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Well, it has been a long time since I have posted here. I have been tossing around some ideas for things to post, but haven’t really wanted to do a lot of sharing lately. What do you want to see here?

So I had my first CT scan with the dye for contrast today. Well, the dye gives you a “hot flash”. I have to say, the sensation is very odd and I am glad that I don’t get those normally. Oh, and just in case you didn’t know, I really don’t like needles. The EKG wasn’t difficult until the sticky… Continue reading CT Scan

For some reason, I always forget the command to get to the graphical package manager in CentOS 6.2, so I wanted to share it with you for future reference. The installed graphical package manager is gpk-application

I was tired of having to type my password everytime my screen saver came on while I was using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Desktop. Unfortunately they don’t make this easy any longer. Here is what you will need to do to remove the screen saver lock. Open a terminal and enter this command: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.screensaver lock-enabled false The lock has… Continue reading Disable ScreenSaver Lock in Ubuntu 12.04

How to install Gnome Shell so you can use Gnome Classic instead of Unity Here’s how you can use Gnome Classic instead of Unity in Ubuntu 12.04: 1. Launch Synaptic. 2. Type in “gnome shell” without the quotes into the search box. 3. When you find Gnome Shell, right click, then click the Install button. 4. After the install is… Continue reading Use Gnome Classic in Ubuntu 12.04