Archive | February, 2010
Creative Way Of Advertising On Google Maps
The following is a pretty creative way to advertise on Google Maps using Street View! Originally from Creative Advertising With Street View On Google Maps. Tags: Advertising, creative, creative advertising, google, google maps, Maps, street view, View, way, With Street
Continue reading...How To Batch Unzip A Series of Sequential Zip Files In Mac OSX
24. February 2010
I recently got a bunch of zip files, some sequential (X1.zip, X2.zip, etc), and others not. The thing is, they number in the hundreds, and most contain RAR files within them, and simply extracting each one won’t do. I had to find an automated way to unzip all the zip files, and the utility that [...]
Continue reading...How To Remove/Uninstall KEXTs In Mac OSX
23. February 2010
KEXTs are Kernel Extensions, and I realised that a program that I installed in the past (SteerMouse) had left its KEXT behind even though I uninstalled the program. You can see the list of KEXTs in your system at /System/Library/Extensions/, but do note that Mac OSX only loads whichever KEXT is needed. As you can’t [...]
Continue reading...How To Disable Gmail’s Spam Filter or Spam Box With 2 Easy Steps
19. February 2010
There are several things that I hate, and one of them is spam. The problem with spam is not actually reading the spam, but having to live with all the workarounds that have now surfaced to reduce the onslaught of spam. For example: anti-spam filters in your mail program. In the past, like 10 years [...]
Continue reading...How To Activate/Install GD Library In WAMP Under Windows
16. February 2010
Some projects require activation of the GD library, and this is especially true when you have to do image manipulation with your PHP script. If you’re using WAMP (Windows Apache MySQL PHP) in Windows, then good news: WAMP comes with GD library, just that it’s not activated by default. To activate the GD library, go [...]
Continue reading...Video Preview of Windows Phone 7
16. February 2010
Microsoft has just recently released its latest phone OS, named Windows Phone 7. What’s interesting is how the multitude of phone OSes such as the iPhone OS, the Blackberry OS, and the Google Android OS has created this environment of competition and innovation. Ultimately though, the winner will be the consumer because of all the [...]
Continue reading...4 Months After Switching Over From Windows To A Mac
13. February 2010
Surprisingly, the transition from a Windows to a Mac wasn’t as jarring as I had thought, and it turned out to be pretty uneventful. It’s been 4 months since I bought my Macbook Pro, and the overall experience’s fantastic, save for 2 cases. 1. Windows-only Applications I deal with Windows-only applications that do not have [...]
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27. February 2010
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