This is just an observation that I have made on my own computer so I don’t know if this is more widespread. Today, I was troubleshooting an issue when playing videos and the audio going in and out of sync (or maybe vice versa depending on how you anchor things). This was happening in Windows …
Sep 23 2011
Panasonic 2011/12 Home Appliances Launch Event
A couple of days ago I wrote about my forthcoming attendance at the Panasonic 2011/12 Home Appliances Launch in Sydney which was held in the penthouse at the Diamant Hotel. Tonight, I’m going to share with you my thoughts of the event itself and what I saw as an invitee on behalf of the Panasonic …
Sep 21 2011
Panasonic Home Appliances Launch
Hi folks. Just a quick note to let you know that I am attending a Panasonic home appliances launch event this evening. Whilst most people might find it difficult to get excited about whitegoods (particularly when the focus is on audio/visual products, mobile devices and computers) I think that it’s worth looking under the covers …
Sep 20 2011
Keep Track of Your Likes on Facebook
Here’s another quick tip for those people finding pages appearing in their Facebook feeds with updates whilst having no recollection of liking them in the first place. Periodically pruning your “likes” can be beneficial in reducing the noise in your news stream whilst giving you an opportunity to review what you like as time progresses. …
Sep 19 2011
Get Portal Free – Stat!
Here’s a quick tip for tonight. If you haven’t yet gotten into the fun physics game of Portal then you should go here now to get a copy for free through Steam. This offer lasts until tomorrow so don’t be caught napping!
Sep 18 2011
Installing Windows 8 Developer Preview in VirtualBox
Yesterday, I took you through how to prepare VirtualBox for your installation of the Windows 8 Developer Preview so today will look at the actual installation process. To kick things off, you need to configure the Windows installation image as a bootable disc in the VM. In order to do so, you need to click on “Settings” …
Sep 17 2011
Setup VirtualBox for Windows 8
As promised, I’m going to take you through how to configure a VM in VirtualBox to get the developer preview of Windows 8 up and running. The first thing you need to do after opening Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager is click on the “New” button which kicks of the “New Virtual Machine Wizard”. The first …
Sep 15 2011
Firefox Aurora Channel May Require Several Updates
Another quick tip for tonight. If you are close to the bleeding edge when it comes to the Firefox browser without being on the nightly releases you’ll be on the Aurora channel. This update channel only releases the most recent build that works (somewhat) compared to some nightly builds that might not work at all. …
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