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Tech Timeout: Don’t Forget to Reboot Yourself
In the salad days of my youth we didn’t have HDTV, iPhones or iPads. Video games weren’t considered military simulators. And social media was an honest-to-goodness handshake. If this is sounding like your grandfather’s rant about having to walk to school, uphill, both ways, in a snowstorm, barefoot, that’s not my intent. On the contrary,…
Read MoreQuick & Easy CSS3 Generators
Here are a few CSS3 Generators that you should definitely take a look at. I say this because in my opinion they cover the most ground when it comes to ease of use all in one place and browser support. These CSS3 Generators are great for border-radius, box-shadow, background gradient and opacity. CSS3 PIE: CSS3…
Read MoreSearch 1Password with Google Chrome’s 1Password Extension
1Password is one of the Apps on my Mac that I use the most. 1Password can create strong, unique passwords for you, remember them, and restore them, all directly in your web browser. It come bundled with extensions for all the major browsers. Recently I have started using Google Chrome for Mac more and more.…
Read MoreHow to Split Your Mac Hard Drive into 2 Partitions
If you’re like me, then you’re probably trying to figure out how to install OS X Lion on your Mac. The first requirement is that you have an extra partition on your Mac. Follow the instructions below to add a new partition to your Mac on the fly without formatting anything. **WARNING: It should go…
Read MoreGoogle Chrome – Full Screen Kiosk Mode
Here are steps for running Google Chrome in full screen Kiosk Mode on a Windows PC: 1. Right click on your Desktop and go to New > Shortcut 2. Browse to the chrome.exe file (depending on your set up, it might be found here: username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe) and click Next 3. Type a name for the shortcut…
Read MoreSpeed Up & Improve iPhoto ’09 Performance
Okay, since I updated to iPhoto ’09 (yes, I realize it’s currently 2010), I noticed a huge lag in performance upon opening the application. Not only would it take long to load, but once the interface came up, if you tried to click around with your mouse, the rainbow wheel of death would start spinning.…
Read MoreOrganize your dock by adding spacers in Snow Leopard
There is nothing like a shiny new mac and if you are like me, then you start with a fresh install rather then cloning your old machine. Since the dock on the new machine was not setup the way I like it a had to make a few changes and one of them is to…
Read MoreBackblaze Icon Missing from Menu Bar in Snow Leopard
Long story short, Backblaze is awesome! Up until I lost my Backblaze icon from the menu bar in Mac OSX Snow Leopard. I researched online a little and couldn’t find an easy method of fixing the issue. With that nifty little icon missing, I worried if it were working at all – all those precious…
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