Category Archives: Technical

Clonezilla

I wanted to add a larger hard drive to my computer running Windows Vista.  I had filled up a 250GB drive that was out of space.  I wanted to clone the drive and put the contents on a 1TB drive. … Continue reading

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Delta Flight 1849 Free WiFi

I have to be greatful for having two wireless devices on this flight.  I thought that I could only get 30 minutes of free WiFi for each device. I started on my iPAD and when the service expired after 30 … Continue reading

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Full-screen view shortcut – Picasa and Picasa Web Albums Help

I got this tip directly from Google.   Full-screen view shortcut This shortcut is not supported on Picasa for Mac Picasa includes a helpful shortcut that allows you to view your photos full screen in the main Library view and … Continue reading

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Drawing on my Macbook Pro

Why a really like my Mac.  I just wanted to say that right now I am working with Adobe CS5 Photoshop on a 30 inch Apple display drawing with my 12 x 19 Wacom tablet all powered by a MackBook … Continue reading

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Install Firefox 8 on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/Red Hat RHEL 6

I finally got sick of the nagging message to update Firefox 3.x on my RHEL 6 machine.  I wanted to upgrade using YUM so here is my reminder of what to do. 5. Update or Install Mozilla Firefox 8Fedora 16/15yum … Continue reading

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Chrome OS

I have been running the Chrome OS on my ASUS NetBook for about a week.  I really like it and Chrome OS has broken the strangle hold that my iPad has had as my preferred mobile computing device.  The only … Continue reading

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My Blog was running on my home server, for a few days

My Blog was running on my home server for a few days until I resolved the problems with my site because SiteGround wanted to charge me for a problem that I believe they caused. I will always manage my WordPress … Continue reading

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The Falling prices of computer components

The text below is from my stale Amazon shopping cart.  I must have placed these items in my cart about 6 months ago when I was planning on building a new computer.  Some of the the prices have dropped a … Continue reading

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Something went wrong!

SQL show index from `items` failed : Table ‘./gallery3/items’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired   Error from Gallery 3 Hey wait, youre an admin! We can tell you stuff.Theres an error message below and you can find more details … Continue reading

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My server needs new UPS

I am thinking about investing in a larger UPS for my home server. The Tripp-Lite price and power input fit my situation. SU1500XLSMARTONLINE™ SeriesSmartOnline 1.5kVA On-Line Double-Conversion UPS, Tower, 100/110/120V NEMA outlets1500VA / 1.5kVA / 1200 watt on-line double-conversion tower … Continue reading

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