Category Archives: Tutorials

What is the point of learning a lot but never sharing that newfound knowledge with others in order to spread awareness around? Knowledge is for all and so if I come across some technique or instructions that I wish to safeguard for the future, where better to leave it lying around than on the World Wide Web for all to access?

What is a Hell Ban?

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Craig Lotter
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Annoyingly, you always get people who just want to cause trouble and create unpleasantness in a community just for the fun of it. You know them, the guys in online games who run around and kill people on their own … Continue reading →

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Where Do I find My WiFi MAC Address on My BlackBerry?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Craig Lotter
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To get your BlackBerry MAC address off most of the recent BlackBerry models is pretty simple. Navigate to the home screen (the one with all the icons on it) and select the Options launcher. Click on that and then scroll … Continue reading →

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Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830: Quickly Add an App Shortcut to the Main Screen

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Craig Lotter
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The Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830 is a nice mid-range Android phone running 2.2 Froyo with Touchwiz 3.0 on top. Although it isn’t quite intuitive, to quickly add a shortcut (or launcher) to that latest great app you just installed on … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu: How to count the number of Files in a Directory via the Terminal

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Craig Lotter
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In order to count the number of files in a directory or folder in Ubuntu via the terminal, it is a simple matter of using the ls listing command with a numeric 1 switch and then piping its result to … Continue reading →

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Keyboard Shortcut: How to Zoom in and out on a Web Page

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Craig Lotter
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The ability to zoom in and out on web pages has actually been around for a while now, and is particularly useful on small screen devices like phones and tablets. Of course, it is of limited use on a big … Continue reading →

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