An old one, but a good one... Over at Andart, there are some well thought out, and quite humorous, Warning Signs for Tomorrow. They were posted some time ago, October 2006, and worth dredging up from the archives. There are...
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VLC 1.0.1
The VLC Media Player has just been updated to 1.0.1 VLC is an outstanding project, providing a free and open source media player for Mac, Windows and Linux that will handle just about every video format that you could throw...
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Kai’s Home-made Pesto Recipe
Take 1 bunch of Basil and pick off the leaves, leaving all the stems behind. Rinse the leaves well and pat dry with a tea towel. Gently roast a small handfull of pine nuts in butter or margarine over a...
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Samsung SNE-50K e-book reader announced – SlashGear
eBooks are getting closer and closer to being completely usable. No longer the size of a (rather thin) trade paperback, this one is more the size of a regular paperback. Sure, the screen isn't as big as a Kindle, but...
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RFC 1925 – The Twelve Networking Truths
Here are the 12 networking truths. They apply to a whole heap more than just networking, most of them are good advice for pretty much any situation you could possibly get yourself into. Just remember: "With sufficient thrust, pigs fly...
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Best Practices for VMWare Fusion and Time Machine
There has been some confusion going around as to the best way to back up data in a VMware Fusion virtual machine. It is not practical to use Time Machine to back up the entire virtual machine as the virtual...
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Diesel Power
Automatica is on the road, and travelling in a Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI Pacific. Using an incredibly fuel-efficient turbo-diesel engine, this car is rated at just 5.7l/100km. When compared to my 1996 Golf, which averages between 11–12l/100km and needs premium...
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Tether Me
If your carrier doesn't support tethering your iPhone, to use it as a 3G wireless modem, help may be at hand Tether Me will generate a custom APN file that you can add to your iPhone to give you a...
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How to find your DHCP Server Address under Mac OS X
Here's how to find out the IP address of the DHCP Server your Mac is currently using to obtain it's IP address. ipconfig getoption en0 server_identifier You can also do more with ipconfig, things like determine the router address for...
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Mac mini Media Centre
[This is a post from an old blog of mine that I'm reposting as the information in it is still quite useful - obviously specs and pricing have changed somewhat since November 2006] I picked up an ex demo Mac...
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