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Category Archives: Tutorials
Insider Secrets: Run a Web Server at home with a nice control panel. No extra hardware needed.
Not really an insider secret, but more of an Advanced How-To.
If you are not familiar with Linux, don’t try it. If you don’t know why you would need to or doubt if it’s necessary, don’t do it.
This MAY screw things up, if you are not careful. You may encounter problems doing this. If this breaks your computer, it is not my fault. You have done something wrong. Sometimes it IS your fault.
This is NOT guaranteed to work. This is NOT guaranteed to be an effective alternative to your hosting se… Continue reading
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MacBook’s Airport connection slow using battery after upgrading to 10.5.8? Simple solution
This problem affects the following MacBooks:
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2007)
MacBook (13-inch, Early 2008)
MacBook (13-inch, Late 2008)
MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008)
MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008)
Symptoms include ping dropping to 200-2000ms, network speeds dropping to 1-5Mbps, slow browsing, slow downloads.
Luckily, there’s a fix for that:
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How to enable a proxy on a Mac – in a couple of easy steps. [With Pictures]
This is a direct continuation of my last blog post, which could be found here. Also you will need to read that post to understand why you should use a proxy.
http://geeks.pirillo.com/profiles/blogs/insider-secrets-iplayer
It’s very easy.
Open System preferences
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Insider secrets: iPlayer outside UK, Hulu outside US
Well, not really insider secrets, but just a few easy solutions for a couple of problems.
Everyone who isn’t from the United States or is from there and has travelled abroad with a laptop, knows that Hulu and similar services don’t work outside the US.
Everyone not from the UK or anyone from the UK who has travelled abroad with a laptop, knows that iPlayer and Demand Five don’t work outside the UK.
Everyone not from the US has gotten a copyright message on youtube that this video is not avail… Continue reading
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A few quick tips for a slow internet connection.
1) Use OpenDNS. It’s a fast DNS service which will make your loading times, depending on your current ISP’s DNS servers’ speeds, up to 10 seconds faster.
Also, OpenDNS will stop the phising sites (for paypal for example) as it blocks them.
2) Use AdBlock. Actually, this is for any internet connection, but it is also very effective on the slow internet connections. Ads slow a web page down. And AdBlock stops Ads from loading.
P.S. AdBlock is also available for Safari – SafariAdBlock.
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