Jul 29, 2012
Streaming the Internet with Roku HD
Recently I felt the need to stream Internet content and update my Toshiba 19″ Flat panel to the latest century and on a friends recommendation found the Roku 2 XD. The Roku 2 XD is one of four models, It is a stylish small form factor box that plugs in either standard RCA cables or HDMI. Each Roku 2 XD player comes with: IR remote 2 x AAA batteries A/V cable A/C Power adapter Getting Started guide... read more
Jul 17, 2012
Often there are times that you have a port in use and you find that a process is using the port you need to free up or there is a port and you just need to find out who owns it. With Windows it is as easy as using netstat and tasklist commands. Open a command prompt window and type: netstat -a -n -o The -a parameter displays all connections and listening ports, the -n parameter displays the addresses and...
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Find a process using a port on Windows
Jul 8, 2012
Gramps 3.4.0 Released
This is a bit passed due but the Gramps project has released Gramps 3.4.0 The “always look on the bright side of life”. If you are interested in Genealogy and looking for an OpenSource solution, then you owe it yourself to check out Gramps. If you are a seasoned Gramps user then you owe it to yourself to download the latest version. Version 3.4.0 of Gramps! The “always look on the bright side of life’“, a... read more
Jul 8, 2012
Creating EPUB documents with LibreOffice Writer
With all the ereaders and tablets available it is now easy to take your documents with you everywhere, be it a book technical manual, etc., but what about stuff you write or company documents. With LibreOffice Writer you can create your own by using the Writer2epub extension for OpenOffice / LibreOffice Writer. Writer2epub can b downloaded at http://extensions.openoffice.org/en/project/Writer2ePub/ and is... read more
Jul 5, 2012
Changing Print Size in Firefox 11+ with NoSquint
Recently came across and issue with emails and other web pages printing the fonts in an unreadable size. This was not an issue with Internet Explorer or Chrome. Found that this is a fairly common issue that users were experiencing. This is where Firefox AddOns fill the gap. Enter NoSquint. NoSquint allows you to adjust the viewing and printing size of the pages and fonts and alleviates the issue.... read more
