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Category Archives: Tech
Dealing with Stubborn External USB HDs in OS X
If you’ve purchased (or have otherwise come into possession of) an external USB hard drive, and you’re having trouble getting Disk Utility to play nicely with it (i.e. reformat it to HFS+), here’s a trick for you. Open Terminal and … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Hacks, Unix
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DIY G1 GPS (OMG!)
So the GPS on your G1 doesn’t seem to be working. Here’s what I did to fix mine: Go to Settings -> Security & Location and make sure that Enable GPS satellites is checked. You can also check “Use wireless … Continue reading
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WordPress 3.0
So, I installed WordPress 3.0 and switched over to their new default template. So far, so awesome. The new functionality, the surface of which I’ve only barely scratched, is great. I only noticed one bug: using the Digg Digg plugin … Continue reading
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Missing Podcasts on iPod
If you’ve recently purchased a new iPod and have transferred files from your old iPod to the new one, only to find that your podcasts are now “missing,” I may have good news for you. The same happened to me … Continue reading
Posted in Hacks, iPod
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Moji in FireFox 3
For those of you who have been using Moji in previous versions of FireFox, but have been disappointed to find that it is unavailable in FF3, here’s a quick solution that worked for me. The fix lies in the fact … Continue reading
how the internets work
I’m going to shamelessly steal something from Einstein and contort it to serve my own self-aggrandizing purposes. Since he’s dead, I don’t think he’ll mind. Even if he weren’t dead… I think I could still kick his ass. You see, … Continue reading