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August 23, 2008 Computing, on the net 6 Comments

Space Invaders turns 30

I wouldn’t normally write about stuff like this, but I grew up with Space Invaders and I think it changed the video gaming world as we know it today. Well, it actually was the very beginning. Space Invaders? was designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in June 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by […]

June 14, 2008 on the net 2 Comments

Reset Mediawiki Admin Password

I love using Mediawiki, but my first install I completely forgot the Admin password. And not having an email address setup in my profile (for the admin user) made me wonder how to reset it. I knew I had to get into the SQL database, and I don’t pretend to be an expert in playing […]

May 10, 2008 on the net, Windows No Comments

XP Service Pack 3 now on Windows Update

SP3 have now been added to Windows Update, and from all reports does make a difference in performance. A few people that I have spoken to have all said that boot times are reduced, and overall running seems to be quicker. If you need to download it manually and/or hate windows update, here is a […]

April 19, 2008 on the net, Windows No Comments

Open Source Alternative to VMWare

Having used VMWare to build virtual OS systems on one PC (mainly for testing applications), I wondered if there was a open source (and free) equivalent. I found VirtualBox. It looks to do exactly the same thing as VMWare, and can be installed on a variety of platforms. VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh and […]

March 9, 2008 Computing, on the net No Comments

Maxtor Hard Drive Jumper settings

I hate having to pull a hard drive out of a case to check what the jumper settings are for Master, Slave etc. Not knowing the exact model of this Maxtor one I came across today, I though I’d ask my friend Google. I found a page with most (if not all) of the Maxtor […]