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Last Updated: 19 March 2013

In the course of my IT career, I can't tell you how many times some guy has brought a computer to me saying, "I dunno what happened.  It seems to have a virus or something.  Can you take a look?"  I take a look and the story is always the same.  The guy just doesn't know the right way to look at porn.  The parallel to real life is creepy--if you bang hookers without knowing how to use condoms, you're gonna get an STD eventually.  Accordingly, if you whorishly surf waves of Internet porn without protection and know-how, you're gonna wipe-out your computer.  Here are a few tips on how to safely and respectably look at at Internet porn.

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Last Updated: 10 December 2012

PROBLEM
Recently I switched a number of networked HP printers (Laserjet P4515n) to the universal print driver because the model-specific print driver was crashing and rebooting the print server.  After switching, the print server no longer crashed; however, opening the printer properties / settings pages was terribly slow, taking 1~2 minutes to finally open.

CAUSE
The cause I determined was actually McAfee Virusscan.  Luckily, I found this entry in the on-access scan log:

Not scanned  (scan timed out)     C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpchl118.cab    none (Virus)

SOLUTION
Adding this CAB file to McAfee's scanning exceptions list solved the problem.

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Last Updated: 10 December 2012

Here's how to customize the start location of Windows Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130510/EN-US/
 
For example, I edited the properties of the shortcut with this target: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, /select, s:\data
 
This starts Windows Explorer on the S: Drive, and selects the data folder.

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Last Updated: 25 April 2014

Generally speaking, Arvixe isn't too bad, especially considering the price and included features.  Here's my quick review:

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Last Updated: 03 March 2013

The following is a task outline for building an Ubuntu-based web-server to run Joomla and JomSocial.  I created this for my own notes, so apologies if it's a bit cryptic.

Ubuntu server

• minimum install
  
• choose LAMP & SSH server during install
• static IP address
  

Install packages

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Last Updated: 10 December 2012

I go to the Apple store in Ginza looking for Snow Leopard (for a client). Of course, there's no sign indicating what is on each floor because signs would dirty the clean, minimalist approach. So I ask them where the Snow Leopard upgrades are, and they say 2nd floor. I get the elevator, but there aren't any buttons in it. Other people get in, and we all look at each other confusedly. At least I wasn't the only one.

The retarded elevator goes to every floor. I get to the 2nd floor and find Snow Leopard, and I'm holding it like a moron trying to figure out how to pay. No registers. No checkout. Just a big brushed-aluminum party with a bunch of

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