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So tonight at the Midlands Mac User Group Richard, Ben and I were talking about the Fon AP that Ben had at Trilby. For some reason he (and others) were having trouble setting up their Fon router to work.
I bought one too for €8 and never got around to setting it up. So I figured [...]
Tags: btopenzone, fon, fonera, hotspots, wifi
I have a few backup systems in force after a hard drive crash on my last Powerbook. Firstly I backup the main stuff using Mozy.com’s online backup system. I also backup to CD every few months for a local copy. And lastly, I backup to my 80GB iPod which I have plugged in very often [...]
This tip is widely shown on the interweb but I thought I’d post it too for some reference. Thanks to AppleFritter for this tip.
Once you have your VIDEO_TS folder (from a personally owned DVD, not copyrighted materials*) make sure its somewhere handy (in say ~/MOVIE_NAME/VIDEO_TS). Then fire up the Terminal from Applications>Utilities and type the [...]
Tags: disk image, howto, iso, macosx, video_ts
I came across this very problem when I was doing some short films for work. The manager had bought a JVC GZ-MG130 Hard drive based camcorder and had recorded some short bits that needed editing. After first searching, I found out that iMovie couldn’t directly interface with the camera like it does on a Firewire [...]
So I have been struggling recently to get online via my powerbook using my Nokia 6280 handset from Three in the UK. I had signed up for an internet package, and was hoping I could do the same I did with Orange previously, and use my phone as a bluetooth modem.
Alas, it did not work. [...]
So I recently decided I had to buy a new phone. I have a Nokia 6280 and its driving me crazy. It seemed great at first. 3G, bluetooth, 2MP camera, external memory card slot (which I upgraded to 512MB), slide design. Lovely. But the firmware let me down. It spent months restarting itself, and its [...]
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I came across a need to do this last night as I was trying to get my girlfriends new Macbook onto the wireless router I have here. So I logged on to the router and found Key 1 and told her to type it in. Much surprise did i get when it denied access. So [...]
