Ghostery

Protect your privacy. See who’s tracking your web browsing with Ghostery.

Basically what Ghostery does is it detects trackers, web bugs, pixels, and beacons placed on web pages by Facebook, Google Analytics, and over 500 other ad networks and blocks them.

ScriptNo

 Regain control of the web and surf more securely.

ScriptNo is very much like the famous NoScript for Firefox. In my opinion, it is the best plugin of that kind for Google Chrome.

AdBlock

AdBlock for Chrome!  Block all advertisements on all web pages, even Facebook, Youtube, and Hulu.

The best way to block ads.

Youtube Options

YouTube Options: disable ads, annotations, and auto-play; change resolution, display size, optional flash pre-buffering, looping/replay, SSL; download all available versions of the media (this will require installing the full version from the developers website).

If you often watch Youtube videos, you should get this extension.

Better Pop Up Blocker

Improves the Google Chrome pop up blocker by blocking pop up windows opened by javascript & other annoyances that it misses.

This will block all the annoying pop up windows.

Here is the link: http://black-pixel.net/serving-cgi-scripts-with-nginx-on-centos-6.html

I also presuppose that you have a working Postfix configuration.

The first step is to install Mailman.

yum install mailman

Next you have to edit your /usr/lib/mailman/Mailman/Defaults.py and change the DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN.

DEFAULT_URL_PATTERN = 'http://%s/mailman/cgi-bin/'

This is the same hierarchy as in the directory at /usr/lib.

Next download this script: http://black-pixel.net/stuff/postfix-to-mailman.tar

Extract the postfix-to-mailman.py into the folder /usr/lib/mailman/bin/.

As a next step, you’ll have to create a Nginx configuration.

vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/lists.example.conf

Add the following lines and adjust you domain:

server {
    server_name  lists.exmaple.com;                   # your domain name

        location /mailman/cgi-bin {
               root /usr/lib;
               fastcgi_split_path_info (^/mailman/cgi-bin/[^/]*)(.*)$;
               include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
               fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
               fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
               fastcgi_param PATH_TRANSLATED $document_root$fastcgi_path_info;
               fastcgi_intercept_errors on;
               fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
        }

        location /images/mailman {
               alias /usr/share/images/mailman;
        }

        location /pipermail {
               alias /var/lib/mailman/archives/public;
               autoindex on;
        }
}

That’s it for Nginx, don’t forget to restart it.

The last thing we have to take care of is the Postfix configuration.

postconf -e 'relay_domains = lists.example.com'
postconf -e 'mailman_destination_recipient_limit = 1'

Make sure your local IPv6 adress is at mydestinations = in your main.cf because mailman seems to use it for sending mails.

mydestinations = 127.0.0.1/8, [::1]/128

Next edit the master.cf file and add the following to the bottom:

mailman   unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=FR user=list(i used mailman) argv=/usr/lib/mailman/bin/postfix-to-mailman.py
  ${nexthop} ${user}

Now we need a transport map:

postconf -e 'transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport'

Edit the new transport file and add the following line:

lists.example.com mailman:

After that:

postmap -v /etc/postfix/transport
service postfix restart

You’re nearly done, add the defaul mailing list called mailman:

/usr/lib/mailman/bin/newlist --urlhost=lists.example.com --emailhost=lists.example.com mailman

Edit your aliases file as told and execute newaliases and postfix restart.

Now you can do the same for any mailing list you want to create.

After that start Mailman and add it to chkconfig.

service mailman start
chkconfig –levels 2345 mailman on

You can access the Mailman list page at lists.example.com/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo.

If you have any problems feel free to write a comment and I will try to help you asap. I’m not 100 percent sure if I’ve written everything necessary as I had to tweak around a lot to make it work.

As there’s no fcgiwrap package for CentOS 6.0, you must build it yourself. First install some prerequisites:

yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'

yum install fcgi-devel

Now you can build fcgiwrap:

cd /usr/local/src/
git clone git://github.com/gnosek/fcgiwrap.git
cd fcgiwrap
autoreconf -i
./configure
make
make install

This installs fcgiwrap to /usr/local/sbin/fcgiwrap.

1a:

Install the spawn-fcgi package which allows you to run fcgiwrap as a daemon:

yum install spawn-fcgi

1b:

If you are already using spawn-fcgi for php, copy the init.d script and sysconfig of spawn-fcgi

cp -R /etc/init.d/spawn-fcgi /etc/init.d/spawn-fcgi2

cp -R /etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi /etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi2

Next change the following lines in your spawn-fcgi2 file in /etc/init.d/ to look like this:

prog="spawn-fcgi2"

config="/etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi2"

Then modify your new spawn-fcgi configuration in /etc/sysconfig/to look like this:

FCGI_SOCKET=/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket
FCGI_PROGRAM=/usr/local/sbin/fcgiwrap
FCGI_USER=nginx
FCGI_GROUP=nginx
FCGI_EXTRA_OPTIONS="-M 0700"
OPTIONS="-u $FCGI_USER -g $FCGI_GROUP -s $FCGI_SOCKET -S $FCGI_EXTRA_OPTIONS -F 1 -P /var/run/spawn-fcgi.pid -- $FCGI_PROGRAM"

Now you can start it like any other service. Don’t forget to add it to chkconfig via chkconfig –levels 2345 spawn-fcgi on.

