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Tag: Apple
Smartphone Bloatware, the New Malware.
I like my smartphone. I use a Galaxy S II vs. the Galaxy S III. Why? I didn’t want to pay the $200.00 overhead for a phone that will be worth $300.00 less in 6 months. This doesn’t mean I don’t get the performance I need. All the carriers (T-Mobile, ATT, Verizon, Vodacom, Virgin, etc.)…
Windows 7 Backup and the realities. A Real World Experience.
I run Windows as my main OS, but I run it on Mac Hardware. Why? Do you ask? The answer is simple. Apple / Mac Hardware is superior to everything else out there. Where can you get Desktop Performance on a Laptop without worrying about anything else? Yes, I can buy a Lamborghini laptop,…
Linux and File Editing
When you need to edit a file on Linux, it is highly recommended that you use a linux text editor. If you’re using a windows machine or something else, the editor you use might introduce carriage return characters into the end of every line. This can prove to be a problem as it WILL wreak…
Using Amazon’s free tier to get your own FREE personal vpn server and connection.
I’ve written about personal vpn servers and the great things round strongvpn and other vpn providers to get around the ISP throttling problem of Netflix. I always figured there was a better way to do it. Well, after a bit of thought, I realized that one could easily use Amazon’s free tier (a micro-instance) for…
A Follow Up to Using the Promise R4/R6 natively in Bootcamp using my solution. [Solved and Verified]
A few months ago, I posted the following: http://swimminginthought.com/2012/01/promise-pegasys-r6r4-on-windows-bootcamp-solved/ I figured out the solution on how to run this wonderful device on Bootcamp / Windows natively. Needless to say, it’s been a while now and I’ve even gone so far as to update the firmware on the R4/R6 (I’m running an R6 by the way)….
How to Bind utorrent to a specific ip and route it out a vpn for better speed. [Solved]
Torrent technology is an amazing in the sense it uses swarms of users to serve and share files you may be trying to download. It’s been implemented by many companies and is a very bandwidth efficient format to get your files served to you faster. Whenever I download CentOS DVDs, I use utorrent and other…
Promise Pegasus R6/R4 on Windows Bootcamp [SOLVED]
I’m a Windows and a MAC User. It really chaps my knickers that I went out and bought a brand new Promise R4/R6 RAID Array only to find out I can’t use it with Bootcamp. (Having an SSD in my Macbook Pro is great, but space is at a premium). Apple doesn’t want to help,…
More Apple store bullshit from employees.
So I just get back from the Apple store at the Bergen Plaza mall in NJ where I asked an employee, “When do you think Apple is going to fix the 3g issue with the iphones?” He replies to me, “It’s fixed. They fixed it with 2.0.2” I replied to him that it made my…