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List of Torrents Sites

List of Torrents Sites

Many people are getting into Torrents these days but have trouble for whatever reason finding a good Torrents site.  There are plenty out there, and a lot of them offer nothing but fakes, others have a high ratio of fakes, so we felt it time to share with all of you the best of the best Torrents sites. [...]

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How To Open SFV Files

How To Open SFV Files

Undoubtedly many people have downloaded .SFV files from Torrents or other sources.  The question is….what the hell do you do with them?  There is usually a .SFV file followed by a bunch of files numbered starting at .001.  Here is how to open them up. [...]

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Thunderbird Reply Above Quote

Thunderbird Reply Above Quote

By default when replying to a message is Thunderbird, the original text appears above the area to compose the response.  I cannot stand this behaviour.  Here is how to switch it so your reply appears above the original message. [...]

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Speed Up Firefox By Fixing Extensions and Plugins

Speed Up Firefox By Fixing Extensions and Plugins

One of the more frequent issues I hear from people about Firefox is that it was fantastic when they first installed it but now it’s sluggish and slow.  The problem is not Firefox, but may be your plugins and extensions.  A faulty extension could slow down Firefox quite a bit.  Here is how to identify if this is the cause of your sluggishness and spotted rendering of pages. [...]

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Install Ubuntu in Windows: Wubi

Install Ubuntu in Windows: Wubi

Ubuntu is the most popular distribution of Linux for the desktop.   It is free, full-featured, has tremendous support and is easy to use.   And now Windows users can run it! [...]

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Track The Amount Of Time You Spend Online

Track The Amount Of Time You Spend Online

We are all guilty of spending way too much time on the Internet.  But exactly how much time?  There is a neat little extension to Firefox that will tell you exactly how much time you spend online! [...]

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Bash Script Quick Reference

Bash Script Quick Reference

This the basic Bash Script quick reference useful to those, who do not often write bash scripts, and need an intermitent refresher on how basic things are done. This is not a comprehensive reference, nor will it be of use to any one who is more experienced with Bash shell. [...]

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Restart Apache Server Without Dropping Connections

Restart Apache Server Without Dropping Connections

It will happen that you are doing some reconfiguration on your web server and need to restart apache to finish the config.  Trouble is, you have people currently logged on to your site.  What to do?  Restart apache without dropping the connections!  Here’s how. [...]

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How To Create RSS Feeds Easily

How To Create RSS Feeds Easily

Control your RSS destiny with ListGarden.  You might want to provide alternative RSS item descriptions, or to manually select which RSS items to publish. While you can code an RSS feed by hand, you can use a tool like ListGarden and make it a no brainer. It can help you to not only create and manage RSS feeds, but also to do more advanced tasks like publish the feeds on a remote server, back up the feeds, generate an HTML page, and much more. [...]

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Custom Shortcuts To Launch Apps

Custom Shortcuts To Launch Apps

I find when I get into my work I seldom use the mouse, and launching apps is a real pain without the mouse.  Fortunately, you can create shortcuts to Run Applications in both Windows and Linux.  Here is the definitive guide on how to configure both OS’es to launch an app at the push of a button. [...]

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