I like to make food in my slow cooker, as all slackers do. You just put some random stuff in the pot, turn it on low, go about your day, and by the end of the evening you've got enough dinners for the entire week. That is, if you don't mind eating the same thing [...]
As a professional techie, I tend to carry a flashdrive around with various tools and applications pre-loaded on it. One of the most useful programs I have on my current drive is a portable version of Google Chrome. However, due to the way that Chrome Portable installs itself on a flashdrive, the executable winds up [...]
If you've been playing Urban Terror on Ubuntu 9.10, you may have noticed some sound problems. After a while, the game slows way down and the sound gets choppy, making it impossible to keep playing. When you try to exit the game, it will most likely freeze up on you. Here's how to fix it. [...]
Conficker is a notorious computer worm that has been infecting Windows computers since early November 2008. Simply put, it uses flaws in Windows to co-opt your computer and link it to a giant collection of other computers (called a "botnet") that can be remotely commanded by the worm's authors. FYI: Conficker only affects Windows computers, [...]