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How to get the most out of your Mac laptop battery.

Everywhere I go on campus I see people on their laptops. Their usually hunched over, sitting on the floor, next to an outlet. In fact it is almost a strange sight to see people not charging their laptops.
I don’t normally bring my charger with me, I guess I am one of [...]

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Revisited: Finally Adium for Windows.

At the time of drafting my original Adium for Windows article, I had no idea the level of popularity it would have. Oddly enough, my Windows XP laptop died not too long after writing the article.
Let me clarify something. There isn’t Adium for Windows. The developers have made it quite clear that, [...]

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Finally Adium for Windows…

UPDATE: I revisited this article in my new post over here.
I run all the big three operating systems. I’ve had experience with most of the respective instant messaging clients, AIM, Trillian, Kopete, Pidgen, iChat and Adium, etc. Adium was by far the best because it offers so much customization. Unfortunately I can’t [...]

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Webcam security system made easy

Arggh.
Moving sucks. I just moved. I moved from my apartment to a house. The neighborhood is nice, but there hae been some B&E’s. For years I’ve had a webcam, I’ve never used it, I figure I might as well put it to use.
I hooked it up to protect the basement, [...]

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A sad 1st year anniversary

It has nearly been a year since my iBook was stolen. It was old and time for an upgrade anyways. G3 128 mb ram. It couldn’t really handle a DVD. I’ve had the replacement, a PowerBook G4 1.2 gb ram, and I’ve taken some steps to insure it doesn’t get stolen.
Never use your laptop in [...]

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