The last thing you need to do is to write the nginx configuration.

location /cgi-bin/ {
gzip off;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}

If you want to user another method, visit http://www.howtoforge.com/serving-cgi-scripts-with-nginx-on-debian-squeeze-ubuntu-11.04.

If you haven’t already done it, you have to set up the EPEL repository.

For 32bit:

rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm

For 64bit:

rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-5.noarch.rpm

Next install Nginx and spawn-fcgi, I assume you have already installed PHP and all the modules you need.

yum install nginx spawn-fcgi

Now it’s time for the spawn-fcgi configuration. The config should be at /etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi.

vim /etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi

# You must set some working options before the "spawn-fcgi" service will work.
# If SOCKET points to a file, then this file is cleaned up by the init script.
#
# See spawn-fcgi(1) for all possible options.
#
# Example :
#SOCKET=/var/run/php-fcgi.sock
OPTIONS="-a 127.0.0.1 -p 9000 -u nginx -g nginx -C 32 -F 1 -P /var/run/spawn-fcgi.pid -- /usr/bin/php-cgi"

It’s very important that you remember the port, you’ll have to set the same in the nginx configuration. You should also use the same username and group as nginx.
To play it safe, make sure the following line is not commented in the file /etc/init.d/spawn-fcgi:

config="/etc/sysconfig/spawn-fcgi"

Now let’s make sure that spawn-fcgi and nginx automatically start after a reboot.

chkconfig --level 2345 nginx on
chkconfig --level 2345 spawn-fcgi on

For more information about chkconfig check this site: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-services-chkconfig.html

Next up we have to fix a folder permission. The group of the session cookies folder, the address can be found in the php.ini (session.save_path = “/var/lib/php/session”). The folder group has to be changed from apache to whatever you use, e. g. nginx. You should check this after every php update.

As a last step, just add the following line to the /etc/nginx.conf and/or your custom domain configuration in /etc/nginx/conf.d/yourdomain.conf.

location ~ \.php$ {
                include        fastcgi_params;
                fastcgi_pass   localhost:9000;
                fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        }

You should also make some additional changes in your configuration. I’m going to make another post about some of the settings.

The official wiki is always a good source for help: http://wiki.nginx.org/Configuration

The app has been developed by Mark Powell who works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA.

When you start the app, you may have to wait a while until the first pictures have been loaded. If you get an error message, just close the app and start it again.

Now you can see a lot of images, named after the related camera. (Hazcam and Pancam)

The newest images appear on the top. If you want to load older ones, just scroll down. Below the name of the image, you can see when the picture was taken. The date is displayed in Sols.

Once you’ve selected an image, you’ll get a little preview on the right. Select it to see the picture. You can zoom in, share the picture and there is also a 3D mode. You will need 3D red cyan glasses to see them in 3D.

This is how everything looks like:

The official  homepage is: http://www.powellware.com/Mars_Images/Mars_Images_Home.html

Android market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.powellware.marsimages

So the first thing you have to do is to flash the GPU with a BIOS that has no such lock.

Warning: This can damage your GPU and render it useless.

You will need a way to boot into a DOS. I’ve already posted a tutorial on how to set up a bootable pen drive with FreeDOS. You can find it here.

To flash you GPU you need a tool called ATI Flash:

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/2040/ATIFlash%203.89.html

Put the atiflash.exe onto your pen drive.

As already mentioned before, you’ll also need an appropriate BIOS. This Asus BIOS worked well for me:

http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/58225/Asus.HD5850.1024.090925.html

Choose a shorter name for the file (you’ll have to type it in later) and then also put it onto the pen drive.

The last thing you need on your pen drive is a backup of your current BIOS. You can create one with GPU-Z.

Now with all three files on your pen drive, reboot your PC and set the BIOS to boot from your pen drive.

One thing that will help you a lot in case of a failure is to note down every step you have to make to flash the BIOS so you can do it blindly if you graphics card won’t work after the flashing. This way you can reflash you backup easily.

So once you’ve booted into freeDOS, type atiflash -f -p 0 thenameyouchose.bin

This will flash your graphics card with the selected BIOS.

Now reboot and if your graphics card still works you can start overclocking. You will notice that you can set all the values in MSI Afterburner freely now.

You can download QTTabBar from the official homepage:  http://qttabbar.sourceforge.net/

After installing it, your Explorer window should look like this:

If you right-click your Tab, you can see some extra functions:

Most of the things here should be self explanatory. Groups are very nice. You can create groups and add folders to them. Now you can click on the star on the left and select one of your groups, this will open all of the groups folders in separate tabs.

