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Rooting a Wildfire S

Up to few days ago, the only way to root the Wildfire S was using the XTC-Clip to get S-OFF (if it wasn’t already). Now, on the 8 of December 2012, it’s not necessary anymore! Please be aware that in …

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Home made HTS – Part IV – Remote Control

One of the coolest thing about having a home server is being able to remote control it. Accessing data and controlling softwares can be extremely useful and fun. Here I will describe how I did. Getting a static address If …

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Transfer domain from Google Apps to GoDaddy

It was such a mistake to register a domain to Google Apps! The day I decided to have it in my GoDaddy account with all the others, the transfer process was such a pain in the a**. Finally I found …

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Shortcuts I wish I knew when I started nerding

Shortcuts are time saver if you spend a lot of time on your computer, here are some advice I wish I knew many years ago… Windows General F2 = rename selected file Alt + Prt Scr = takes a screenshot …

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Create custom keyboard layouts to map special keys

I have recently purchased a new pc from hk, thus having an US keyboard, while my main language is italian. To my surprise, the US keyboard has TWO keys less than the italian one, so as I switched to the …

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How to download Flickr protected photos

Nothing on the internet is safe, especially if it’s something protected! Here I’ll show you how you could easily download photos from Flickr even when this is disabled. Of course this is only for illustrative purpose, downloading images protected by …

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Grasshopper button in Rhino toolbar

Have you ever wished to speed up launching Grasshopper from Rhino? Well here is a simple tip to add a ‘Grasshopper button‘ to your toolbar, just one click and you’re done! On an average of 20 launches of the plugin …

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Safely connect to public networks using SSH tunnel

Recently I’m getting pretty paranoid about connecting to public networks, it’s just a matter of seconds that someone could sniff all of your unsecure traffic, steal your passowords and data. Fortunately many web services are turning to secure http, but …

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Gmail gadgets on (the) right side

Gmail is the most powerful web based email client, but sometimes it lacks of some customization features. Since it’s possible to add any gedget by url, and many are already available via Gmail Labs, why not putting them on the …

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Import friend’s Email from Facebook to Gmail

With Google calling out Facebook last week fortrapping your contacts, it seems like a perfect time to offer a solution for rescuing those Facebook contacts and their email addresses — sorry, still no phone numbers — and exporting them to …

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