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Alex is a blogger. You can find his personal blog here. You can also find him on Twitter.

Use OpenDNS On Your iPhone/iPod

August 9th, 2009

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Recently, I had the idea of using OpenDNS on my iPod Touch. OpenDNS is “the leading provider of free security and infrastructure services that make the Internet safer through integrated Web content filtering, anti-phishing and DNS.” Basically, it makes the web safer and faster. I’ve been using OpenDNS for awhile, and I can attest to its […]

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Change The Name Of An Untitled Windows Partition

July 17th, 2009

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If you’re dual-booting OS X and a more recent version of Windows, you’ll likely have noticed that your Windows partition is labeled “Untitled” in OS X. I’m anal about these sort of things and this bothers me to no end, so I began searching for a way to change the name to something more descriptive. […]

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How to Remove a Dell Inspiron 1525 Keyboard

July 9th, 2009

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Since most of the people visiting this site are probably rocking an Inspiron 1525, I figured we should write some hardware-related stuff. Having OS X running on non-apple hardware means nothing if your hardware doesn’t work. One of my gripes with the 1525 is that the keyboard is prone to getting dirty; the keys almost […]

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Steve Jobs Officially Back at Apple

June 29th, 2009

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After being gone for six months and having a liver transplant, everyone’s favorite CEO is officially back at Apple. Said Apple spokesman Steve Dowling: “Steve Jobs is back to work. He is at Apple a few days a week and working from home the other days. We’re glad to have him back.” This return probably […]

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Grab Snow Leopard’s Sexy New Wallpaper Now

June 17th, 2009

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Snow Leopard is slated for release in September, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a taste of it now. The new wallpaper, like Snow Leopard itself, is a refinement, and you may as well get used to it now, because you’re going to be seeing it in every Apple store for the next two […]

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