You will also notice a little arrow pointing down when you move your mouse over a folder, if you click on that, a drop down menu will show you all the folders and files located inside of it and you can then jump directly to where you want.

You can also just move any folder to your tab bar and it will appear as a new tab.

Like I’ve already said, there are lot’s of feature you can discover, just play a little around with it.

You can download it from http://www.dexpot.de/index.php?lang=en.

First of all, one thing I really appreciate about this program is that it allows you to copy windows to every workspace, so for example if you are using two monitors like me and want to have a video on one of the monitors all the time, you can simple “copy” it to every virtual desktop.

Dexpot has a lot of functions and as far as I see it, it can do everything the workspaces in Linux do and maybe even more. I’ll just quote some stuff from the homepage and add some screenshots so you can see how it looks.

Dexgrid

Activate in ‘Settings • Plugins and Extras’.

This plugin adds a grid layout to your desktops.

• Animation during desktop switching
• Switch left, right, up or down in the grid
• Copy or move a window left, right, up or down in the grid

Screens:

2 Monitors

1 Monitor

Taskbar Pager

Activate in ‘Settings • Plugins and Extras’.

This plugin integrates a pager similar to the “Desktop Preview” directly into the Windows taskbar.

• Switch desktops with a single click
• Drag & Drop a window to another desktop
• To copy a window, drag it while holding the Ctrl key

Dexcube

Activate in ‘Settings • Plugins and Extras’.

Dexcube offers 3D transition effects.
In order to use Dexcube, you need DirectX 9 (pre-installed since Windows XP).

Possible transition effects:

• Cube
• Breakfast plate
• Wall
• Filmstrip

Change the zoom settings in order to get more effect variations.

Tip:

Press Ctrl+Alt and Up-arrow. Keep Ctrl+Alt pressed, additionally press Right-arrow or Left-arrow to rotate the cube.

Official Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSQiYmzU_QA

And there is a lot more!  http://www.dexpot.de/index.php?id=produkt

I hope you like it as much as I do. If you have questions or want me to test something or just want to tell your opinion, feel free to write a comment.

First of all you have to download Sandboxie. The free version should be enough.

http://www.sandboxie.com/

Your first step in Sandboxie is to create a new sandbox (I called it origin).

Next, select Configure from the menu and click on Edit Configuration.

In the now opened Sandbox.ini add at the bottom of the file under the [origin] category:

OpenFilePath=C:\
OpenFilePath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\
OpenFilePath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\
OpenFilePath=C:\Users\Username\Documents\Battlefield 3\
OpenFilePath=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Origin
OpenFilePath=C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Origin
OpenFilePath=C:\Program Files (x86)\SRWare Iron\

The paths might differ from your installation so you have to check them. In this case I am using SRWare Iron as Browser for BF3, you have to run the Browser you want to use for the Battlelog in a sandbox, else the BF3.exe might crash.
Underneath this, you can add all the folders you want Origin to not access.
For example:

ClosedFilePath=Z:\
ClosedFilePath=X:\
ClosedFilePath=G:\
ClosedFilePath=C:\foobar2000\
ClosedFilePath=C:\LaTeX\
ClosedFilePath=C:\MinGW\
ClosedFilePath=C:\Python27\
ClosedFilePath=C:\ProgramData\Adobe\
ClosedFilePath=C:\ProgramData\BOINC\
ClosedFilePath=C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\

etc.

A fast way to do this is to go to the Folder (for example C:\Program Files (x86)) and click on the icon before the folder path:

Next replace it with cmd and press enter:

Now a console window is open, type dir /d and press enter.

Now you will see all the folders, you just have to copy them and replace the brackets.

Attention!
Do not Close the File Path for folders you opened at the beginning, in this case:

C:\
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Users\Username\Documents\
C:\Users\Username\AppData\

Attention 64bit Users! To prevent random crashes, block access to the IGO32.dll

ClosedFilePath=C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin\IGO32.dll

Remember that you have to start the Browser and Origin in the Sandbox. You can let them always start in a Sandbox by adding this to the Sandbox.ini file:

This only works for the purchased version of Sandboxie.

ForceProcess=bf3.exe
ForceProcess=origin.exe
ForceFolder=C:\Program Files (x86)\SRWare Iron

Here are two links that helped me:

http://www.sandboxie.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=11767

http://bf3blog.com/forum/topic/how-to-make-origin-stay-away-from-the-rest-of-your-computer

If you have questions or problems, feel free to write a comment, I’m  happy to help you.

To fix this, first open /etc/default/grub with your favourite editor.

sudo vim /etc/default/grub

Find the line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

and change it to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="i8042.nopnp"

Now update grub and reboot.

sudo update-grub

sudo shutdown -r now