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How to Install Octave on CentOS 5 Using Yum
Posted On: September 9, 2009
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How to Install Octave on CentOS 5 Using Yum

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.

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Getting NeoOffice to Work on Snow Leopard
Posted On: September 5, 2009
Posted In: Mac
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Getting NeoOffice to Work on Snow Leopard

You may find that NeoOffice does not launch after installing Snow Leopard. There is a fix.

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Snow Leopard Upgrade Gotcha: Black Screen
Posted On: September 5, 2009
Posted In: Mac
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Snow Leopard Upgrade Gotcha: Black Screen

How to avoid getting a black screen when upgrading your computer to Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

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Resizing a Windows System Partition in a VMware Virtual Machine
Posted On: September 2, 2009
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Resizing a Windows System Partition in a VMware Virtual Machine

How to resize a Windows system partition that resides in a VMware virtual machine.

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Focus On Functionality with Objective C
Posted On: July 29, 2009
Posted In: Computer, Mac, Programming
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Focus On Functionality with Objective C

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.

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/tmp on OS X
Posted On: July 25, 2009
Posted In: Mac, Programming
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/tmp on OS X

How to get the current user’s temporary directory on OS X.

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How to Display UTC (GMT) on the Mac Dashboard
Posted On: May 5, 2009
Posted In: Mac
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How to Display UTC (GMT) on the Mac Dashboard

Which settings will display UTC (GMT) in the Apple Dashboard using the World Clock widget that comes with OS X.

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How to Make Your Mindstorms NXT Robot Turn, Part 1
Posted On: March 25, 2009
Posted In: Robotics
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How to Make Your Mindstorms NXT Robot Turn, Part 1

Make your LEGO Mindstorms NXT robot turn the way you wanted.

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Importing UTF-8 into MySQL
Posted On: February 23, 2009
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Importing UTF-8 into MySQL

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.

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Setting Up Public Name Servers
Posted On: February 15, 2009
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Setting Up Public Name Servers

How to set up your own public name server, allowing you to have complete control over DNS for your domains.

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