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Crossover Games, PlayOnLinux, Wine, and Cedega

If I had a lot of money… I’d buy PlayOnLinux and Cedega and Crossover Games (while maintaining a great working relationship with the good folks still at Crossover working on apps) and put together...

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Need a Color Picker? Try Nattyware’s Pixie.

This thing is really handy. It’s tiny — it only takes up 8k of RAM (which is what’s left over on a typical Vista install :)), it’s loaded with features, and it works as advertised. If you find...

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A Month With Mandriva

Well, it’s been just over a month since I made the switch to Linux from Windows. My distribution of choice for desktop PCs has always been the fantastic Mandriva Linux. Available for free with plenty...

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Make Music With Schism Tracker

There exists an obscure music format that an entire generation of kids grew up with, most without ever realizing the sub-culture and community that had grown up around them. The file format is called...

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Disable Oculus Rift Health Warning (Windows)

I understand the need for a warning when loading an app for the first time off of the Oculus Share store, etc. but as a developer it’s insanely annoying to have to go through this thing every single...

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Google Drive Is Way Less Sucky

Just under a year ago, I wrote an article about how sucky Google Drive was to use. It was specifically about the Windows application, not the web-based interface. Today, I’m happy to note that, after...

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Super Useful Windows App: Sticky Previews

I run into this situation all the time when working on graphics, 3d models, or converting web wireframes to HTML+CSS: the need to keep a mini snapshot of what I’m mimicking in the same frame as the...

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Crossover Games, PlayOnLinux, Wine, and Cedega

If I had a lot of money… I’d buy PlayOnLinux and Cedega and Crossover Games (while maintaining a great working relationship with the good folks still at Crossover working on apps) and put together...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Need a Color Picker? Try Nattyware’s Pixie.

This thing is really handy. It’s tiny — it only takes up 8k of RAM (which is what’s left over on a typical Vista install :)), it’s loaded with features, and it works as advertised. If you find...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

A Month With Mandriva

Well, it’s been just over a month since I made the switch to Linux from Windows. My distribution of choice for desktop PCs has always been the fantastic Mandriva Linux. Available for free with plenty...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Make Music With Schism Tracker

There exists an obscure music format that an entire generation of kids grew up with, most without ever realizing the sub-culture and community that had grown up around them. The file format is called...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Disable Oculus Rift Health Warning (Windows)

I understand the need for a warning when loading an app for the first time off of the Oculus Share store, etc. but as a developer it’s insanely annoying to have to go through this thing every single...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Google Drive Is Way Less Sucky

Just under a year ago, I wrote an article about how sucky Google Drive was to use. It was specifically about the Windows application, not the web-based interface. Today, I’m happy to note that, after...

View Article


Super Useful Windows App: Sticky Previews

I run into this situation all the time when working on graphics, 3d models, or converting web wireframes to HTML+CSS: the need to keep a mini snapshot of what I’m mimicking in the same frame as the...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Help The World By Hosting Academic Torrents

Reliable access to information is important. Like electricity, we don’t think about it much until it’s gone. Just imagine how much harder your daily life would be if you weren’t able to access a given...

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