It is with a sense of disappointment that I draw the curtain on my collection of photos for 2007. There were a few “a-ha” moments during that time, but more overwhelming is the sense that I didn’t do much in pursuit of this art. A simple look at the numbers …
We’ve all been there – something vitally important (!1!!) has gone belly-up and we need answers – fast. It just so happens there’s a discussion forum where we can ask for help. You’ve registered, made a gigantic post detailing every single aspect of the problem that you are aware of …
One of the newer features in WordPress 2.1.x onwards is the ability to export and import almost all the content from a WordPress install using a WXR file. The file contains (to quote) “posts, comments, custom fields, pages, and categories” and if you are starting a fresh WordPress install on …
So, despite brave statements to the contrary, I’ve been forced to abandon my Creative Zen MP3 player and switch to an iPod. In my defence, I didn’t switch out of frustration with my Zen – I was forced to when it stopped working. A trip to the service center proved …
So you love your new Explorer replacement and can’t stop telling your friends about it. Problem – you also love your keyboard shortcuts, especially Win+E. Except every time you hit Win+E, Windows Explorer shows its ugly face again – boo! If you are lucky, your Explorer replacement has the option …
Tabs in a File Manager are awesome – who knew? I fell in love with Firefox for tabbed browsing a long time ago (gushingly so) but never felt any need for a better File Manager. Until some time back that is, when a Lifehacker article got me to try out …
Every Windows user is familiar with the effects of bitrot – but answers to that problem are few. My early attempts at using virtualization software (first post, followup) were disappointing to say the least and Windows’ own built-in “solution” System Restore, is a spectacular failure. The best answer right now …
Talk about shooting your mouth off 🙁 A while back I had made a long-ish post about the Recent comments feed on Flickr and how the lack of authentication could allow people to see your non-public photos. Well I recently had posted some photos to my Flickr photostream, that were …
Walking home yesterday, I spot a bus goes past carrying an advertisement for a new phone by Nokia – the 6110 model . And what caught my eye was the fact that one of the key features advertised for this phone was the fact that it had GPS support. My …
So over the weekend, I was working on my new (( well not so new, it’s 5 months old, but you know what I mean 🙂 )) PC at home. To wit, I was transcoding about 400 MB of DivX video onto a DVD. At the same time, I decided …