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Enable ‘GodMode’ in Windows 7
Probably originally intended as a shortcut for developers, Windows 7 provides a way for users to enable a so-called ‘GodMode’. Despite its grandiose name, it’s simply a feature that lets users to access all Control Panel options in a single window.
Download Windows 7 Release Candidate, for Free
Microsoft finally makes Windows 7 Release Candidate freely available for download on May 5 2009. Everyone is invited to download it, try it, test it and makes live a bit easier for the folks at Redmond.
I have to admit, I find it hard to resist the temptation to try it. Windows 7 RC is supposedly [...]
ICS Troubleshooting in Windows Vista
I stumble a bit while trying to share my Windows Vista internet connection with a Windows XP machine. I did this steps:
set the ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on the Windows Vista machine and
set the Windows XP machine to connect to the net through the Windows Vista machine.
Everything was fine and the Internet Gateway icon [...]
Suharto, Former Indonesian President, Dies at 86
Innalillaahi wa inna ilaihi raaji’uun…
Suharto, former Indonesian President, dies at 86 today, January 27th 2008 at 13.10 local time.
Indonesia’s former president Suharto dead
Indonesia ex-leader Suharto dies
Suharto, Former Indonesian Dictator, Dies at 86
Things I Like and Dislike about Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a vast improvement over Windows XP, in terms of visual appeal, user interface and security. But Windows Vista also has many problems. After using Windows Vista for a while, I can list a couple of things I like and dislike about Windows Vista.
Things I like about Windows Vista:
1) Better user interface on [...]
Ubuntu 7.10 – Quick Fixes
As I didn’t have much luck with Ubuntu upgrade, this time I install Ubuntu 7.10, fresh. Still, it doesn’t stop the problems that show up on Ubuntu upgrade. Here are some quick fixes for Ubuntu 7.10:
1) Can’t connect / browse the net
This has something to do with bug #81507. Ubuntu 7.10 activates IPv6 by default [...]
Ubuntu 7.10, One Linux Distro That Just (not quite) Works!
So, it’s been a week since I upgraded my Ubuntu 7.04 to Ubuntu 7.10. The upgrade process was pretty easy. I saw one flashing button on the Update Manager window, telling me to upgrade to Ubuntu 7.10. So I clicked the button and upgrade I did. Some 1.4 GB of download later I restarted the [...]
A Google Gift: PageRank Penalty
It was October 24th 2007 and Big Brother Google gave me a gift: a PageRank penalty. For whatever reason(s) one of my site’s PR was demoted from PR 6 to PR 4. I said to myself, “Here it comes.”
For months I’ve been troubled by Matt Cutts — head of the Google’s WebSpam team — [...]
Anonymous Browsing with TOR in Ubuntu
It’s been awhile since I read Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents, an online book about how to stay anonymous on the net. On countries with dismal human right records, anonymous browsing is as vital as breathing. That, or perhaps you just want to lurk around below radar.
The book teaches several methods to keep a [...]
Database administrator, living in Jakarta