Archive for January, 2009:

Sync Windows Live Writer Posts and bookmarks between machines with Live Mesh

found this post over at rakimk’s blog showing you how to sync your Windows Live Writer drafts between machines with Live Mesh. I have stepped it up one further and shared my whole Windows Live Writer directory (drafts AND previous posts) with Live Mesh. Not sure why, but I did…
Also, using a similar technique, I [...]

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HTC S740 phone arrives (in my hands)

A couple of days ago, i decided to get rid of my trusty Nokia N95 8Gb and get myself a new Windows Mobile Smartphone, namley the HTC S740. I pre-sold the N95 on Thursday, ordered the S740 20min later, and it arrived last night. Couple of things i have noticed since.

It is georgous! it is [...]

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WHS + SSH + SVN + Certs + TortoiseSVN = Finally working!

yesterday I posted about how to get Windows Home Server to act as a SVN server over SSH. Well, after a lot of following steps, sometimes multiple times last night, I gave up and went to bed…
Then today, I decided to mess around a bit more, and found the following post on the TortoiseSVN [...]

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Running SVN + SSH on Windows Home Server

I have been running a Windows Home Server for a couple of months now, and other than some small issues with hardware (one of the hard drives failed, but i lost nothing!) i have been very happy with the experiance. i have used it to stream music and video to my XBox 360, and AFAIK [...]

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Badaboom rocks!

Well, i finally managed to install Windows 7 on my MacBook Pro, and, well, it rocks, but that’s another post for another day. today, i want to talk about something that i can only currently do on the MacBook Pro and that’s try out NVidia Cuda enabled applications.
My Mac Pro has an ATI Radeon [...]

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Dual external monitors on laptops, part 2

Well, it looks like there may be a solution to the problem most people never have! Accell has introduced a USB 2.0 to VGA adapter which will work with PCs and Macs. its $90, does resolutions upto 1600X1200 and is powered by the USB connection. just wondering how fast this actually is… if its speedy [...]

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External monitors on the Mac Book Pro

A while back, before i got my hands on my new MacBook Pro, i went on a bit of a rant about dual external monitors for laptops… this, i must admit, was a crazy idea. why, in reality, would most people want 2 external monitors on their laptops… well, photography, programming, or anything where multiple [...]

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iTunes to go DRM Free!

So, again, like my last post, this is a “live” post. posting as i read it.
Apple has announced that their iTunes store will now have 3 prices for songs. $0.69, $0.99 and $1.29.
they have sold 6 billion songs, and have 10 millions songs in their library.
75 million accounts with Credit Cards…
by the end of this [...]

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Apple announce new Mac Book Pro 17"

Apple have announced the new 17″ version of their MacBook Pro. this is being written live as i read live from Engadget and TUAW.
It has a Unibody enclosure, much like the 15″ MBP and 13″ MB which where announced last year.
it is just 0.98″ think, weighs 6.6lbs and has a 1920X1200 display. anti glare option [...]

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