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PDF files left by Firefox on Mac OS X Desktop
Last updated on September 4th, 2015 at 08:34 pm How To Auto-Delete Temporary Files abandoned by Mozilla apps on your Mac OS X Desktop. Firefox on Mac OS X does not clean up temporary files in the same way as the Windows version. When you right-click a PDF file and view it (instead of save)…
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Congratulations Affie Adagio PhD
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 12:33 am Congratulations Dr Affie! I?m glad you?ve finally finished your freaking thesis. I look forward to seeing you graduate in September. As I contemplate commencing post-graduate study, I also find myself doubting the soundness of my brain. Why am I considering giving up precious time with my…
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New Readers
Last updated on July 6th, 2015 at 03:15 pm My this blog has gotten popular over the last week. The traffic has jumped up dramatically from a range of IP addresses in Australia. Hopefully you?ll say hi.
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Huge eBay Phishing hack
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 12:27 am There?s an interesting article over at eWeek about a Romanian phisher who may have access to eBay?s internal customer databases. Updated: The auction behemoth is being skewered by Vladuz, the Romanian impaler, and the e-villagers are whispering that he?s sucking customer and service rep account lifeblood…
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Determining PCI Vendor ID and Device ID
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 12:17 am In working with LTSP and K12LTSP I use some old hardware as dumb terminals. Some of this old gear presents problems in determining the correct NIC driver or graphics driver to use. If the old machine still has windows on it I use Craig?s PCI Programs…
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eBay?s vanishing Buy It Now annoyance
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 12:11 am I just listed a cubby house on eBay for a client and the strangest thing happened. It?s a $0.99 listing with a Buy It Now of $1250.00. After launching I revised the listing to add another link to the Ask the seller a question section. Ten…
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BD Fugue Cafe Lille France
Last updated on July 4th, 2015 at 12:07 am I?m in BD Fugue Cafe in Lille sipping cafe au Lait and fromage + jambon ?sandwich?. BD Fugue Cafe is part manga euro comic store and part cafe. No Uncanny X-Men on the top floor (they?re downstairs in the comics section), but a wonderful range of…
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Ryanair Gatwick to Cologne
Last updated on July 3rd, 2015 at 11:26 pm I was booked on a RyanAir flight from Gatwick to Cologne. That cost ?69.00 GBP including taxes, so it?s a great deal. Unfortunately, Gatwick airport is run like a British train terminal. I asked the RyanAir passenger wrangler if this was normal and she said they…