Archive for the ‘IT’ Category
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
I upgraded my laptop hard drive from 160GB to 200GB. In the process I was left with a chunk of 40GB of unallocated space. For the past 4 months I've ignored this space because Windows Vista's built-in partition manager couldn't do anything with it due to Dell's crazy ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
It turns out traceroute (or tracert for Windows users) is not bundled with Ubuntu; you have to manually install it. If you're looking for an alternative, simply use tracepath although it looks like there are some complaints. Apparently tracepath doesn't deal with NAT properly but traceroute does so ...
Posted in Annoying, Depressing, IT, Linux, Reviews, Ridiculous, Software, Ubuntu | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
It's kind of hard to play World of Warcraft when the packet loss is 19%!
Ping statistics for 63.241.192.122:
Packets: Sent = 1177, Received = 950, Lost = 227 (19% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 61ms, Maximum = 478ms, Average = 69ms
The ...
Posted in Annoying, Depressing, Gaming, Hosting, IT, Ridiculous, Scary, Technology, WoW | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 6th, 2008
I converted a Microsoft Word 2007 file to a PDF by clicking on the Acrobat tab and then "Create PDF". For whatever reason, on my computer I have to go through this process twice because the first time it doesn't actually create the file. After the second time ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
A recent vulnerability has been discovered in a popular web-content delivery program, Adobe Flash, which could potentially target World of Warcraft players and their accounts while they browse websites. The newest available version of Adobe Flash, version 9.0.124.0, does not contain this vulnerability and we recommend that everyone upgrade ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Bluehost has upped their storage and bandwidth limits to unlimited and unlimited, respectively. I'm sure if you read the fine print there are exceptions. For example, if you use more than 1% of your unlimited quota they will ban you for life. But then again, 0.1% of ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008
If you can't seem to get PTT (push-to-talk) working on Ventrilo while inside World of Warcraft try these suggestions:
Set Ventrilo to "Run as Administrator" by right-clicking on its icon -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Click "Run as Administrator"
Tick the checkbox that says ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Today I was faced with a difficult wireless networking scenario: looooong house, many thick walls.
The topography is as follows:
Comp A Router Comp B
The house is older so the walls are very, very solid and RF-absorbing. The old setup involved a Linksys WRT54GX (802.11 b/g) as the router ...
Posted in Amazing, Customer Service, DIY, House, IT, Programming, Reviews, Software, Technology, Web Development | 1 Comment »
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
I got Kara a MacBook for Christmas since her old MacBook pro crapped out on her. It turns out our wedding videos and pictures were bigger than I anticipated so Kara's hard drive ran out of space. I used the following guides to successfully upgrade her hard drive:
MacBook ...
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