Enable Google’s New Image Search
Don’t want to wait for Google’s rollout of their new image search to reach you? Then don’t. Just use this link from the Official Google Blog to enable access on your account: Enable New Google Image Search
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Quick Tip: Pinning Tabs in Chrome
Did you know if you right-click on a tab in Chrome (cross platform) you have an option to permanently place a tab in the tab bar? I’ve been using Chrome as my default browser for the last few months and while I’d seen the option before I’d never actually looked into it. This really comes in handy…
Why your iPod won’t charge (and what to do about it)
Show of hands if you’ve seen this message on your iPhone or iPod touch: “Charging is not supported with this accessory” Why not? The music and video still works… why wouldn’t charging be supported? It upset me too. I tried connecting it to an older Alpine stereo and it flashed me the error. The short…
Repairing Your Grub Bootloader
Last week a friend of mind tried to install Windows XP on his system after installing Ubuntu, and of course the result was that he lost his bootloader. Don’t panic though, just boot off your Live CD and open up a Terminal window. Then execute these commands: sudo grub root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) Close out…
DOS Tips: Part 1
Back in May I started a series of posts about how to better take advantage of the Terminal in OS X, now months later without my MacBook Pro, I’ve resorted to DOS. I suppose it is only fair that DOS gets a series of its own. [1] net user administrator /random Who knew Windows XP…