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How to Install Octave on CentOS 5 Using Yum
Posted On: September 9, 2009Posted In: SysAdmin
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Octave doesn’t appear to be part of RHEL anymore, so it’s not included in CentOS 5. This article explains how to install Octave on CentOS using yum.
Read More...Getting NeoOffice to Work on Snow Leopard
Posted On: September 5, 2009Posted In: Mac
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You may find that NeoOffice does not launch after installing Snow Leopard. There is a fix.
Read More...Snow Leopard Upgrade Gotcha: Black Screen
Posted On: September 5, 2009Posted In: Mac
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How to avoid getting a black screen when upgrading your computer to Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
Read More...Resizing a Windows System Partition in a VMware Virtual Machine
Posted On: September 2, 2009Posted In: SysAdmin
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How to resize a Windows system partition that resides in a VMware virtual machine.
Read More...Focus On Functionality with Objective C
Posted On: July 29, 2009Posted In: Computer, Mac, Programming
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Interfaces are an important polymorphism tool in languages like Java and Delphi. Objective C protocols are similar, but some syntax may not be obvious at first.
Read More.../tmp on OS X
Posted On: July 25, 2009Posted In: Mac, Programming
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How to get the current user’s temporary directory on OS X.
Read More...How to Display UTC (GMT) on the Mac Dashboard
Posted On: May 5, 2009Posted In: Mac
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Which settings will display UTC (GMT) in the Apple Dashboard using the World Clock widget that comes with OS X.
Read More...How to Make Your Mindstorms NXT Robot Turn, Part 1
Posted On: March 25, 2009Posted In: Robotics
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Make your LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot turn the way you wanted.
Read More...Importing UTF-8 into MySQL
Posted On: February 23, 2009Posted In: SysAdmin
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The MySQL command line tool does not correctly handle UTF-8 encoded source files by default. Here is how to import UTF-8 text without mangling it.
Read More...Setting Up Public Name Servers
Posted On: February 15, 2009Posted In: SysAdmin
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How to set up your own public name server, allowing you to have complete control over DNS for your domains.
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