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Continue reading →: Upgrading the RAM in the ASUS EeeBox PC (EB1006)
The ASUS is running Windows 7 just fine with only 1 GB of RAM but considering all of the various tasks I have this system handling I figured it would be best to max it out. This ASUS model supports a maximum of 2 GBs on a single stick. After…
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Continue reading →: I Can’t Upgrade to Lion (But I’m OK with It)
Updated 10/13/2011: Then again, maybe not… When Lion was released I was initially dismayed to learn that my iMac wasn’t compatible since it has an Intel Core Duo processor. However, the more I read about problems with Lion the more I think I’d be experiencing flashbacks of difficult Microsoft Windows…
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Continue reading →: Vitamin D Video: A Licensing Surprise
Last December I purchased a copy of Vitamin D Video for OS X. However, I’ve been moving various services over from my iMac to the new ASUS EeeBox. At first, I assumed this would require that I purchase another license for the Windows version of Vitamin D Video. I figured…
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Continue reading →: Rii mini Portable Wireless Keyboard and Touchpad
Once the ASUS EeeBox seemed to be configured and working well I decided to search for a wireless keyboard and mouse that I could use to control the system. Granted, there’s nothing wrong with the keyboard and mouse that came with the system but I wanted to find something much…
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Continue reading →: My Airport Extreme Base Station Cost Me Another $45 (Because It Couldn’t Do One Thing)
<rant> Before I go into the rant I need to state that overall, the Apple Airport Extreme Base Station is a very good residential router, in most cases. In my experience, it’s very stable and most of the features work very well. But not all of the features… and this…
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Continue reading →: DIGISTOR USB 2.0 Blu-Ray Burner – Mac
Over the past few years our collection of personal data has grown significantly as well as the need to backup that data. DVDs are no longer sufficient. Just our wedding photos use over 9 GBs of space, which would require about three DVDs. I began backing up this data on…
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Continue reading →: “Installation Alert” for iTunes While Installing iOS SDK
I ran into a problem while installing the iPhone SDK. A few minutes from the end the install paused and I was prompted with an “Installation Alert” informing me that iTunes needed to be closed before the install could proceed. I closed iTunes but the prompt remained. Well, the install…
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Continue reading →: KeePassX Slow to Open in OS X
For a while I’ve noticed that KeePassX was very slow to load. It wasn’t until today that I finally got around to fixing the problem. It seems to be caused by using an older version of the password database. I’ve been using KeePassX for some time, so the database format…
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