http://nickology.com /* Perpetual Discovery */ Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:47:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } iOS 5 is just around the corner and developers have been using the beta version for a few weeks now. It’s coming with oodles of new features ranging from a shortcut to your camera when your screen is locked to a completely revamped Notification center. You can read more on that here. What I find [...]]]> http://nickology.com/2011/08/12/why-over-the-air-updates-is-a-game-changer-for-ios/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } iOS 4.3.3 seems to affect the WiFi connection of some iphones. In any case, if your WiFi on your iPhone has suddenly seems to be very slow or disconnects very often, assuming you haven’t changed any settings on your router(s), and if you recently updated to iOS 4.3.3, there might be a simple trick you [...]]]> http://nickology.com/2011/05/24/fixing-ios-4-3-3-wifi-bug/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } iOS4.3 introduces a buffed-up Air Play and Home Sharing which is really great but if, like me, you don’t have tons of .mp4 files lying around, you might be looking for a solution to play DivX, AVI, or .mkv videos wirelessly from your Mac to your Apple TV. This solution allows you to do just [...]]]> http://nickology.com/2011/03/10/streaming-video-from-your-mac-to-your-apple-tv2/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } (Thank you Zarry!)]]> http://nickology.com/2011/01/06/how-to-return-a-blackberry-humor/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } NOTE: This example uses the file “hosts” as an example but other files can also be modified using this technique. If at some point you need to modify your hosts file in Windows 7, you’ll most likely have to change your access rights to that specific file. Please note that you have to have administrator privileges to [...]]]> http://nickology.com/2010/12/27/editing-hosts-file-in-windows-7/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } If you set up a WordPress blog, you might find that you’ve created your first user account – probably yours – and might have wanted to either use a slightly different version or perhaps a different letter-case. When I migrated this blog over to WordPress, I created the user “nick.” Which is OK except that [...]]]> http://nickology.com/2010/12/27/changing-a-username-in-wordpress/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } If you have a Windows 7 DVD Installation and you want (or have to) update an existing Vista virtual image that you have installed in VMWare’s (excellent) Fusion software, you need to boot from DVD. Usually, this will not happen by default. In VMWare Fusion 3, you need to select your Virtual Machine. It must [...]]]> http://nickology.com/2009/11/02/boot-windows-7-dvd-from-vmware-fusion-3-vista-installation-2/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Depuis la parution du logiciel Fring sur l’App Store, il est désormais possible de faire des appels, en mode WiFi uniquement, depuis votre iPhone, en utilisant votre compte SIP Free. Pour activer cette option, vous devez : 1) Activer votre compte SIP Free ” Connectez”vous à http://portail.free.fr/ avec vos identifiants. ” Séléctionnez l’option “Téléphone” ” [...]]]> http://nickology.com/2008/10/02/telephoner-avec-votre-compte-sip-free-sur-iphone/