Despite every ounce of intuition in your body screaming "No, no, no, no, don't do it!", you did it anyway. You just had to click "that" button. The one that should have been big and red and marked "SELF DESTRUCT". And now your computer's buggered. Isn't it lovely to have intuition give you it's best gut wrenching "I told you so!" gloat. Welcome to the (almost) definitive guide to getting your desktop back Whether you have a black screen, a flashing screen, just can't get past the login screen or you're stuck in the command-line, you're about to learn a few tricks that will help you get … [Read more...]
Tricking Servers into Letting You Access Restricted Content
March 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Most Internet users have hit the "I'm not talking with you" brick wall built by video distributors, YouTube, game makers or other content creators who take delight in preventing surfers in specific countries from enjoying their content. How many headaches and sleepless nights have you had because you're unable to appreciate the song your long distance girlfriend or boyfriend has sent you? Get your own back! It's easy. You can watch all the videos, play all the games and enjoy any other geographically restricted content by using a VPN! Wow! What's that? I hear your gasps. They are … [Read more...]
Virus Email Alert
May 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
Just a quick post to do two things: one, let you know I'm still about and, two, to alert you all to a new email scam that is doing the rounds. As the first item is self-evident, I'll jump into the email virus warning. If any of you receive an email entitled "Please look my CV. Thank you" and the message inside reads: Hello! I have figured out that you have an available job. I am quiet intrested in it. So I send you my resume, Looking forward to your reply. Thank you. Then please be aware that the attached zip file might contain a virus. I have just received such an email … [Read more...]
Backing up your Firefox Profile without FEBE
October 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This is actually quite easy. For those who do not know FEBE is a Firefox plugin used to back-up and retrieve user profiles. It copies and all plug-ins, themes, bookmarks and undeleted browsing history (including the cache) then compresses them into one zip file ready to be re-imported into Firefox should a profile become corrupt or destroyed, or should a profile just need copying to another computer. I've discovered three downsides to FEBE: it isn't always reliable (I recently lost a lot of bookmarks through an improper backup), FEBE must be installed before a profile can be … [Read more...]
