Category Archives: Windows
VMWare Workstation 7 and Ubuntu 9.10 Easy Install – Too easy?
I’ve got a company laptop for the weekend and wanted to take Ubuntu 9.10 for a spin. Using wubi (and then later uninstalling it) would probably have worked, but I haven’t used the latest version of VMWare, so let’s have … Continue reading
Exporting From WebMail into Gmail/IMAP Using Thunderbird
Most of you have heard the news, as each day goes by, Yahoo will likely succumb to Microsoft’s advances. As such, I’ve decided that now is a good time as any to migrate all of my email from Yahoo and … Continue reading
Using Mozilla Prism To Run Web Apps Seamlessly
Prism is a new side project by the Mozilla team. It’s a nifty way to run specific web applications in an embedded browser of sorts. If you haven’t seen it yet, imagine a letterboxed web browser – all you see … Continue reading
Sometimes A Picture Says A Thousand Words
I feel betrayed and deceived. I’m livid with Epic Games right now. For the first time in months I’ve installed Windows, just to play a video game. There is STILL NO LINUX client!The upshot of this is that I’ll be … Continue reading
The REAL Fix For Comcast BitTorrent Throttling
First, a little explanation may be needed as to what is happening in between our computers, Comcast and the Internet. Comcast is using a packet filtering platform called Sandvine. This platform is a at its core, a Quality of Service system … Continue reading