computing club notes
2-8-08

tips to pimp out your laptop
-read dig.com (easier) or slashdot.org (more techie) to pick up other neat
  tricks like this

-google-gmail, calendar, and reader
     --reader--like an rss feed-whenever a site is updated, it sends a snippet
               as sites are updated, good for stats journals too
     --notebook	       
     --gmail is nice to use for all of your mail--go to google help, outgoing
        mail
     --shortcuts/hotkeys-- hit question mark in gmail and the shortcuts come up

-which school wireless network to use--jhsphsec or new year

-webmail (i.e. jhsph email) is slow, instead use thunderbird, others

-mozilla firefox-
      -search keywords--allows you to search sites without going to the site
                      --to set up, go to site, right click on that search bar,
		        select ``add a keyword''
      -hit ctrl-L to get to the address bar

-for macs user--quicksilver, or for windows use launchy
      -these are useful to open files, these will make your search
	quicker by showing which files match the what you type

-google desktop ctrl-ctrl does something similar, but searches within files
         -you won't need your icons or start menu anymore

-to get rid of or change start menu, right click on it and play with the 
  options

-to install linux in windows in a minimal way, use wubi-runs like an
 application in windows, you have to reboot your computer to get to
 linux once you have it installed
-if you want to install it (not in just a minimal way), talk to matt

-switching tasks on pc, use alt-tab--unsatisfactory without task switch xp
     -task switch xp will give you a mini screen shot of what each task is

-virtual desktops
     -multiple desktops on macs (if you don't have leopard)--virtue desktop 
      lets you switch to a different desktop--like having multiple computers to
      work on
     -windows equivalent--top desk

-windows computers--autoruns, an executable, shows you all the
 programs that starts up when your computer starts up--uncheck
 everything that you don't want running at startup
        --proc exp--shows you what programs are running when windows is running
	          --will google programs, show you what they do and if they're 
		    important
	-get a registry cleaner--called a c cleaner
	     --keeps windows from trying to run programs that aren't there
-how to turn off autorun from everything--google search it 
        -for a particular device, plug it in, click properties and tell it not
	 to autorun for that device
-best kit to find rootkits-avg, lots of antivirus type stuff

-bootcamp-lets you run windows vista on macs

.bashrc
.Rprof
.emacs
-check these out in profs enigma folders
-these will contain aliases, i.e. using -e to open enigma

-to get bash on windows, cygwin or services for unix

-if you have a cellphone that you can get internet on, you can use it as a 
     modem for your computer
     -easiest way to do this on a pc is dataconnect--you can get internet on 
      your laptop anywhere through your cell phone

-bugmenot website--right click where sites ask for username to log onto sites
      -go to bugmenot to get a username
      -for mozilla it's an add-on
-use mailinator to get email without filling out long form

-if you register somewhere, use your name+___@gmail.com and it will come to 
    name@gmail.com, you can set up a filter to filter these out