If you want to get the most out of your flatscreen TV, then it needs to be adjusted from the terrible default settings it probably ships with. Most TVs will generally come from the factory with an overly sharp, too...
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Color Scheme Designer 3 – a non-flash alternative to Kuler
If you're looking to use tools to generate colour palettes for any purpose, and like kuler but don't like flash, then head on over and check out Color Scheme Designer 3. It's a very comprehensive tool that can take a...
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Fixing YouTube videos in Safari that say they need Flash
YouTube have been rolling out html5 video playback for a few years now, and by this stage all of their newly uploaded videos are in H.264. This allows them to play on mobile devices, as well as removes the need for...
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Remove duplicate “Open With” menu items in the OS X Finder
The Finder in OS X often gets confused as to what's supposed to be in the "Open With" context menu, particularly if you mount and unmount other volumes that also contain an OS X system and applications. This menu is...
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Vote for my idea on Quirky – Patchlight, the light-up network patch lead
Well, the title pretty much says it all - head over to Quirky and vote for my fantastic idea! Quirky is a site where you can submit ideas, they get voted on by a community and the best ideas can...
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Grab the latest version of Safari from Apple
Over on the Apple Discussions, there's a quick hint to find and download the latest version of Safari. It seems that Apple are no longer offering standalone installers for Safari, instead telling people to get it from Software Update instead....
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Quick pkgbuild tutorial for building Installer Packages on OS X Mountain Lion
If you've not used pkgbuild before, it can be a bit daunting to go from the (admittedly rather confusing) GUI-based Package Maker to the command-line tool pkgbuild, but never fear, for making simple packages, it's actually a lot easier. To...
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Binding Dovecot and Exim to a specific IP on WHM/cPanel
If you've got a WHM/cPanel server, and you want to run an alternative mail server on one IP address and have Dovecot and Exim bound to another IP, it's not as straightforward as you might first hope. From what I can...
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An infinite “maze” in Perl
From a recent discussion at Slashdot perl -ne '{binmode STDOUT,"utf8";print chr(9585.5+rand);redo}'
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iTunes 11
iTunes 11 arrived overnight, hitting Apple's promised November '12 deadline (in the USA at least) and they've finally fixed one of the long-standing interface annoyances of all time. Yes, the green button to maximise a window actually does what every...
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