Sunday, 12 June 2011

Activating the middle button on laptops

Go to:
/etc/X11/xorg.config

Paste this in:
Emulate3Buttons yes

After you do what I said you can use the middle button by pressing the left and right buttons simultaneously.
This is quite useful if you are working with Xfig.

Saturday, 14 May 2011

Skype icon in Natty Narwhal

I just upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04 - the Natty Narwhal and some new things need fixing.
One fix was to get back my Skype icon. The Skype icon was missing from my Notification Area and I was unable to sign out or to use Skype at all after minimising it.
This is a simple fix.
When you start Skype go to "Options">"General" and select "Start Skype minimized in the system tray".

This fixed the problem for me. Even if I restart the icon is still there.

Saturday, 9 April 2011

Why not to buy an WIZZ Xclusive Club membership

I've been planning for a while to write some nice information about my trips and tips to help you get the best of your trip. I could not find the time for it but I thought that I need to pass the information found today just because I don't like when companies are doing this.

On my way to plan my new vacation I said "let's try to see the prices for going home in august".
It's good to book early because, as usual, from one day to another the prices change (going up of course). Before going for the booking I saw a big ad saying that lower fare prices are available if you become a member of WIZZ Xclusive. What could be the harm in that? It's only £8.49 and the prices shown for members in my search looked promising.

I'm about to show you the screenshot of the search done before becoming a member, after becoming a member, and the search done by a friend after 2 minutes (a non-member).



In the first image the (first search before becoming a member) the price for the flight of interest was £67.99 and below that it shows £59.49 for Club members.

After becoming a member and doing the same search the second screenshot the price for Club members is showing as £67.99, reduced from £76.49. Wait a minute, doesn't that price sound familiar?

It is known that the price gets artificially inflated if people keep looking at the same flight, so maybe it is coincidence and the price has actually gone up. A non-member friend of mine did the same search and came up with this:


This is identical to my original search, with the price for non-members being £67.99.

I already have a very bad opinion about WizzAir, but I though this time would be different. Apparently I was wrong, this is nothing more than an outright con, exploiting customers and giving them nothing.