Monthly Archives: June 2007

Ubuntu and Parallels Rescue Broken XP

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

How I recovered a badly damaged XP box with severe Windows Update problems using Ubuntu and Parallels for OS X. Continue reading →

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Top Ten Bad EMail Habits

Posted on June 28, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

With over ten years of email to sample from, here are the top ten bad habits committed by email senders. Continue reading →

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Why We Pass on the Texas Roadhouse

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Could there be a reason we’ve gone from four-nights a week at the Texas Roadhouse to suddenly not going at all for the last half of the year? You bet. They sell steaks. Continue reading →

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Fixing Duplicate Menu Items

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

When duplicate items appear on OS X’s Finder’s Open With pop up menu, there’s something you can do about it. Enter this command… Continue reading →

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Acquiring a Kitten

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

My sister tricks me into getting a kitten. Continue reading →

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Nova Passes

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Nova passes. Continue reading →

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Apple’s Top Secret Feature?

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Could Apple’s release of Safari for Windows actually be a hint to one of the Top Secret Features in the forthcoming OS X? Continue reading →

Posted in Apple, Browser, OS X, Speculation, Windows | 2 Comments

Screen Calibration – Where’s my contrast?

Posted on June 10, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

If you’ve used Pantone’s huey for screen calibration, then you need to know about the hueyPRO. Additionally, if you think something’s up with your monitor because you can’t manually set the contrast, you want to read this. I bumped into this with a Dell 2001FP. Continue reading →

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Hardest Decision I’ve Had To Face

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

Which is more important, a room full of corporate servers overheating, or the air you have to breath? Continue reading →

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How’s Work?

Posted on June 6, 2007 by Walt Stoneburner

I just stumbled onto the worst circular reference ever. Continue reading →

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