Category: general
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Sony A7r vs. Leica M9 Dynamic Range Compared
The Sony A7r camera body vs. Leica M9 camera body sensor dynamic range comparison in these two photos illustrates the advantage Sony has in its latest 24MP CMOS full-frame camera sensor (same as used in the Nikon D600/610). Sony A7r with Leica 75mm f/2 lens Leica M9 with Leica 75mm f/2 lens (Use left &…
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aptitude package manager – how to use tutorial
Debian / Ubuntu linux visual package manager, a step-up from apt / apt-get command line for installing your LAMP server. Navigating aptitude with hot keys ? – help screen with partial list of hot keys l – filter packages (lower case L), shows only packages / – search, places cursor (within context of all packages)…
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Safari 6 Macbook Pro Retina Mountain Lion Problems
Stuttering, flashing, missing page parts, delayed typing/keyboard reaction, character corruption are Safari problems (Safari version 6) seen under Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) on Macbook Pro Retina. The current Safari 6 version 8536.25 (check in the menu bar by clicking Safari –> About Safari) seems to only have serious issues on Macbook Pro Retina, not on…
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OS X Problems
The two best ways to avoid OS X Problems: backup before problems start and don’t fix what’s not broken. Avoiding OS X Problems – Backup Before Problems Start Before making any chages to your Mac, backup your current system by making a mirror image of your current system. This places an exact copy of your…
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Delete Windows Files on Mac OS X
The solution to deleting files on a Windows drive (XP or Vista) from Mac OS X is to use Paragon NTFS. Upon installing Paragon NTFS you’ll be able to copy/delete/modify files on drives formatted NTFS (all Windows computers since Windows 2000). This is especially handy for you VMWare Fusion (like me) or Parallels folks who…
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VisualHub
Downloading and installing VisualHub is officially a web scavenger hunt now that it’s “abandonware” – “computer software that is no longer sold or supported, or whose copyright ownership may be unclear for various reasons” – Wikipedia Many are claiming that VisualHub is now open source, (freely downloadable programming code hosted at SourceForge.net that can be…
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Macbook Pro 9600M GT Gaming Performance Benchmarks
There is some serious debate as to the speed boost in gaming performance of the new aluminum bodied Macbook Pro’s (dual graphics 9600M GT) versus the current “Penryn” or 8600M GT equipped MB Pro’s. If you visit the Apple page regarding graphics performance you can find several graphs touting the noticeable boost in performance of…
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Steve Jobs’ (Untrue) Heart Attack – iReport.com Dead
UPDATE 2: as of 3pm EST the SEC is now investing the iReport.com article authored by “johntw”. Have fun sweating bullets johntw! I hear Mexico is a wonderful place to escape to this time of year… UPDATE: as of 11am EST the story on iReport.com has been removed. Instead of offering a retraction of the…
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Cuil Search Engine: A Long Way to go
Cuil.com, a Google search competitor, launched today, July 28, 2008 and I’m happy for it. But, they’ve got a long way to go to unseat Google as the search king. They claim to rank content rather than popularity (number of incoming links to a web site). Unfortunately, that type of understanding programmed into software is…