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Edit your host file OSX
1. Open up your terminal application 2. Type in “sudo pico /etc/hosts” 3. Type in your administration password 4. Use your arrow keys to maneuver the cursor and type in whatever entries you are wanting to put in your hosts file 5. Once you are done, hit Control-o 6. and then hit Control-x
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GIT – Version Control
I am currently looking into GIT, I have previously used CVS and our current repository of choice is Subversion. view a Comparison against Subversion. Git is… Git is an open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Every Git clone is a full-fledged…
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Deploy Java EE to Amazon EC2
Cloud Tools is a set of tools for deploying, managing and testing Java EE applications on Amazon’s Elastic Computing Cloud (EC2). There are three main parts to Cloud Tools Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) that are configured to run Tomcat and work with EC2Deploy. EC2Deploy – the core framework. This framework manages EC2 instances, configures MySQL,…
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Qu-s desktop notes
Qu-s is a simple desktop organistation tool which allows you to keeps what you need at your finger tips but out of your way! It has some great features usually reserved for word processing applications which allow you to bring better bring organization to your ideas and your notes. Features include: bullet, check boxes and…
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World of Goo – Game review
This has to be my favourite game on the the Wii and i got it from WiiWare. It’s produced by a small team and is proof that you do not need millions to create a compelling game. There are more than four worlds, each housing unique stages and varying objectives around using the strengths and…
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iLife 09, IPhoto Review
I have had iLife 09 for 5 days. I’ve been using IPhoto and the new features are well integrated and the faces technology is very impressive. I started testing by uploading to flickr, facebook and the mobileme gallery, all worked first time and the process was (as you would expect) very simple. I had downloaded…
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How To Move OS X Time Machine Backups To A New Disk
The following has been copied form an article that can be found at ‘How To Move OS X Time Machine Backups To A New Disk‘ Turn off Time Machine with the big switch in the Time Machine System Preferences panel. Eject the old Time Machine disk, unplug it, and re-insert it to force it to…
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WD TV HD Media Player
Ive been considering the Apple TV, PS3 and a number of other media center devices, but for now i have brought the WD TV one. I do not really need a games machine and the Apple TV does not play all the formats i wanted. Also this costs less than £70. What i liked about…
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Cloud Computing – Why is it so good for business?
From a financial perspective, Cloud Computing pushes risks onto the people that own the assets. The business in effect rent a particular set of assets, based on their usage. For the business this transforms IT capex into opex. From a development perspective, Cloud Computing enables you to potentially roll out your solution in minutes or…
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Webfaction Review
Having been with Webfaction for over a year i think it’s about time i said how good they are. The plans are all very reasonable and have a very rich feature from static HTML, PHP and CGI to Rails, Django, Turbogears and Plone, these plans let you run any software you want. You can even…