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I’ve been annoyed for a long time by the fact that when choosing the option to place the Windows taskbar at the side of the screen instead of the default at the bottom, the width cannot be reduced to an appropriately small size and therefore it wastes space and looks terrible. I decided to research…

1 – 1/n That is the formula to compute the amount of available storage space for a RAID 5 disk array which is what I’m now thinking of getting for home. The lowest number of drives that can be used for a RAID 5 array is three, so that would mean 1 – 1/3 =…

At Fry’s the other day and needed a headset. There were a lot of options but ended up getting a Jabra Extreme2. Initially the earbud did not feel comfortable but after a while I got used to it and now like it because it enables the sound to be very clear. Audio quality is excellent…

If you live in a building and you are not a heavy user of hot water, but there is someone in your building who uses it all the time, how would you feel when your access to hot water is limited? Or how would you feel if your rent was increased to pay for the…

ownCloud has released a major update today to version 7.0.0. One new feature is the ability for someone who has their own ownCloud server running to share files with you via your ownCloud server. This server-to-server sharing is called federation. The ownCloud authors state in their release notice that file sharing via server federation is…

Many of the people searching through the haystacks were young, enlisted guys, 18 to 22 years old. They’ve suddenly been thrust into a position of extraordinary responsibility, where they now have access to all your private records. In the course of their daily work, they stumble across something that is completely unrelated in any sort…

This guitar sample app sounds amazing. This one too! This music is so soulful! It makes me want to grab my violin and find some resonant place to play. One more! So enchantingly beautiful!

I am so pissed with Google/Android and WordPress both because of the fact that its not possible to filter their lists of apps (plugins for WP). How hard would it be to add filters when searching for apps, one of which would be the ability to filter for things which are genuinely free, not some…

Everyone knows how long it takes to walk through an Ikea store. Once you enter along the winding path and embark on your sojourn through the store its not like you can easily just exit or walk back to the entrance. Which is what makes someone’s taking your shopping cart a really annoying experience. This…

It turns out that Windows 8.1 added a bunch of folder links to the topmost heirarchy of files which you see in Windows Explorer under “This PC”. It has added links for Documents, Music, Pictures, Videos, and Desktop which are all links to the actual directories in the user’s home folder. This is highly annoying.…