It’s a slightly modified version of Santix’ script.

#!/bin/bash

INFO=`mocp --info`

if [ "$INFO" -- "State: STOP" ];
then

echo -n " "

else

Artist=`mocp --info | grep Artist | cut -f2 -d ":"`
Song=`mocp --info | grep SongTitle | cut -f2 -d ":"`
Album=`mocp --info | grep Album | cut -f2 -d ":"`

expr substr "$Artist - $Song ( $Album ) " 1 200

fi


Edit: For those who aren’t familiar with conky scripts: Just save the above code to a file called moc_conky.sh and add

${execi 300 /home/user/conky/scripts/moc_conky.sh}

to your conkyrc config file.

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This is the first time I’ve created a theme for openbox and gtk but it definitely won’t be the last. The openbox wiki has all the information you could possibly need. I highly recommend you check it out if you are interested in creating themes for openbox. [Help:Themes]

For the past weeks I’ve been primarily using Cmus as my audioplayer. I found myself doing a google search for a scrobbler that would work with cmus. I found post-fm and it works great.

[Post-fm]

All you have to do is save the script and add your username and password and you’re almost set. All you have to do now is add the following line to ~/.cmus/rc

:set status_display_program=/location/to/script

Hanna from the forums created a CrunchBang Linux last.fm group so don’t forget to join. [Forum post] [Last..fm group]

Found this great pipe menu for Openbox while browsing around the Arch Linux forums. Works like a charm.

[Link]

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein

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In no particular order:

• calcurse:
  

  calcurse is a text-based calendar and scheduling application. It helps keep track of events, appointments and everyday tasks. A configurable notification system reminds user of upcoming deadlines, and the curses based interface can be customized to suit user needs. All of the commands are documented within an online help system.

  (http://culot.org/calcurse/)

• irssi:
  

  Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

  (http://www.irssi.org/)

• vnstat:
  

  vnStat is a network traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of daily network traffic for the selected interface(s). vnStat isn’t a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the /proc filesystem. That way vnStat can be used even without root permissions.

  (http://humdi.net/vnstat/)

• newsbeuter:
  

  Newsbeuter is an open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. Newsbeuter’s great configurability and vast number of features make it a perfect choice for people that need a slick and fast feed reader that can be completely controlled via keyboard.

  (http://www.newsbeuter.org/)

• midnight commander:
  

  GNU Midnight Commander is a file manager for free operating systems. Like other GNU software, it is written in a portable manner and should compile and run on a wide range of operating systems with some degree of UNIX compatibility.

  (http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/)

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I can’t believe it took me this long to try out Dropbox. I’ve been testing it out since yesterday and I have been very surprised by it. Of course I had seen the introductionary video but I didn’t think it would live up to my expectations.

Had no problems installing it on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid. Installed it from the dropbox repository but they also have packages on their site. Once installed, I was asked to make an account and within a few minutes I had everything up and running.

It creates a folder called Dropbox in your home folder. You can just drag and drop files in that directory like you normally would. Everything you put in that folder will be stored online. Synching seems to go very fast.

I highly recommend checking it out. And hopefully your install will go as smoothly as mine did.

http://www.getdropbox.com/

A Shared Culture

Creative Commons is in the midst of its 2008 fundraising campaign. Find out how you can support Creative Commons at our support site.

To celebrate the campaign, Creative Commons has released “A Shared Culture,” a short video by renowned filmmaker Jesse Dylan. Known for helming a variety of films, music videos, and the Emmy Award-winning “Yes We Can” Barack Obama campaign video collaboration with rapper will.i.am, Dylan created “A Shared Culture” to help spread the word about the Creative Commons mission.

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