Category: Guides
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What To Do If Your Android Home Screen Replacement Lags
Home screen replacement apps are one of the many benefits of the open nature of Android. They provide speed and functionality above and beyond what the default home screen can offer. Unfortunately, due to the nature of how home screen replacements work, some issues can arise. One persistently annoying issue surfaces when the entire home…
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Fix: “Print driver host for 32bit applications has stopped working” Error in Windows 7
One problem I’ve experienced when using my Windows 7 64-bit computer with networked printers is that I intermittently get the error: Print driver host for 32bit applications has stopped working It appears that this problem occurs for most people when printing to network printers, but I was seeing it even when not printing (I would…
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Mykea Turns Your Boring IKEA Furniture Into Works of Art
I’m a big fan of IKEA furniture. Sure, it might not be the most durable (and certainly doesn’t hold a candle to your grandparents’ solid oak chifforobe), but it’s typically affordable and they offer sleek, modern styles. If you have the luxury to visit an IKEA showroom, you can easily spend hours wandering through the…
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Friday Fun! Blow Up Your Favorite Websites with a Bookmarklet
If you’ve ever played the video game Asteroids, then you’ll be delighted to know that you can bring the destructive joy of this simple game to any website on the internet with a simple JavaScript bookmarklet (ok – the JavaScript isn’t simple, but clicking a bookmarklet is!). 18ish-year-old Swedish developer Erik Andersson has done a remarkable…
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Make Gmail into a Carnival with 0Boxer, Earn Rewards for Being Productive
Time to face hard facts: Checking your Gmail inbox is not the most enjoyable thing you do during the day. To be honest, it can be quite boring, really. Reading, replying, trashing, and repeat; it never ends. Even using Priority Inbox doesn’t solve the mediocrity email sorting creates. Wouldn’t it be great if you could actually get…
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Fix: Apple’s Mini DisplayPort Wireless Internet Connection Problem
Apple’s newest MacBook Pro models feature a Mini DisplayPort for connecting external monitors. While the new connection is in many ways much better than a full-sized DVI or even DisplayPort, there have been recent reports of problems with wireless internet connections. When connecting an external monitor through the Mini DisplayPort, the Airport wireless signal drops…
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4 Great Ways to Give Your Old Computer a Second Life
Do you have an older computer sitting around and don’t know what to do with it? An old computer can be repurposed to serve as a TV, print server, file server, music server, kitchen recipe computer, and much more. I’ll take you through a few of the ideas, including the things you’ll need and give…
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Create Budgets, Visualize Expenses, and Reduce Debt for Free with Mint.com
When I got my first glimpse of a “big kid job” by taking an engineering internship in 2008, I quickly realized that my strategy of “save enough money for food” wasn’t going to cut it anymore. Since I was earning significantly more than I was at my previous part-time jobs, I needed a way to…