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Installing Windows 7 on a Modbook / Macbook

June 21, 2009January 2, 2017 Andy 0 Comments mac, macbook, modbook, OS X, windows 7

My Modbook from OCW took less than five days to arrive.  Less than five days after receiving it, it also

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Hosting Linux OS VPS 

Setting up Slackware on a VPS (Part 2, using installpkg and getting packages)

June 1, 2009January 2, 2017 Andy 0 Comments Slackware

The most basic thing one needs to learn when setting up Slackware (on a VPS, especially) is how to get

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Hosting Linux OS VPS 

Setting up Slackware – Server OS Field Stripping (Part 1, intro)

June 1, 2009January 2, 2017 Andy 0 Comments Slackware

On VPS hosting, using an administration panel (e.g. cPanel, Plesk, Interworx, DirectAdmin, etc…) together with a distro such as CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu

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Web 

IE8’s Compatibility Mode – when to use it

April 10, 2009January 2, 2017 Andy 0 Comments AJAX browsers, IE8

After studiously (yes – studiously – considering how often you get bugged by the OS) avoiding upgrading my IE6 installation

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OS 

Microsoft’s 3-front War, Part 1: The Battle for the Operating System – Windows vs. OS X

March 17, 2009January 2, 2017 Andy 0 Comments Apple, Microsoft, OS X, Windows

This is the first of a multi-part blog series where I discuss Microsoft’s battle on 3 fronts with 3 of

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OS X 

OS X 10.10 Yosemite Hackintosh on a Shuttle SG33G5M

February 21, 2009January 2, 2017 Andy 0 Comments

Shuttle XPC barebones have their own motherboard designs and are a neglected brand when it comes to Hackintosh support. During

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Web 

Low image quality when browsing via Globe 3G / Globe Visibility / Globe HSDPA

December 18, 2008January 2, 2017 Andy 3 Comments 62.0.5.133, 62.0.5.134, 62.0.5.135, Globe 3G, Globe 3G image quality, Globe HSDPA, Globe Visibility, Globe Wireless

When using Globe 3G to view websites, I was disturbed to find that so many web pages had very low

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Programming Web 

Google Chrome’s architecture explained in comics

November 6, 2008January 2, 2017 Andy 1 Comment chrome browser google

URL at http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/big_00.html Since today’s browser environment is rapidly becoming the equivalent of an OS, the innovations in Chrome seem

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Programming Web 

Google vs. Microsoft – who’s the evil empire now?

July 11, 2008January 2, 2017 Andy 1 Comment google microsoft marketing

This blog article by Dare Obasanjo purports to give an insider’s view of how Microsoft might be a more desirable

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OS Solaris 

Solaris and OpenSolaris – do they still have a viable future?

May 30, 2008January 2, 2017 Andy 1 Comment opensolaris, os, solaris

The latest buzz around Solaris has whet my appetite for a Sun technology again. With the massive mind and market

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