What do you do with your old first laptop when you get a new one?💻

Dixit Ram — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 07:04:12 +0000

My friend and I were chatting the other day, and we both agreed:

No way we’re throwing it away.

That thing has seen too many late nights, assignments, games, projects… so many memories.

One day the idea just hit me.

I thought about those cool iPhone teardown frames people hang on their walls…

Why not do the exact same thing with an old laptop?

So I asked Gemini to create an image of my old laptop taken apart and framed like art. It turned out awesome!

(Attach the Gemini-generated image here — it looks perfect as wall decor)

Now I just need a sofa and a house to hang it in. 😅

What about you?

Still keeping your first laptop somewhere?
Did you repurpose it?
Or turn it into something creative?

Share your story in the comments — I’d really love to hear it!

🐱Cursor Pet Extensions—A Playful Companion

Dixit Ram — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:46:30 +0000

I just launched a fun new project called Cursor Pet Extensions—a cute pixel-art pet that follows your mouse cursor across every website! 🚀
What’s cool about it?

🐾 A cute pixel Pet that reacts to your cursor

🧘‍♂️ Idle animations when you stop moving

🧩 Works on any website

🐶 You can add your own custom pet (sprite-based & hackable)

Terminal Tomfoolery: SSH Pranks to Try on Your Friends

Dixit Ram — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 21:02:20 +0000

I got this idea to write this blog post because I prank my friends a lot in our computer labs.

So I thought, why don't I tell everyone how I do it? I'll give you some ideas to prank your friends, but first you need to know how to connect to their computer using SSH.

This is for Linux and GNOME-based OS. You can search for specific commands to open the terminal or settings.

1) Changing the Input Language 🌍

First of all, know how to get the current input language using this command:

gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources

Now, let's change the language. I like to change it to Arabic.
Here, ara+azerty is the language code:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "[('xkb', 'ara+azerty')]"

AND YOU'VE CHANGED YOUR FRIEND'S INPUT LANGUAGE! 🎯

2) Funny ASCII Art 🎨

I got this from a Text to ASCII art generator site (https://patorjk.com/software/taag/). First, copy the ASCII art.
Now we need to open a terminal window and echo that art on our friend's screen.

Here's the command:

gnome-terminal -- bash -c "echo '<PASTE ASCII ART> '; exec bash"

3) Infinite Spam 🔄

We'll use the yes command here.
It will open a terminal and infinitely display the message.

Command:

gnome-terminal -- bash -c "yes 'You are pranked!'; exec bash"

4) Fork Bomb (Do at Your Own Risk - Might Lose a Friend!) ⚠️

We'll log into their computer and run this classic Fork Bomb command.
It creates copies of itself until the system becomes unresponsive.

:(){ :|:& };:

Warning: This can seriously mess up their system!

5) Rick Roll 🎵

We'll play "Never Gonna Give You Up" on our friend's default browser:

xdg-open "https://youtu.be/xvFZjo5PgG0?si=DFiisy9gTdeRxvu5"

Or:

gnome-terminal -- bash -c "xdg-open 'https://youtu.be/xvFZjo5PgG0?si=DFiisy9gTdeRxvu5'; exec bash"

6) Change Display Language & Wallpaper 🖼️

For changing wallpaper, you need to get the image URL first and run a CURL command to save it on their PC.

Then use these commands:

For Light Mode:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri '<IMAGE PATH>'

For Dark Mode:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark '<IMAGE PATH>'

Bonus Tip 💡

If that account has permission to install packages, you can use some fun commands from this article from itsFOSS by opening a new terminal on their screen: