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OpenDNS stickers!

Did you know that there are currently free OpenDNS stickers available?! All you need to do is email anna@opendns.com with your mailing address and they should be sent! Stickers have been sent to 18 different countries already, so hopefully you will be lucky too. Hurry before it’s too late; their sticker giveaways don’t last too [...Read more...]

 

This tutorial is designed for PHP. Basic Info and Code Ok, this page is about identifying browsers. How do we do that? (Copy the code below) <?php $ua = $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]; // Here’s the fun part – we’re identifying Mac IE if (stristr($ua, “Mac”) && stristr($ua, “MSIE”)) { // Do something here – maybe a redirect? [...Read more...]

 

After you’re done editing your bash terminal settings on Linux, you fire up your terminal and discover that the settings have not been applied. Oh noes! What will happen to that beautiful coloured hostname that you spent an hour designing! Do not fear. As long as you’ve saved the .bashrc / .bashrc_profile file, you should [...Read more...]

 
Showing Hidden Files on Windows Vista

A common problem that occurs to many people while trying to edit system settings is the dilemma of hidden files in many different folders. Microsoft thought that it’d be great to keep operating system files / application data folders hidden because there is the chance that users may delete/replace the wrong file and destroy their [...Read more...]

 

Apparently there’s a regression in the kernel that causes sound to skip on Intel hardware on Linux 2.6.30 because someone added something which caused a check to happen too often or whatever. Some relevant links: sound skipping regression introduced in 2.6.30-rc8 – Patchwork sound skipping regression introduced in 2.6.30-rc8 – linux.kernel | Google Groups If [...Read more...]

 

Just going to go through a list of the applications that I use on a regular basis which you might find helpful too. Notes: Notepad. Bundled with Windows. Useful for taking quick notes/sticky note pad. However, it doesn’t have autosave so when your computer dies, all your precious notes do too. Microsoft Office OneNote. Bundled [...Read more...]

 

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