Today we had a power outage and after a few hours when power finally came back on I tried to get my development tools up again, everything was fine except for MAMP. It seems MAMP isn’t able to delete it’s PID files after something like this so it just flashed and shut down. This is [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Quick Tip: Installing Linux from USB-stick
Posted: 25th November 2009 by Mats Hellman in LinuxTags: Ubuntu, USB
This is a short tip so I will remember how to do this the next time I need to. It’s not a lengthy article or in-depth howto. Anyway, today I wanted to try out the latest Ubuntu (9.10) on my Lenovo X200s and my docking station was at work so I had no access to [...]
Anyone working with web design knows styling can sometimes be a real pain in the a**. Sometimes the styles just won’t do what you expect them to do and it might be a challenge to find out why. Today I had a problem like this and couldn’t find the problem anywhere. I then remembered Eric [...]
Defragmenting Windows
Posted: 7th November 2009 by Mats Hellman in WindowsTags: Defragmentation, Diskeeper
I’ve been a nice Windows user since Windows 95 and have always defragmented my drives. I’ve used free defragment software’s like the Windows Integrated Defragment and Smart Defrag. Today my new HP Z400 Workstation started to feel sluggish. It’s only a few weeks old but already sluggish… This can’t be true. I know it’s running [...]
My software picks for OS X
Posted: 4th November 2009 by Mats Hellman in Apple, Mac OSXTags: Apple, Free Software, OSX
As some of you might know I’m not a Windows only user. I do use an iMac at home for all my design and photo work. I also love the simplicity of OS X. It does what you expect it to and it does it well. This is probably why I feel the need to [...]
