Category Archive: Technology
Linux Text Browser – Lynx
The text tool that I use on a Linux system to browse the Internet is called lynx. All you need to do is open up the terminal (I use putty) and enter: Lynx lynx www.google.com Press a to accept the cookie This will open up www.google.com.au – the text version Use the arrow keys […]
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How to add Arabic Text in Photoshop CS5
I can’t speak or write in Arabic but had to use Photoshop to create an image with some arabic text. I didn’t realise that Photoshop doesn’t display the correct Arabic text. It was pointed out to me at a later stage by someone that I didn’t even know. In any case, here’s what I had […]
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How to enable GZIP on a WAMP server
There’s a few way to enable GZIP on a WAMP server and here’s what I did to get mine working. This was tested with WAMP version 2.2 WHY ENABLE GZIP? This will increase the speed it takes to load your website. Data is compressed before it is sent and decompressed at the receiver end. This process […]
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LinkedIn Issue not displaying description and image from WordPress
So I tried sharing a WordPress blog post on LinkedIn and discovered that LinkedIn wasn’t displaying the description and thumbnail image from the Open Graph meta tags. I thought it could have been the actual post, so I tried different posts and received the same results. WAS THE ISSUE WITH LINKEDIN? No, but firstly let […]
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How to extract vdmk files from Veeam backups
Veeam is a great Windows tool to create and restore VM (Virtual Machine) backups. The file extension for Veeam backups is vbk and inside this file are the VM ware files such as vdmk, vmfx, and nvram. In order to extract the vmdk file you need to use a tool called “Extract” which can be […]
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Launcher Dock – Automatically Start and Dock your programs
If you’re looking for a Windows based program to automatically start and dock your programs then have a look at Launcher Dock. WHAT IS LAUNCHER DOCK? It’s a free Windows tool that allows you to automatically start a given program. All you need to do is to run the program you want and then select […]
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How to automatically connect to the Internet using a USB modem
If you have a USB modem and need to automatically connect to the Internet here’s what you need to do on a Windows OS (Windows 7 to be exact) SETUP INSTRUCTIONS – USB MODEM Install the drivers and make sure you can connect to the Internet using the USB modem In the run command type […]
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How do I remotely manage EPSON Projectors via LAN
I’m playing around with an EPSON projector for a project and thought I’d better record some of the settings needed for being able to manage the EPSON projector over the network. Being able to remotely manage devices over the network is one of the greatest support tools available – it saves time and money. EPSON […]
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Google Webmaster URL has email address
I recently was going through Google Webmaster tools and discovered 19000 Not Found errors being reported in the Crawl Erros page. This was huge. Upon reviewing the errors I noticed that each URL had the email address appended to it. This was weird. I was pretty sure that the URL in the sitemaps didn’t have […]
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How to setup Chrome Kiosk Mode
There seems to be some confusion on how to best setup Chrome kiosk mode and here’s what worked for me. The kiosk feature will allow the chrome browser to start in Full Screen Mode (F11) and will not allow the user to enter any URLs or select any menus. It sort of locks down the computer to […]
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How to setup autologin in Windows
There are a few ways to setup autologin in Windows 7. The easiest is to just have one single user account (administrator) and set it to have a blank password. Obviously there are a few security issues with this setup or any setup with autologin but it’s the quick and easy solution. The other solution […]
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Unlock Vodafone USB Modem Huawei K3765
Here’s the steps that I used to unlock my old Vodafone USB Modem Huawei K3765 and changed it to E1762: Install Vodafone software and check your IMEI or look at the back of the dongle Go here to get the unlock code: http://www.modemunlock.com/huawei.php Enter the IMEI number and check which method to use: old or […]
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