Normally when you want to access a server on the Internet, you specify its name, like “www.google.com”. What actually happens behind the scenes is that your computer finds out the “IP address” of where you want to go. The IP address is like the “telephone number” of a server. The IP address for Google is 64.233.181.104 .
Read on to find out how to set IP address manually.
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Someone complemented me the other day that I’m pretty organized. I’m going to be sharing what I use to keep organized in upcoming blogposts.
For one, I use something called Zim. It’s a desktop wiki program.
A wiki is a user-editable, interlinked set of information, like Wikipedia, or the Portland Pattern Repository, the first and original wiki.
While there are a bunch of free wiki packages, they mostly require a webserver. Zim, by contrast, runs on your computer like a normal program.
Read on for more.
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Frozen Bubble is a fun game for wasting time while you’re waiting for TPS reports to print.
No long-winded strategy, no enemy aliens, no unwieldy artillery targeting. Just shooting marbles mindlessly.
Read on for screenshots and installation.
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One of the most annoying things about Windows is software installation. In Linux if you want to install 10 software packages, you just click what software you want in the package installer, and it downloads and installs them all.
But in Windows, you go to 10 different websites, download and save their installers, run the setup programs, and click through the steps. Annoying like crazy.
Ninite is a website that lets you download a combined installer for some of the most popular free Windows programs.
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People like to say that the Apple only has a few percent market share.
But Quantcast has a new survey out that says 11% of online users are using Macintoshes.
I think that’s pretty amazing how Apple’s usage has went up recently.
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Java is an application environment (like, in a way, .NET, Perl, PHP, etc.) in which a lot of cool programs like Limewire and Azureus and some useful programs like Eclipse and Netbeans are written.
Java is usually included with Macintosh. For Windows, here’s an overview of how to install Java.
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Here’s a neat little application that makes a picture of your mouse movements as you use your computer. It’s sort of hokey, but I guess you could use it to track how people use your website.
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There are reports that Microsoft’s latest update for Windows XP is crashing a lot of users’ computers. When you apply the patch and reboot, Windows says: “A problem has been detected and Windows has been shutdown to prevent damage to your computer.”
Here’s the procedure to uninstall the patch so you boot again.
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Miro is a free and open source podcast viewer for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
Here’s a run-through of the installation process for Windows so you know what to expect before you start.
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