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Top 4 iPod Touch Applications that I’ve Paid For

July 9th, 2009 No Comments

Over the past decade or so I’ve become a strong believer in paying for media that I consume — not surprisingly this coincides with my ability to afford to buy stuff.  In the spirit of promoting the concept of paying back those who provide us with great software, I give you my Top 4 iPod [...]

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Five Step Guide to Restoring Your Computer

March 14th, 2009 3 Comments

There are lots of reasons that we fall out of love with our computers.  Slow performance, viruses. spyware and just plain too-much-crap-all-over-the-place syndrome.  The only way you can be sure to solve these issues is to wipe and re-load your system.  If you have all the install disks for Windows (or your OS of choice) [...]

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Free Software :: Run Windows Apps on your Mac

October 28th, 2008 No Comments

If you use a mac or linux on a regular basis and find yourself wanting to use Windows applications this may be the fix for you.  Go and download a copy of CrossOver for Mac from the CodeWeavers website.  Their regular website is offline at the moment because the got hit so hard by Digg [...]

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How To Slipstream Windows XP SP3

August 8th, 2008 1 Comment

I’ve decided to go with Windows XP for my dual-boot environment on the MacBook.  Partly due to familiarity, but mostly due to the lower resource requirement.
In setting up this new environment, I needed to decide how to cope with my Windows XP disc being an original, pre SP1 disc.  The solution: Slipstream.
Slipstreaming allows you to [...]

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WordPress 2.6 – Restore the “Add Image” button

August 8th, 2008 2 Comments

During the recent upgrade to WP 2.6 I noticed that the old “Add Image” button was missing.  This is something I use quite a bit because it’s quick and simple.  Call me old fashioned, but I don’t particularly care for the new Media-bar uploader.
After some searching on Google and the WordPress.org forums, I came across [...]

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