05. 10. 2011
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SonoSite Ultrasonic Devices

The Situation SonoSite, Inc. is a medical device manufacturer specializing in hand-carried and mountable ultrasound and impedance cardiography equipment. Their old website had a wealth of product and educational information, but was difficult...

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10. 05. 2011
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Getting control of Time Machine backups

Time Machine is a fantastic backup tool, but to keep it from being a resource hog, you might want to consider excluding the folders listed below.   This all began with me wondering...

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06. 02. 2011
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How to Make Google Chrome Download PDFs

Note to self… By default Mac Chrome v9.0.x renders PDFs in a window. This is great most of the time, but if you would rather force PDFs to download, go to: Preferences > Under the Hood...

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05. 02. 2011
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Make your mouse scroll wheel move like butter

Hate that stiff, click-step wheel on your mouse? Give your mouse wheel a super slick, butter smooth spinning action in 10 minutes. Since every mouse is different, this hack is mainly about the...

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05. 01. 2011
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1 Kilogoat networks planned to roll out in rural Africa

I just love stories like this. WiFi hackers Inveneo have utilized mesh network technologies for a novel solution to a unique problem. The problem? Rural farmers and herders in Africa (and other areas...

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30. 09. 2010
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Configuring Gmail for use with Apple Mail 4

The following is a straighforward guide toward setting up IMAP access in Apple Mail 4 with a Google Gmail account (Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard).  I have tried a ton of different configurations,...

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06. 09. 2010
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Set up Time Machine on windows NTFS shared drive

This technique allows you to use the built in Macintosh Time Machine app to backup a Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard machine to a Windows 7 network shared drive wirelessly.  Through trial and...

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17. 08. 2010
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Interactive public art meets childhood toy

Interactive public art meets childhood toy

File 2009′s SMSslingshot under “fun stuff that gets people interacting with each other”.  Interesting project, although for texting, I would have gone with a QWERTY keyboard over an old school triple-click key pad. ...

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05. 04. 2010
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Mac Tips n’ Tricks: Setting Up a Local Folder as a Printer in the Print Dialog

I came across this little Mac productivity gem that allows a specific folder to be designated as a printer. from: http://wiki.dropbox.com/TipsAndTricks/PrintToPDF In Mac OSX you can set your Dropbox folder as an option...

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