Category Archives: Hacks
Disable automatic restart after Windows 7+ update
Microsoft is funny. They have all these sensible settings that they never bother to turn on and then they switch on the most annoying things. One of the things that pisses me off most is how they handle updates. Besides deciding to lock my PC down during shutdown and restart to install updates (because hey, when i shut down my … Continue reading
How to Change the Bluetooth Device Name on Linux Mint (13) and Ubuntu 12
Having just installed the latest version of Linux Mint (13 – Maya) I noticed that my bluetooth device name was incorrectl – showing mint-0 instead of my hostname. I could not find any option to change it via the UI – and it’s typically setup to be the host name and the device number (eg host-0). Continue reading
Running Starcraft + Brood War on Windows 7
A simple say to get the original Starcraft and it’s BroodWar expansion pack running on Windows 7 (tested on 64bit). Should work with any of the original battlecraft games (Warcraft 1,2 etc….) Continue reading
How to remove ads from shoutcast (net radio) in MediaMonkey, Winamp etc…
Love shoutcast? Hate ads? Use a poorly designed media player on windows that’s still better then anything out there? This post is for you. Continue reading
Google calendar sync with Office 2012 beta
Google calendar sync can be made to work with Office 2012 (provided that your using the 32bit version of Office). Here’s the method and all the reasons. Continue reading
How to run Still Life under Windows 7/Vista Ultimate
Still Life is a pretty decent, if not a slightly dark, adventure game from 2005. As all games it runs fine on XP and like most games it fails to run on Vista (but…who cares?) and Windows 7. NOTE: I’m running Win7 64bit. With any luck this will not matter for 32bit users (apparently it does not). Googling around will … Continue reading