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Archive for May, 2012
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RAM Upgrades for “Dummies”

Quick, what kind of RAM do you use in your computer, what is the max amount you can put in there, and how many slots do you have/can you fill??? Time’s up. If you knew all of the answers off the top of your head in less t...
by Christopher McCulloh
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The Absolute Path in Vista

One of the major annoyances you may have noticed with Vista if you ever need to FTP anything, or do anything that requires you typing in the “path” to a file you would like, is that Vista hides the absolute path fro...
by Christopher McCulloh
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Software
 

Desktop Sidebar Photo Slideshows

If you are creating a sidebar gadget that displays photos, you need to accommodate for both landscape and portrait and not force your user to choose one or the other. Google shockingly has done a horrible job of this. I took so...
by Christopher McCulloh
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video games
 

Weighted Companion Cube

One of the things I loved about Portal was how much it played with your mind psychologically. One of the examples of this was through the “weighted companion cube”. If you listen to the developer’s commentary,...
by Christopher McCulloh
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