Category Archives: tips

how to resize or reallocate space on disk partitions

August 25, 2008 – 20:34

When initially setting up my PC I decided I’d go with the trusty old formula of keeping my operating system, my installed software and my data separated. So my C became my OS partition, D is where the software goes and E holds all my precious data like mp3’s, pictures, code etc.
This works fine, until [...]

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getting gmail notifier to work over https

August 20, 2008 – 21:22

A while ago over at the GMail Blog they announced that from now on you could start using GMail more securely than ever. Awesome! All you have to do is follow the instructions on their blog post, and enable https mode for all your GMail actions in your options, ét voila, you where so much [...]

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shopping for music online without a visa card

August 17, 2008 – 19:15

I don’t have a Visa card, simply because I don’t really need it (yet). Since for most online shops you need a Visa or other credit card for payment, that seriously limits my options. I’ve tried PayPal as well, but as a Belgian you can’t wire money directly from your bank account to your PayPal [...]

By n3wjack | Also posted in belgium, breakcore, dnb, dubstep, hardcore, idm, internet, jungle, music | Comments (0)

changing your photo’s exif data

July 27, 2008 – 21:42

If you have one of those digital camera’s that forgets what day it is after you’ve replaced the AA batteries you might end up with a lot of pictures with bad EXIF data tags.
As a geek and nitpicker I sort of dislike that. In fact, in Picasa all of those pictures ended up being cataloged [...]

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