Stack Exchange is a network of question and answer websites on a range of topics. Currently there are 46 websites in the network ranging from programming to mechanical to gaming to cooking. Overview The concept behind Stack Exchange is that each website in the network is a combination or synthesis of a blog, a wiki, [...]

As of version 0.7.97, Dropbox has an extremely useful feature called LAN sync. Basically the way it works is that, when enabled, after a file is updated on one computer, it syncs with the Dropbox servers. Then, when other computers that are synchronizing the same files go to download the changes or new file, they [...]

I took this screenshot a while ago and totally forgot about it. I thought it was amusing then and I found it amusing a couple minutes ago when I came across it again on my hard drive. Firefox has determined that the following add-ons are known to cause security or stability problems: Microsoft .NET Framework [...]

If you’re a student and are looking to purchase Microsoft’s Office suite, they are now offering Office 2007 through It’s Not Cheating with a free 2010 upgrade when it is released. It’s still the same excellent price of $75 for a perpetual license, you just get a free upgrade when the new Office suite is [...]

I had a VMWare Fusion crash today with a Windows virtual machine running. When I tried to bring it back up though I got a “Failed to Lock the File” error. Restarting VMWare didn’t fix it, rebooting didn’t fix it. After a quick search I found an article on a similar issue with the Windows [...]

If you have a unibody Macbook Pro in the 15″ or 17″ models, then you probably have two video cards. In the case of my Macbook Pro, I have an nVidia 9400m and an nVidia 9600m GT. By default the 9400m is enabled. For the most part this is perfectly fine for my usage, but [...]

Ever wondered what all the different memory types are that are shown in the pie chart at the bottom of the system memory tab in your Mac OS X Activity Monitor? If you’re used to the memory usage information that Windows shows, then the OS X descriptions might be a bit confusing. The reason for [...]

Something else I got this Christmas is an Apple Magic Mouse. This is the latest generation of mouse from Apple, and it is an absolutely fantastic device! Just turn on Bluetooth on my Mac, turn on the mouse, tell the Mac to find Bluetooth devices, it straight away detects the mouse and pairing is just [...]

I recently replaced a 4 year old server for one of my clients which was running Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 as it was starting to seriously struggle to keep up with every thing. On top of that, almost every morning it would be unconnectable, it really wasn’t worth fixing. The new server is running [...]

I have recently upgraded a server, and in doing so, migrated from Microsoft Small Business Server 2003, to the new 2008 version. In doing so, I planned to change how the Exchange server was setup. All email is downloaded to Outlook from a POP3 account on the web server, it is then synced with Exchange [...]