Put Windows 7 taskbar icons in Windows Vista

As a windows7 user you may know about the large icon feature of this new OS. These settings almost look like Mepis Linux. And I love this setting. If you want to put such icon on your VISTA OS then you may use the following steps.

Tips: Use Your Bluetooth Phone For Internet Access in Ubuntu

If you have a Windows Mobile 6 phone’s and want to access internet through Ubuntu 8.10 box then here are the steps which will help you to get it.

First get these packages if their not already installed:

* bluez-utils
* bluetooth
* bluez-gnome
* bluez-hcidump

You might have to enable Bluetooth:

“System->Preferences->BlueTooth Preferences”. Set the mode on the devices tab to “Other devices can connect”. Under General, set the program to always show the BlueTooth systray applet.

Next turn on Bluetooth in your WM6 device, and set it to allow other devices to search and find it. then from your phone, add a new device and choose your computer from the list. You should get a popup in Ubuntu and from there its self explanatory.

Next from console run:

hcitool scan   (Write down the MAC address of your phone).
sudo nano /etc/default/bluetooth

Change or add the entries for PAND:

PAND_ENABLED=1
PAND_OPTIONS=”–role=PANU”

Save and close that file. Now in your home directory create these two bash scripts, these will enable and disable PAND

Filename: panup

#!/bin/bash
sudo pand –connect <your MAC here> -n
sleep 1
sudo ifup bnep0

Filename: pandown

#!/bin/bash
sudo ifdown bnep0
sudo pand -K

Give execute permission to these or full permission, doesn’t matter.

chmod 777 panup
chmod 777 pandown

We need to add a line to /etc/network/interfaces. Open that file with a text editor (as root) and add the following line to it near the end:

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

And add to the bottom of that:

iface bnep0 inet dhcp

Save that file, and restart X for good measure.. (CTRL + ALT + BACKSPACE)

Finally, start up the Internet Sharing on your phone and connect from your PC. Make sure you selected Bluetooth PAN instead of USB.

Goto where you saved those bash scripts we created and in console type:

./panup

If all went well you should connect!

ALWAYS shut it down after use..

./pandown

Here’s a quick note, if you open up Firefox and you get a working offline message, go to File, and uncheck Work Offline. That should fix it. Now this isn’t perfect, and i haven’t gotten other programs like Pidgin to work, but for basic Bluetooth over internet, it’s great!

Originally written by Ray Detwiler edited by me.

12 Sites Help You To Learn Web Graphics & Layout Using Photoshop

As I write earlier I want to release a WordPress Theme for that I am trying to learn web graphics through Photoshop. I surf several sites to get what I want. I am going to create a list to help you to save your time of searching. Here is the list:-

Washing machine sends messages to Twitter when the clothes are done…

I don’t know the name who actually hack it but I believe it will be good for net lover who most of the time spend time on Twitter. And if you have a mobile alert on twitter then you can get it in your mobile too. Here is the video:-

5 Essential Free Photoshop E-Books

As I plan to build my own WordPress Theme, I try to get as much free resource as I can which I can use without any bound. I know there are lot of site which actually giving away free books but most of them actually giving away copyrighted material which they don’t have the right to give away. But here is a list of books which is very good and is all free.

1. 25 ESSENTIAL Photoshop Moves Ebook

URL : 25 ESSENTIAL Photoshop Moves Ebook

Description: This is a collection of tools, tips and tutorials for the novice to the mid leveled Photoshopper.
In the book, the author has picked out 25 key tasks or tools that he would expect an experienced Photoshop user to know.

Note: Beware you do need to sign up for a newsletter to get this book (use a disposable email address).

2. Worth 1000 Photoshop Tricks

URL : Worth 1000 Photoshop Tricks (remember and wait 30secs)

Description : This is an amazing collection of 1000 Photoshop tutorials and techniques. Every designer must have it and it’s free.

Note : Here is another link to view the ebook on iPaper: Worth 1000 Photoshop Tricks (iPaper).

3. Photoshop Made Easy Free E-Book

URL : Photoshop Made Easy Free E-Book

Description : Photoshop Made Easy covers your basic Photoshop needs. This book is much more practical, useful and, by far, much easier to understand. A handy book for reference for all.

Note : You do need to sign up for a newsletter to get this book as well.

4. Adobe Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Short Cuts PDF

URL : Adobe Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Short Cuts PDF

Description : All shortcuts are organized into 4 pages, by menu and alphabetically. A must have download.

Note : Visit here for previous versions of Photoshop: Short Cuts for previous versions of Photoshop.

5. Official Photoshop CS4 Free Help Ebook

URL : Official Photoshop CS4 Free Help Ebook

Description : This 704 page ebook covers absolute everything about, as you would expect, Photoshop CS4. As far as help files go it is an easy read.

Note : The creator know much than others.

Top 12 Photoshop Tutorial Site

If you wanna learn photoshop and don’t able to find right site. Here is my list which might help you.

1. URL : PSDTUTS.
RSS : PSD Tuts RSS Feed.
Tutorial Number : 180+

How to Quickly Create a Stylish Retro Text Effect?

Step 1

Before getting started, you’ll have to download the font Sega from dafont and install it. Installation is quite simple, in the configuration panel you can find a folder called Fonts, simply paste the file there and then fire up Photoshop.

The first step is quite simple. Fill your original layer with black and rename it to “background.” Type out the text you want, preferably something more or less square, as shown below. Make sure that the text is adjusted towards the left. Right now you should have a layer with the background color and another layer with your text. In my example, I used 100pt text for the PSD part and 72pt text for the tuts part to make the width match.

How to create a T-shirt from scratch – tutorial

I had a little emptiness of inspiration in last days and my friend suggested me to write such tutorial. Firstly it was concentrated just on torn typo, but later I thought- hey! Why not to create whole shirt? It isn’t a big problem for me. My main rival is just a time. But giving a half hour each day for tut is possible. And here it is. Tutorial about making shirt and torn typo/logo on it from scratch. Maybe I’m repeating myself but… All You need is just photoshop.

Step 1
It’s good to start Your work from background. If You do so, You will later see if Your shirt is too dark or too bright and You will pick a right shadow for Your main object. If You start with dark background, try to finish with dark background.

CoffeeCup: Educational Software Package

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