A few good open-license Arabic fonts

Edit: I went ahead and put these here so I can maintain them more easily: Open-license Arabic fonts Did you know the Arabic script is the second most-used writing system in the world? (source) In case you happen to be looking for a decent Arabic font for your website, software, or publication, I've run across a few good ones that have an open license: DejaVu Sans and DejaVu Sans MonoThese fonts support a lot more than just Arabic, but they do Arabic quite well. They come bundled with most GNU/Linux distributions. There are other DejaVu fonts,...

How to save money when shopping online

I thought since I referenced it in my last post, albeit subtly, I should mention retailmenot.com, which has saved me a ton of money when I shop online. Just shop like you normally would from your online retailer of choice. When you're checking out, stop by retailmenot.com, type the name of the site in their search bar, and see if there are any available coupon codes for that site before you complete your purchase. It's completely free. No, I'm not getting paid by retailmenot.com to say this (not that I would turn down such an offer ;)), but...

Cheapest way to unlock GSM phones

Looking to unlock your GSM phone? One word: ebay. Of course you should always shop around and do some googling, if for no other reason than the fact that some phones can be unlocked for free, in particular many nokia models: Free Nokia Unlock Codes But if you do end up having to pay, ebay can save you a lot of money. For instance, I recently unlocked a Motorola Defy using a code I bought off ebay for $8 by searching "motorola defy unlock code." By comparison, this is what some of the unlock sites charge for a code to unlock that same phone...

re-enable second monitor in linux after it goes blank

solution: if your resolution was also changed, restore the original resolution:xrandr -s 0 re-enable your second monitor:xrandr --auto restore any special setup. for example, I have my second monitor to the right of my first, extending my desktop. this is what I did to get it to work:xrandr --auto --output DFP2 --right-of DFP1DFP1 and DFP2 are the names of my monitors, so that command probably won't work for you. in order to get the names of your monitors, in a terminal, run this command to list the connected monitors:xrandr -q | grep " connected"if...