look right. Also, most web pages are created with Microsoft fonts in mind. ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/20/install-microsoft-fonts-in-ubuntu-linux-friday/ Recently Michael and I have added some websites to our blogroll we want you to be aware of.  Here is a quick preview of what you will get when you visit these sites: MakeUseOf focuses on web applications and useful website.  Also, from time to time they will discuss useful software ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/19/wlm-tips-blogroll-update-user-input-poll/ If you have used Windows for more than a few days you have probably noticed that as you install more software your computer begins to get slower, especially when you first log into Windows. On most computers this is because you have lots of programs trying to start up every time ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/18/speedup-your-startup-windows-wednesday/ Starting later today (June 17, 2008) Firefox 3 will be available for download.  To celebrate the release of their new browser, Mozilla (the makers of Firefox) is throwing a party. Join millions of other Firefox fans for Download Day 2008.  On this day Mozilla is hoping to set a Guinness World ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/17/download-firefox-3-today-download-day-2008/ If you have ever used a Linux system you probably have seen the boot up text (aka verbose mode). The boot up text can be quite informative if you're having hardware or system problems when you boot up. Or the boot up text can look kinda cool and make you ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/16/how-to-see-boot-up-text-mac-monday/ Almost all new processors have the ability to scale down their frequencies.  With laptops this allows you to save a ton of battery life.  Read my previous post on how to save battery life in Linux. With desktops (and laptops), scaling the CPU frequency will not only save you money on ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/13/enable-cpu-scaling-in-ubuntu-linux-friday/ Ever left your computer alone for 5 minutes to come back and realize it crashed and restarted itself? Here's a quick guide on how to keep a log of your shutdowns. Logging will give you a time and reason for your crash/unplanned shutdown so hopefully you can fix the problem. Step 1: ... http://wlmtips.com/2008/06/11/keep-a-log-of-when-and-why-your-computer-shutdown-windows-wednesday/