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Help: “The network bridge on device /dev/vmnet0 is not running”

This error message occurs sometimes in VMWare Fusion on the Mac when using a certain networking setting. This setting, in particular, is the “bridge” function. “Bridge”, as opposed to “NAT”, means the Virtual Machine gets its own IP-address on your … Continue reading

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How To: Install Windows 7 from external USB disk or USB key

How to install Windows 7 from a USB key or external hard drive? There are a few commands you need to master with the built-in command-line tool called ‘diskpart’. A step-by-step guide. Continue reading

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How To: Install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard from external USB disk

How to upgrade to or clean install Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard from an external USB or FireWire drive? It’s easier than it sounds. A step by step guide. Continue reading

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Firefox Addon Tip: Easy Drag-to-Go

Easy Drag-to-Go is a Firefox plug-in that will decidedly make you more productive by implementing mouse gestures when handling hyperlinks and text on web pages. Find this add-on here [Free]. Web browsing, to me – and I gather this goes … Continue reading

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How To: Tweak Firefox' look to fit into Vista/Windows 7

One of the many features of Firefox 3 was native UI-integration on Windows XP, Vista, Mac and Linux. While Firefox’ Mac-version does look rather native, Mozilla completely dropped their efforts to take advantage of Windows Vista’s (or 7′s) Aero Glass … Continue reading

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How To: Always Open Links in New Tabs with Safari 4 [Mac]

Safari 4 Beta for Mac annoyingly doesn’t always open links in tabs, and there’s no real preference control to set this like there is in other browsers like Firefox or Opera. Apparently, this characteristic has been floating around in prior … Continue reading

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How to: Set up your PC to Develop Ruby on Rails

Web development of is an area of general heterogeneousness when it comes to the tools used to develop for it. ‘Regular’ standalone software development is often characterized by its standardized development regime, with its compilers and IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) … Continue reading

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Vista Setup Error: 0xE0000100. Huh?

In the light of Microsoft’s release of Windows Vista’s first Service Pack, I was inspired to finally format my laptop’s hard drive. I had been using it non-stop since September. My laptop, a Dell XPS M1710, thankfully shipped with a … Continue reading

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Vista Tip: Multiple clocks

In this inter-connected world it’s sometimes hard to keep track of time — literally. With international communication spanning across the entire globe, you’re able to talk to people you’d probably never encountered without it. The only culprit to real-time communication … Continue reading

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Vista Tip: Customize the Favorite Links in Explorer

Add custom links to Vista’s “Favorite Links” sidebar in Explorer’s Shell. Continue reading

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