Thunar is one of the best graphical file managers I've used, and I say that even while I own a Directory Opus license for Windows. I have some minor quibbles like very sparsely populated default actions on files and folders, but the biggest flaw is doubtless that the breadcrumb navigation doesn't feature all of the regular folder interactions. In any case, in this blog post I intend to show how I improve on both Thunar and GNOME Search in one fell swoop. I'll start with a screenshot of the desired end result. You right click on a folder, and you're presented with the option to search for files in it. My context menu with Search for files. In order to add this custom action, you'll have to configure custom actions. Edit → Configure custom actions. Then you click + to add a new one, or you can edit an existing action. Choose whether to add or edit a custom action. You can type the name that will show up in the context menu, a little description for yourself, choose a fancy icon, and under appearance conditions you can choose whether this custom action applies to a specific type of files or folders. Unfortunately this dialog can't be resized, but since you can copy and paste it's not too bad. gnome-search-tool --path=%f --contains= The Edit Action dialog. Finally, here is the result. Note that since I started gnome-search-tool with --contains=, the option to search for files containing specific text will show by default. GNOME Search for Files (gnome-search-tool) with Contains the text expanded by default. You can perform similar tricks with any of these other options. $ gnome-search-tool --help Usage: gnome-search-tool [OPTION...] - the GNOME Search Tool Help Options: -h, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-gtk Show GTK+ Options --help-sm-client Show session management options Application Options: --version Show version of the application --named=STRING Set the text of "Name contains" search option --path=PATH Set the tet of "Look in folder" search option --sortby=VALUE Sort files by one of the following: name, folder, size, type, or date --descending Set sort order to descending, the default is ascending --start Automatically start a search --contains=STRING Select and set the "Contains the text" search option --mtimeless=DAYS Select and set the "Date modified less than" search option --mtimemore=DAYS Select and set the "Date modified more than" search option --sizemore=KILOBYTES Select and set the "Size at least" search option --sizeless=KILOBYTES Select and set the "Size at most" search option --empty Select the "File is empty" search option --user=USER Select and set the "Owned by user" search option --group=GROUP Select and set the "Owned by group" search option --nouser Select the "Owner is unrecognized" search option --notnamed=STRING Select and set the "Name does not contain" search option --regex=PATTERN Select and set the "Name matches regular expression" search option --hidden Select the "Show hidden and backup files" search option --follow Select the "Follow symbolic links" search option --mounts Select the "Exclude other filesystems" search option --display=DISPLAY X display to use Also see Finding Files on the Ubuntu wiki.

Dye based printer ink makes for a surprisingly good fountain pen ink. Here's a little doodle drawn in printer ink.

I don't like the default alarm sound on my phone much and apparently changing it to something a little bit gentler can only be done on a per-alarm basis. Luckily I found this: Today I was looking for a way to change the sound that is applied by default to new alarms you create in the Alarms app. After quite a bit of effort I came upon the following procedure: Install ES File Explorer Open it and select / from the Favorites Browse to /system/media/audio/alarms Click on the file you want and in the "Open with" prompt select "ES Media Player" Click on the bell beside the file name, pick "Set alarm" and click OK Should you choose to change again the default, you may notice that the defaults you pick will appear in the music library. Also, they will be listed twice in the tone selection list which appears when you manually change the tone of an individual alarm. You can fix that with the following steps: Open Settings Go to Applications > Manage Applications > All Click on Media Storage and then Clear data Reboot your phone You will now have to set your new default sound (I've noticed that sometimes, when you view a music album which doesn't have a cover art image and add an album.jpg file to it later, Music Player will not use that file for the cover art. The above steps, as a side effect, will make Music Player look for images for all albums, thus having the cover art of all your albums updated.) Hope this helps :) The ASUS Alarms app.

MPEG-2 files can be concatenated without any concerns or side effects for easier viewing and editing.

I just had to share this mysterious error message. Simply retrying made it go away.

Qalculate! does all I want.

On the forum I administer, I am forced to run a tight attachment policy. Disk space doesn't grow on trees. Occasionally this leads to questions about the small attachment size limit of 50 KiB. This guide is intended to make it clear that this is not nearly as tiny as you might think.

Some alternatives are TMDb (The Movie Database) and omdb (Open Media Database).

I was reading La vie: mode d'emploi, when I came across a term I didn't know: fumoir bibliothèque.

The Great Gatsby is a terrific example of how a bunch of money-obsessed, vacuous, overall completely unsympathetic characters can still combine into an atmospheric, humorous, layered and meaningful piece of writing. Without the always present, borderline puerile ironic undertone this may well have been absolutely terrible.