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Nov/11Resizing VirtualBox Disk
I ran out of disk space on my virtual machine and needed more space. I did not want to create a new disk and install from scratch but VirtualBox does not have any GUI tools which would resize a disk … Continue reading
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Nov/11namebench – DNS Tester
There’s a really good DNS benchmark tester called namebench. It’s free (beer and source) and runs on Windows and Mac OSX. The software tests the current DNS as well as popular DNS servers like OpenDNS and Google. It also has … Continue reading
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Nov/11Things To Install After Installing Ubuntu 11.10
A great article on what to install after Ubuntu 11.10 is installed. 10 things to do after installing Ubuntu 11.10
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Nov/11Colour Test
This is a cool colour test to see how well you perceive colour. The test is simple. Click and drag the colour boxes and re-arrange them from one colour to another. The colour boxes on the left and right are … Continue reading
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Nov/11KeePass Mini Review
Overview Software and services for password manager have been around for a long time. I was skeptical about using such products because I thought it was leaving “all your eggs in one basket”. Loose your key file and / or … Continue reading
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Oct/11DD-WRT On D-Link DIR-615
I had a spare Netgear DG834N router lying around and thought about flashing it with a different firmware such as Tomato or xWRT but the router was not compatible with any 3rd part firmware. This lead me to replacing the … Continue reading
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Oct/11Bash Reverse Search
A cool little tip when using Bash shell is the reverse search in the shell history. If your looking for a previous command hit the key combo [ctrl + r] and the prompt changes to (reverse-i-search) Type in the command … Continue reading
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Oct/11Lock & Unlock Windows With Bluetooth
Overview I’d love to automate as much as possible and also get some great UIs along the way (Minority Report / Iron Man anyone?). An article I came across from How To Geek was a step closer to the dream. … Continue reading
