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Archive for September 2009

Modifier Keys broken in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

In Computing on 28 September 2009 tagged Apple, bug, drivers, fail, logitech, Software with 2 comments

I said I wasn’t going to let this happen to me again, but dad-gum-it, I just couldn’t stay away. I like this mouse too much to leave it at the bottom of a bin. So when I upgraded to Snow Leopard this week, I figured there’d be problems. This was a surprise though.
The setting to [...]

Dark and stormies in Vegas

In Food on 15 September 2009 tagged 151, drinks, goslings, rum, vegas with no comments

Did you know Goslings makes a Ginger beer? I didn’t. How about a 151 proof rum? Yup. Combined? They’re delicious! And the Rumjungle has both.

Windows 7 Wake From Sleep

In Computing on 2 September 2009 tagged 7, hibernate, howto, pc, problems, sleep, tips, wake, windows with 2 comments

Since installing Windows 7 I haven’t been able to put my PC to sleep either in hybrid mode or hibernate. So I did a little digging and found some useful tips on INTERNET.
If you put your computer to sleep in one of these modes and find it immediately wakes back up again, fans whirring, login-screen [...]