Comments for arungoodboy's twisted circle http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com I love science and nature. And reading. Avowed atheist/sceptic. That's it. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:33:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Quick shell script to randomly change wallpapers by davcs86 http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2006/12/27/quick-shell-script-to-randomly-change-wallpapers/#comment-1867 davcs86 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:33:56 +0000 http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2006/12/27/quick-shell-script-to-randomly-change-wallpapers/#comment-1867 Here's an alternative code, enjoy :) #!/bin/bash # script: background_updater.sh - bash version # version 2009.7.12 # description: randomly replace gnome background with one from a directory # credits: David Castillo Sanchez [mailto:davcs86@gmail.com] # Notes: Compatible with Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope, Linux 2.6.28-13 generic bg_path=/home/desktopimages extensions="jpg png gif jpeg" temp_bg_list=/tmp/bg_to_changelist rm -f $temp_bg_list for extension in $extensions do find $bg_path -iregex ".*.$extension" >> "$temp_bg_list" done cnt=`wc -l "$temp_bg_list" | cut -f1 -d" "` con=`date +%s` all_bgs=$((con % cnt)); selected_bg=`head -n$all_bgs "$temp_bg_list" | tail -n1` logger "Changed desktop to: $selected_bg" gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "$selected_bg" exit 0 Here’s an alternative code, enjoy :)

#!/bin/bash
# script: background_updater.sh – bash version
# version 2009.7.12
# description: randomly replace gnome background with one from a directory
# credits: David Castillo Sanchez [mailto:davcs86@gmail.com]
# Notes: Compatible with Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope, Linux 2.6.28-13 generic

bg_path=/home/desktopimages
extensions=”jpg png gif jpeg”
temp_bg_list=/tmp/bg_to_changelist

rm -f $temp_bg_list

for extension in $extensions
do
find $bg_path -iregex “.*.$extension” >> “$temp_bg_list”
done

cnt=`wc -l “$temp_bg_list” | cut -f1 -d” “`
con=`date +%s`
all_bgs=$((con % cnt));
selected_bg=`head -n$all_bgs “$temp_bg_list” | tail -n1`

logger “Changed desktop to: $selected_bg”

gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename “$selected_bg”
exit 0

]]> Comment on My current favourite windowmanager: Ion3 by Phrenetical http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/my-current-favourite-windowmanager-ion3/#comment-1863 Phrenetical Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:37:40 +0000 http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/my-current-favourite-windowmanager-ion3/#comment-1863 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Phrenetical!! Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Phrenetical!!

]]> Comment on My current favourite windowmanager: Ion3 by Joshu http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/my-current-favourite-windowmanager-ion3/#comment-1799 Joshu Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:17:45 +0000 http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/04/04/my-current-favourite-windowmanager-ion3/#comment-1799 Ion is, for sure, my favourite WM. Its really fast, and its way more flexible then DWM, its less buggy and generally smarter then WMII, and more attractive then Ratpoison. /love Ion is, for sure, my favourite WM. Its really fast, and its way more flexible then DWM, its less buggy and generally smarter then WMII, and more attractive then Ratpoison. /love

]]> Comment on Managing my mess of bookmarks (Part II) by arungoodboy http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/managing-my-mess-of-bookmarks-part-ii/#comment-1338 arungoodboy Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:39:00 +0000 http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/managing-my-mess-of-bookmarks-part-ii/#comment-1338 yes, furl is pretty neat, but I just seemed to find myself using blinklist more and more over time :) Across non-firefox browsers, I think the best bet is one of the online bookmarking sites. You have a personal website don't you? Maybe you could try maintaining a bookmarks.html there, and possibly doing a diff at regular intervals with the local copies, and sync'ing them up whenever a change is noticed..? (something like that, this is just off the top of my head) yes, furl is pretty neat, but I just seemed to find myself using blinklist more and more over time :)
Across non-firefox browsers, I think the best bet is one of the online bookmarking sites. You have a personal website don’t you? Maybe you could try maintaining a bookmarks.html there, and possibly doing a diff at regular intervals with the local copies, and sync’ing them up whenever a change is noticed..? (something like that, this is just off the top of my head)

]]> Comment on Managing my mess of bookmarks (Part II) by natasha http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/managing-my-mess-of-bookmarks-part-ii/#comment-1337 natasha Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:22:05 +0000 http://arungoodboy.wordpress.com/2007/01/02/managing-my-mess-of-bookmarks-part-ii/#comment-1337 oh, and im on gnome, so I tried epiphany before konquerer... oh, and im on gnome, so I tried epiphany before konquerer…

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