There was something of a kerfuffle over the last week when CherryOS (page now disabled) claimed that Mac OS X could be used with any old Intel architecture computer as a virtual machine. As time passes, the website has gone missing and it seems more and more likely that CherryOS is a complete rip-off [...]
Mac OS X on Windows XP
October 20th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Tags: · Computers, Macintosh, Open Source, Software, Technology, Windows
Using Gmail As Your Default Mail Handler
June 17th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Matt Haughey wondered if there was a way to specify Gmail as the default Windows XP mail handler application.
There are a couple of problems with making this happen -- a) Windows wants to execute a binary in response to someone clicking an email link in a browser, and b) Gmail doesn't exhibit an obvious way [...]
Tags: · Computers, Email, Howto, Internet, Software, System Administration, Technology, Tutorial, Windows
Blocking Ads and Other Nonsense
February 20th, 2004 · 3 Comments
Do you hate being forced to look at ads while you putter around the web? Me too. For that reason I've been blocking advertising servers with my own compilation of ad server filters for quite some time. The fantastic Firefox (formerly Firebird) browser/AdBlock combination makes this method seem redundant for browsing with [...]
Tags: · Computers, Development, Howto, Information Security, Internet, Linux, Macintosh, Networking, Open Source, Privacy, Ranting, Site Information, Spam, System Administration, Technology, Windows