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About Thomas

Thomas is a self-proclaimed guru (just ask him). He enjoys long walks on the beach, running Mac OS X on his Inspiron 1525, and tweeting about nonsensical life happenings. You can follow Thomas on twitter, email him, or search the interwebs for all his personal information. Neither should be too difficult.

Dual-booting Chromium OS and Ubuntu Linux

December 6th, 2011

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Note: The following guide should work with any version of Linux, though these instructions are specific to Ubuntu 11.10. The process also involves formatting your entire hard drive (not just a partition) so be sure to back up all data before proceeding. Finally, major thanks to Hexxeh for his continued hard work. This is just […]

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Maximizing your battery’s life cycle

November 5th, 2011

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Admit it: the Inspiron 1525 is an aging laptop. For many of you, it’s probably pushing its third year. Laptop batteries, much like most Dell laptops, only have a 1-year life expectancy. After that first year, their capacity begins to slowly decrease. For anyone still using the original battery, I laud you; mine stopped holding […]

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Updating your Hackintosh/Hackbook to Snow Leopard 10.6.8

July 12th, 2011

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No, I haven’t forgotten about you guys. Read on and you’ll see why the 10.6.8 update guide hasn’t been published yet.

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Beautifying Chameleon with two lines of code

June 19th, 2011

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Chameleon is undoubtedly the favorite bootloader among hackintosh users and dual-booters alike. With native support for OS X, Windows, and Linux, an eye-catching selection screen, and support for advanced boot flags, Chameleon does it all. Version 2 saw vast aesthetic improvements over version 1, ditching the command line for a graphical user interface (GUI). One […]

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Updating your Hackintosh/Hackbook to Snow Leopard 10.6.7 + 10.6.7 SleepEnabler.kext

March 21st, 2011

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Earlier today, Apple released the 7th update to its Snow Leopard operating system. The update boasts a few minor bugs that most are likely unaffected by, though it’s worth updating, even if only for the satisfaction of running the latest version of the OS. Much like the previous Snow Leopard update, 10.6.6, the update is […]

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