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Paving site review
This is a fairly trustworthy site to buy paving slabs and other construction materials. It checks out on on all sources I usually use: domain registration, physical address, reputation sites and a quick search for complains. So go ahead and look around, but remember that for larger purchases you should consult an expert. They also…
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IVA site review
Reviewing this site pose a conundrum to me (other than how to write the word conundrum): on the one side they seem to be a legitimate site for IVA advice, with a long standing domain registration, a physical address and even an entry at the Office of Fair trading (which seem to be the equivalent…
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Setting up git-daemon under Ubuntu
The scenario is the following: inside a (somewhat) trusted LAN you would like to set up git-daemon so that your coworkers can access your repositories. This solution is not appropriate in cases where you want to share with random people on the interwebs. This short description is based loosely on this blogpost and it was…
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Adding tab completition to Maven3 under Ubuntu
Maven 3 was released recently (depending on your definition of recent), but is not yet packaged for Ubuntu. This is generally not a problem, since the installation instructions are easy to follow (alternatively here are the installation instructions from the Sonatype maven book), but you don’t get tab completion in your terminal, which is quite…
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adulttoys.com review
Sex sells, but in this case it is the reverse: money sold me to review an adult sex toys website. Here we go: I didn’t use any sextoys myself to-date (although I would be open to try some of the lighter versions), but I can see how online shopping and discreet delivery can be a…
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blackjackpractice.org review
I was hired to write a review about blackjackpractice.org which purportedly blackjack practice, however I wasn’t able to verify this, since the site is down (currently it is showing a default directory listing from Apache, earlier today it was showing an empty page). There is very little know about this by the usual sources, and…
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Booting the Linux Kernel from Grub2
Recently a good friend of mine managed to uninstall all the kernels from his Ubuntu machine (what can I say – Monday morning and no coffee is a deadly combination). Luckily he had the install CD on hand so we did the following: Boot from the CD (we had Internet connection) Mount the Linux partition…
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The wrong time to update software…
is when the user is the busiest, for example when s/he just started your application. See for example the screenshot below with Adobe Air (click trough to see it in its full beauty). The mistakes it makes: It tries to do the update when I’m trying to start Grooveshark (it interferes with my intention) It…
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Recovering encrypted home directory under Ubuntu
While the home-folder encryption in Ubuntu is far from a perfect solution (there is considerable data leakage from the swap file and the temp directory – for example once I’ve observed the flash videos from Chromium porn private browsing mode being present in the /tmp directory), it is a partial solution nevertheless and very easy…
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scentsy review take two
I’ve already written about Scentsy Products, so I will try not to repeat myself that much (other than reiterating that you should really think before investing in a referral system) and will focus on their special product: Piece by Piece Full-Size Scentsy Warmer – this a usual warmer (usual for Scentsy that is – it…