Luckily, just when I needed to jailbreak a new iPod Touch 4G with iOS 5.0, I found that the iPhone devteam had released a version of RedSn0w (version 0.9.10b3) that would jailbreak the latest iOS 5.0.1 operating system. And better yet, this version would allow untethered usage (thanks to @pod2g!)…
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My nephew got an iPhone 3G and wanted to unlock it for use with his T-Mobile plan. Unfortunately, the iPhone was stuck in a weird state with only the Apple logo showing, and the iTunes application did not recognize it. I found that I could put the iPhone into Recovery…
2 CommentsI scored a great deal on two Brother HL-2280DW Wireless Laser Printers (with scanner functions) during Thanksgiving break. Once I got the printers and tried to configure them for wireless, I found that Brother’s wireless configuration options were lacking and in some cases, didn’t work at all. Unfortunately, the Ethernet…
60 CommentsToday, my Firefox browser decided to freeze on startup while loading the pre-existing tabs. After killing it and restarting several times, I realized that the only way to recover was to prevent Firefox from loading the tabs. I located Firefox’s “sessionstore.js” file and moved it (one could also rename it).…
5 CommentsMy friend gave me his old AT&T iPhone 3G. I decided to unlock it for use with T-Mobile. On the web, there was a lot of info on how to go about doing the unlock and a lot of caveats. I wanted to summarize my findings below and provide details…
2 CommentsIt has been over a year since I migrated to a Macbook Pro laptop and started using the Mac OS X operating system. Since then, I have learned some useful tips and tricks, which I have shared below. Using Keyboard Shortcuts If you can master keyboard shortcuts, you will be…
Leave a CommentHave you ever imported movies and TV show episodes into your Apple iPad and have them show up as generic videos, not movies or TV shows? Worse, these videos show up without a preview image, just a totally black square? And are the episodes nicely grouped under the TV show’s…
Leave a CommentIt was quiet, peaceful Tuesday night when I attempted to log into my Ubuntu Linux server as the root user. Permission denied, I got back. I tried it again. And again. Access denied. What the heck? I’m sure it was the correct password. I then tried all the passwords that…
3 CommentsRecently, my trusty 2.4Ghz wireless G router (a Netgear WGR614) died after many years of service. I went looking for a new router and found that the information on which router to get was not clear or conclusively. The routers that people agreed were the best cost easily over $100.…
Leave a CommentIf you have ever wanted to post a movie on your website (instead of using Youtube and other similar services), the steps below might help you get started. I will provide instructions for converting a movie AVI file from my digital camera into a Flash Video (FLV) file for posting…
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