Check it out I just finished my second rewrite of lightdm-webkit-material and I have to say, it looks gorgeous. If your looking for a material theme, look no further. It offers a load of features and has been as polished as I can make it. It’s written entirely in react to make sure it has an as clean as possible… Read more →
Author: Ayrton Sparling
Getting the Atom Numix icon on Atom Git
I recently installed atom-editor-git to resolve some issues I was having with atom-editor. These included flashing panes (most notably the minimap plugin) and text artifacts. But sadly… my Numix icon disappeared. In order to solve this, you must edit the /usr/share/applications/atom-git.desktop. In the /usr/share/applications/atom-git.desktop file change the Icon field from atom-git to atom and add the StartupWMClass=atom field. Your file… Read more →
Eww… ES6/CoffeeScript/ES2015/Harmony/TypeScript
That fact that it has so many names should be enough to inform anyone that ES2015 is grossly over complicated. I enjoyed learning JavaScript because it was so easy to learn. Now they are trying to convert it from a web language to a hardcore programming language like C#. So… I don’t like ES2015 and I’m not the only one. The… Read more →
Opening more than 5 ports on a Technicolor TC8715D router/modem
Bothered that your router only allows you to open 5 ports. Well, with this simple hack that shall be no more! Keep in mind, if you want to open all ports to a specific PC/Server, you can make it a DMZ in the settings. Navigate to the port forwarding page at http://192.168.0.1/port_forwarding.asp. You’ll notice that if you create 5 services,… Read more →
Finally, a bias random number generator
I did some googling trying to find a bias or weighted random number generator written in JavaScript but I couldn’t find anything… :( So I made one :D My bias random number generator is based off of this one and this is mine: function randomNumBias(min, max, bias, influence) { var random = Math.random() * (max – min) + min; var difference… Read more →
The Perfect Arch Linux Server
Summary The following is a list of software I would choose when looking to make a Arch Linux server to perform any task. Most of them I have already used or am currently using. Read more →
Awesome phone wallpaper
First of all, I have only ever had an Android so this will only apply to Android phones. Install the app Firstly go ahead and grab this collection of drawn scenery that I use for my backgrounds, mostly with anime undertones. Put all those in a folder on your phone. Next download the wallpaper changer app located on the play… Read more →
Remove windows 10 login background
Straight up stole this from http://winaero.com/blog/disable-logon-screen-background-image-in-windows-10-without-using-third-party-tools/. Just took it and made it into a .reg file. Download and run disable-windows-login-bg.reg. This will change the regestry key DisableLogonBackgroundImage under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System from “DisableLogonBackgroundImage”=dword:00000000 to “DisableLogonBackgroundImage”=dword:00000001 You should end up with this, a solid background depending on your accent color: Read more →
Removing bizigames adware
Computer starts up and goes to bizigames.org? I spent some time looking for a fix and every removal guide I found wanted me to download some kind of antivirus. Well I finally found a fix by just editing the registry. First open the registry and then navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. Then delete the REG_SZ named CMD. The data field should have something… Read more →
The ultimate x265/HEVC encoding script: h265ize
If you have tons of movies or shows and are starting to run out of space while your dual socket Xeon or Opteron barely flinches when encoding/decoding x264 videos. You my friend need your videos in h265, say hello to h265ize. But… before you say “Alright, lets start encoding!”, lets go over a few things first. Who is HEVC/x265 for? Someone with… Read more →