http://chrispenner.info/blog PC tips, tricks, DIY projects & other miscellaneous ramblings Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2010/07/20/installing-rtorrent-rutorrent-on-ubuntu-server-10-04-lts/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2010/07/20/installing-rtorrent-rutorrent-on-ubuntu-server-10-04-lts/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:42:26 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=550
First things first. To give credit where it’s due, I have to link to sharky’s tutorial at filesharefreak.com. Much of my tutorial is copied from there, with a few changes to include my own personal preferences as well as a few fixes that I had to implement for my particular setup. There’s no question that for [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2010/07/20/installing-rtorrent-rutorrent-on-ubuntu-server-10-04-lts/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2010/03/01/the-universal-network-cable/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2010/03/01/the-universal-network-cable/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:53:00 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=547
Tired of having to look for a crossover cable?  Irritated at not having a proper cable to connect to a T1 box?  Misplaced loopback dongle?  Any combination of the above?  It’s no longer an issue.  Save time and money spent searching for or purchasing adapters, cables or dongles with one device that will handle whatever [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2010/03/01/the-universal-network-cable/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/12/02/adding-a-network-share-to-a-windows-7-library/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/12/02/adding-a-network-share-to-a-windows-7-library/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:06:18 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=536
  Do you have a directory on file server or a shared folder on another computer that you want to add to a Windows 7 Library?  I did, and I was annoyed at Windows’ inability to add a network path to a Library.  This is what Windows 7 says when an [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/12/02/adding-a-network-share-to-a-windows-7-library/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/11/24/utorrent-and-multi-booting/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/11/24/utorrent-and-multi-booting/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:59:43 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=465
I've mentioned before That I often have more than one operating system (OS) installed. I also use uTorrent for my bittorrent needs, and I don't want to have to be running a specific OS in order to complete my downloads. Because of this, I've had to find a way to run the same copy of uTorrent -- and have it load all of my torrents -- in each OS.]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/11/24/utorrent-and-multi-booting/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/11/10/enhance-your-windows-experience-with-ui-add-ons/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/11/10/enhance-your-windows-experience-with-ui-add-ons/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:01 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=503
It seems that in the Linux and Mac communities, Windows is often being bashed for what it doesn’t do while being criticized for having too much bloat.  While I won’t get into the latter claim, I will address the first.  There are, unfortunately, numerous areas where Windows is lacking.  Out of the box, at least.  [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/11/10/enhance-your-windows-experience-with-ui-add-ons/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/29/installing-windows-7-64-bit-with-a-key-from-32-bit-media/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/29/installing-windows-7-64-bit-with-a-key-from-32-bit-media/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:48:52 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=485
Yesterday I attended the “The New Efficiency” launch event for Windows 7 in Burbank. At the end of the event, Microsoft was generous enough to give away a free copy of Windows 7 Ultimate to all of the registered attendees. Of course, even when something’s free, some people will find something to complain [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/29/installing-windows-7-64-bit-with-a-key-from-32-bit-media/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/20/no-god-trend-is-crashing-twitter/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/20/no-god-trend-is-crashing-twitter/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:08:02 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=470
It started with a slew of religious folk re-tweeting the phrase “Know God… know peace. No God, no peace.” “No God” then became the #1 trending topic, overloading the site. Twitter’s explanation didn’t seem to get through to many offended Christians who were left wondering how “No God” became such a hot topic. UPDATE @ [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/20/no-god-trend-is-crashing-twitter/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/06/store-your-microsoft-outlook-data-file-on-a-separate-partition/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/06/store-your-microsoft-outlook-data-file-on-a-separate-partition/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:37:48 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=443
Well, now that we’ve got our important data moved to a new partition in case of any OS crashes, re-installations or upgrades, let’s take a look at Microsoft Outlook. Some of us, for various reasons, haven’t switched to a webmail-only experience for e-mail, and Outlook, for all its criticisms, continues to be a [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/10/06/store-your-microsoft-outlook-data-file-on-a-separate-partition/feed/ 0 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/09/30/store-your-data-on-a-separate-partition/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/09/30/store-your-data-on-a-separate-partition/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:19:01 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=374
I’ve noticed that in a few recent posts I’ve taken shots at Microsoft, though they were all in good fun. I do use Windows as my primary OS on my main PC though, so I figured I’d add a few Windows tips here and there. This will be the first. This guide will cover [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/09/30/store-your-data-on-a-separate-partition/feed/ 1 http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/09/25/internet-explorer-security-protects-you-from-opera/ http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/09/25/internet-explorer-security-protects-you-from-opera/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:48:42 +0000 chris http://chrispenner.info/blog/?p=383
I was recently presented with the opportunity to download an evaluation copy of the new Enterprise edition of Windows 7. Of course after installing it, I had to re-download and reinstall my applications. When it came time to download browsers, like everyone else that uses Windows, I had to use Internet Explorer to [...]]]> http://chrispenner.info/blog/2009/09/25/internet-explorer-security-protects-you-from-opera/feed/ 0