Monthly Archives: March 2008

How to disable that annoying startup sound on your Mac.

Does anyone know why every operating system needs an annoying startup sound? My guess is it is included to scare the crap out of the cat. I could be wrong. Anyways here is how you get rid of it on your Mac.

[…]

Everex debuts a tiny Linux PC. Mac mini watch out.

I’ll admit. I was a little late to the show on this one. Apparently Everex, you know those guys selling PCs at Wallmart, has announced a Mac Mini competitor. Who knew? Too bad I hate Mallfart. Anyway, beside my opinon of Walmart, read on to see the specs.

[…]

10 sites that deliver disposable and temporary email addresses

The best reason I can come up with for a disposable and temporary email address is so that you can sign up on a website without having to worry about all the spam email they are going to send you. And don’t forget all the other spam after they sell your address to other companies/spammers. (I have so many products to make me bigger, that I need new pants.) Some other benefits of temporary email are…

No sign up and/or registration
Automatic expiration date i.e. (10 minutes – 3 months)
Message forwarding to your real email address

[…]

How to kill a non responsive application in Ubuntu.

This is a pretty easy tip:

Hit Alt + F2
When the run box shows up enter xkill.
You cursor will turn to a skull and bones. Simply click on the application you want to kill.