Category Archives: Technical

“Rational” IT related entries.

Demo of Highslide gallery with Ajax URLs

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Dae

Highslide is an excellent JavaScript library for making galleries, but there’s one feature I was really missing in it: Ajax URLs or URLs which change as you browse images on the page. Thankfully developers provided extensive API with the help … Continue reading →

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Easily switch between speakers and headphones on Apogee Duet

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Dae

If you want to be able to switch easily between speakers and headphones while using Apogee Duet (perhaps Apogee One too), this simple tip is for you.

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“No package … is available” when doing “yum install”

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Dae

If after doing yum install you get the error: no package … is available while you’re absolutely sure that the package you want to install is available in connected repositories, chances are that it is excluded in /etc/yum.conf. My error … Continue reading →

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“Trim” counterpart in Illustrator

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Dae

In Illustrator, if you need to crop the canvas (page) just like the “Trim” function in Photoshop would do, use Object > Artboards > Fit to Artwork Bounds.

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“Steam is temporarily unavailable” problem

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Dae

Recently I installed Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 onto my Windows 7 x64, and it replaced the built-in Windows firewall (there was an option to do so while installing, and I deliberately chose it). Everything was fine except the next day … Continue reading →

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Select input language by Caps Lock in Mac OS X

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Dae

(Эта статья также доступна на русском языке). Also: Switch input language by Caps Lock in Windows. * * * I found a new way to bind input language (input source) switch to the Caps Lock button in Mac OS X. … Continue reading →

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Переключение языка ввода по caps lock в Mac OS X

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Dae

(This article is as well available in English). Для пришедших из поисковых систем по схожим запросам: Если вы не знаете как вообще переключать язык на Mac OS X, попробуйте Cmd + пробел. Имейте в виду, 1) что поставить сочетание «как … Continue reading →

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“Recording device error” of Skype for Mac

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Dae

If you’re using a USB sound card with a headset, the solution is simple as it can be: reconnect your USB sound card.

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Restoring Windows on a PC after installing Bootcamp

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Dae

After installing Bootcamp 3.0 on a PC running Windows Vista (I was experimenting with Apple Aluminium Keyboard drivers), the system started BSOD’ing on startup with an error related to AppleMnt.sys.

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AppleScript to mount/unmount a drive

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Dae

On my Mac Pro I have two internal hard drives I rarely use. Some times they “sleep” and while doing so, every file opening dialog, search in Spotlight or search in Dictionary might wake them up and that takes some … Continue reading →

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