Tag 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

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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

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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

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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

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