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Awesome firefox XUL example!

Posted in All, Programming by digg on the January 17th, 2006

Searches amazon… you must see it to believe it! I need to look more into xul this stuff looks to be pretty powerful.

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New iMac Reviewed

Posted in All, Apple, Hardware by digg on the January 17th, 2006

Ars Tecnica has posted a review of the new intel iMac.

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Hack Allows Xbox 360 Owners to Stream DivX Video in Real-Time

Posted in All, Technology, Mods by digg on the January 17th, 2006

Very cool. Casey at Brains-N-Brawn has figured out a way to stream DivX video to the Xbox 360 using Windows Media Endcoder (via HD Beat). This is great news for all us lazy people who would otherwise need a program like Videora Xbox360 Converter to manually transcode each video into Xbox compatible WMV

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Top Paying AdSense Keywords

Posted in All, News by digg on the January 16th, 2006

Top 160 highest paying adsense keywords
Here is a linke to the top 10 google results for mesothelioma which is number one on the list.

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How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL

Posted in All, Linux, Software by digg on the January 16th, 2006

This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL. MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync.

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Quick ‘n easy CSS borders/shadows you name it!

Posted in All, Design by digg on the January 16th, 2006

The Octopus Engine attempts to unify techniques for rounded corners, drop shadows, custom borders and faux columns, all in one pretty package. It’s an all-in-one, one in all approach, encompassing whatever effects one needs.

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Steve Jobs On Intel Switch, iPod Killers, and his Blog

Posted in All, News, Apple by digg on the January 16th, 2006

Steve Jobs foiled the rumormongers once more at last weeks Macworld Expo. Most observers expected that Apple would announce the first Macintosh computers that partake of powerful and efficient Intel Core Duo microprocessors, the same used by top-notch Windows machines…

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Build your own TiVo box

Posted in All, Software, Technology, Hardware, Mods by digg on the January 16th, 2006

Ever had the urge to build your own TiVo box? Here is how to do it. Instructions on how to build a better DVR out of an old PC.

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Making your Slingbox wireless

Posted in All, Fixes, Technology, Hardware, Mods, WRT54G (linksys) by sw on the January 16th, 2006

The slingbox is a little deceptive where on the side of the box it says it can connect to your 802.11a/b/g home network. It is true but you need a wireless adapter to plug into your slingbox to make it wireless. Here is how I made mine wireless. First you need to update your WRT54G/GS with DD-WRT. One of the newest features available in the administrator console in dd-wrt v23 is wireless bridging. Here is the setup.

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Bookmarklets you can’t live without

Posted in All, Software by sw on the January 14th, 2006
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