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Quick Fix: Thunderbird hangs when deleting any message 5 Jul 2013 | 05:01 pm
It’s hard to find a good e-mail client these days. Despite it’s increasing crappiness, I still use Mozilla Thunderbird, mainly because there just aren’t any good alternatives out there. I could use we...
Fix It: Windows Backup Failed Trying to Read from Shadow Copy 14 Jun 2013 | 04:58 pm
You get Windows Backup all set up, and it’s working fine. You are happy. Then one day, you get to your puter and you have a lovely error message that reads, “Windows backup failed while trying to read...
Why the PC is Not Dead, and Why I Ditched Windows 8 19 Apr 2013 | 01:54 am
If I read one more article about how “the PC is dead, long live the smartphone and tablet!”, I just may have to vomit. A lot. Nowadays, it’s smartphones and tablets that make the news the most, and no...
How to Fix Audio Static and Slow Typing in Windows 11 Apr 2013 | 07:40 pm
Oh boy, this one was a humdinger. Of 12 computers running either Windows 7 or Windows 8, every single one of them was experiencing one of the following problems: Static, stuttering, and variations in ...
Android Update Error: How to Fix Google Play Store Update Problems 1 Mar 2013 | 05:16 pm
So you’re merrily rolling along with your Android phone, and all is well… Then one day, perhaps after an Android upgrade, every time you try to update or install any app from the Google Play Store, yo...
Varnish: Remove all Cookies EXCEPT the ones you want 9 Feb 2013 | 09:16 pm
So, you’ve got a web server. It’s slow. So, you optimize your app, and implement some caching. It’s faster, but not fast enough. So, you decide to use Varnish, the popular reverse-proxy web applicatio...
How to Program Smarter Without Staying Up Until 4:00am 17 Jan 2013 | 07:22 pm
I just read an interesting article at BusinessInsider.com entitled Why Programmers Work at Night. The article explains why programmers generally tend to prefer working in the wee hours of the morning....
Ruby 1.9.3-p362: “Stack level too deep” Error Message is a bug? 2 Jan 2013 | 05:37 pm
Oopsy! On 25 December 2012, Ruby version 1.9.3-p362 was released. Is that dedication, or what? Yesterday, I decided to upgrade to this new version of Ruby that contains only bug fixes. Bad idea. Sure,...
Paint.NET: The Photoshop Alternative for the Rest of Us 17 Dec 2012 | 08:51 pm
Pretty much everyone has heard of Adobe’s Photoshop software. It’s extremely powerful stuff that lets you create all sorts of graphics and images, edit photos at a professional level, and so on. The o...
How to Choose LED Light Bulbs: Efficiency, Power Factor, Color Temperature, and Everything Else 9 Dec 2012 | 04:32 am
These days, it’s all about energy efficiency. In some countries, you can hardly even buy normal incandescent light bulbs any more. You are left with a choice of slightly more efficient “a bulb inside ...
