Last night, I finally got RaspBMC running on a 512MB Raspberry Pi, complete with Wifi capability! The setup is serving up episodes of Big Bang Theory ripped from my DVD collection (with more rips coming as soon as I get around to it). I love the Raspberry Pi Project. Furthermore, RaspBMC is definitely a killer app for… Read more »
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Right click in the bottom left corner of Windows 8 for some awesome options
I really like Windows 8. I’ve upgraded my desktop and my netbook (which I’m typing this post on) and it has made both machines run faster than Windows 7. Windows 8’s designers thought of all sorts of little things that I absolutely love. My favorite is right-clicking in the bottom left corner of the screen… Read more »
Creating a System Image in Windows 8 Without Using Third-Party Tools
I took the plunge about three weeks ago and upgraded from Windows 7 Home Premium to Windows 8 Pro. (I took advantage of the fantastic $39.99 upgrade deal, which is good until January 31, 2013.) I’m not going to do a full review, but suffice it to say I think Windows 8 is great. It… Read more »
Sending a Text Message to an Appalachian Wireless Customer Through Email
I just learned the coolest thing: You can send text messages to Appalachian Wireless customers using plain ol’ email. The email address to send the text to is: <tenDigitPhoneNumber>@awsms.com So, for example, if your Appalachian Wireless phone number was 606-272-5555, your texting email address would be: 6062725555@awsms.com I’m sure this is common knowledge to most… Read more »
Use Points as Your Measurement When You Create Web Slices from Guides in Illustrator CS 5
Today, I found 150 really awesome free vector icons that were in AI format. The problem was, they were in one file on the same layer! The icons were laid out in a row and column pattern, but I had to create guides manually. Once I created the guides, I proceeded to use the handy… Read more »
Fix for Excel 2007 Not Printing Embedded Chart Titles
The other day, I was trying to print some Excel 2007 worksheets that had my data at the top of the sheet followed by charts made from the data below. The charts had titles included, which showed up fine in Preview, however, when I actually printed, the titles were missing! Very strange indeed! After some… Read more »
Installing Debian 6 on an Asus Eee PC 1015PE from a USB Flash Drive
I used Universal USB Installer to put a copy of Debian 6 on an old 2GB flash drive so I could install it on my Asus Eee PC 1015PE netbook. I stuck the flash drive in the USB port and fired up the Eee PC. It proceeded to boot to Windows, even though the flash… Read more »
Free Utility to Generate MD5 and SHA1 Checksums in Windows XP/Vista/7/8
It turns out that some time ago, Microsoft released a free command line utility called the File Checksum Integrity Verifier for generating MD5 and SHA1 checksums. Best of all, it’s really small (at less than 84 kilobytes) and doesn’t require installation (i.e. can be run from a flash drive). Microsoft is clear that this is… Read more »
What to do if you can’t update your Android SDK Tools because “folder failed to be renamed or moved”
I got up bright and early this morning to update my Android SDKs (during HughesNet’s all-you-can-eat bandwidth time between 2am-7am). Much to my dismay, the Android Tools wouldn’t update from revision 15 to revision 17 because “a folder failed to be renamed or moved.” I have not had this problem updating in the past, so… Read more »
Use Opera Mobile to Add Proxy Supported Web Browsing to a Kindle Fire without Having to Jailbreak
I love my Kindle Fire, with one big exception: It does not support proxy servers. I use my fire in environments all the time (i.e. public schools) that require proxy support. While I haven’t solved the proxy problem system-wide, I have figured out a way to use Opera Mobile to add a proxy-supporting browser! Even… Read more »