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Copy a Single File to Avoid Re-Activating Windows XP [Tutorial] (139)
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The Online Tech Tips site offers up a great tip for anyone reinstalling XP off something other than their original CD—such as a slipstreamed and automated installation—or lacking a net connection to run the activation. Before wiping your system clean, grab a file named WPA.DBL from the System32 directory and save it to a thumb drive or other external media. When you load up your new system, skip registration, enter "Safe Mode" from the boot ...Shared by 100rabh™ (9) acedanger (3) Adnan (8) Alan Wilensky (2) Alec Peden (6) Alex (1) Alex Leonard (0) aliencam (1) Andrew Mitry (21) Andrew Terry (25) AndyCast Andy (7) AnilG (13) Arkayz (3) Barney (0) Ben (18) Bernardo (10) Black_Skorpio (3) Bob (4) Bwana (62) CampMaster (2) Carla Souza (1) Carlos Juarez (1) Cassidy (12) Cesar (4) Chris (1) Chris (0) Chris Collins (2) Christopher (36) CLay (5) Compuwizard123 (16) craniac (24) ctq1123 (1) CtrlBreak (13) D (2) Dan (3) Daniel (2) Daniel Kirk (14) DarkBls (61) darkeye11547 (245) dasmart (6) Dave (10) Dave E. (3) David (3) David (4) Dawn (11) Dedalus (21) Degauss (9) Derek Gottlieb (6) Derick Valadao (15) digiSal (5) Dom Barnes (2) Eric (11) Eric (12) Eugeni Dodonov (12) Fred Schechter (54) Gabe (0) Gatewayy (5) Gelidity (2) ghosttie (18) Gil Creque (8) H. Mueller (1) hank (2) Hannibal (52) Hasan (23) Ian Crossland (0) Iceman (1) Jamin (21) Jared (19) Jason (2) javaneze (20) jayman16 (56) Jdorfman (7) jGrrl (0) Jonas (2) JonathanZ (8) Jonnie (7) Jorge (18) Justin (2) Ken (8) KingBee (4) kiran (68) Kunal Ghate (1) Larsen (2) Lee Carlson (4) Lee G. (21) Leon Barrett (6) Library (0) MacMoov (2) Marcus (32) Marko Sultsing (9) marshall (12) Matthew (0) Michael Lockyear (0) n8dude (20) ndench (10) Nihar (19) nilegomez (3) NiXC (1) Noah (26) Nocky100 (6) Nuno Carvalho (0) Ozmandias (1) Paul (21) philayres (5) potentato (25) Randy (3) Ricardo Hdz (4) riwilo (6) Robert (5) Roger (5) Roopesh (2) Ryan (13) Sam (43) Sam (23) Scott Reston (2) shawn (1) SilverStag (3) Simon (10) sinisterff (8) smerrell (2) sryo (19) tarman (19) Terren (0) Thomas (14) Tim (2) Tim Bertram (2) TO-Double-D (6) Todd Lohenry (10) tOMPSON (5) Tony (7) Trey (4) vraicovi (15) Wayne (52) Wes Brown (11) WindPower (28) wvpv (10) Yann (34) Yusuf (3) zsafwan (34)Explore read seven notes- Simon said: send a copy of this note - with the wpa.dbl file attached - to your online email account...and you'll have a copy available with instructions should you find yourself needing it sometime in the future.
- Derick Valadao said: That good advice for reference. I've been contemplating a wipe down prior to the new term starting.
- Bwana said: This is good to know
- Alex Leonard said: That's a pretty handy little tip right there. Definitely useful for those that are frequent reinstallers of XP
- Dedalus said: A must!
- Gatewayy said: This is a good tip for anyone using windows that has ever had to go through the annoying activation process!
- sinisterff said: LOL
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Seth on cartooning (6)
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One of my favorite comix artists, Seth, wrote an essay for The Walrus about "the quiet art of cartooning." It's a lovely piece and gives some nice insight the artist's mind at work. Seth's article is accompanied by a comic strip and also an interview with him. From The Walrus: A cartoonist isn’t like a writer. Writing requires a special kind of focus. Your mind must be utterly devoted to the task at hand. When ...Contribute comment -
How to create a super shiny pencil icon in Photoshop (12)
onEren Göksel wrote a tutorial that anyone can follow to create a drawing of a pencil in Photoshop. The Pencil is one of the visual metaphors most used to express creativity. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to draw a pencil icon. We'll have a look at gradients, selection tools, and basic transform operations. Let's have some fun with this. I'd love to see Boing Boing readers' variations on this. If you create one, ...Shared by Andrew (3) Bill (2) Brodie (2) Chris (0) cpqdon (6) Dave (8) drew (1) Erik C. Thauvin (20) Jose (2) Library (0) Niki (6) Peter (2)Contribute comment
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Featured Windows Download: SpeedRead Increases Your Reading Pace, Retention (25)
onWindows only: Free application SpeedRead is designed to improve your reading speed and retention by quickly flashing a few words at a time on your screen in quick succession. You can adjust features like playback speed and number of words to display at a time, and SpeedRead keeps track of your stats as you read. At first you may want to stick to one word at a time, but with practice SpeedRead could really boost ...Shared by Aaron R (61) apinkpony (10) Christian (0) Christian Santos (72) Creeva (38) Dave C. (12) deusdiabolus (61) Dominik Lukeš (24) everyone loves a wee sombrero (73) Jared (0) jason (0) Jorg (1) Josh (17) Khoa (5) Levi Breederland (3) Library (0) lnxcwby (4) Marcus (0) Mark (9) nparker13 (88) Prof (15) Richard (40) Samuel Kim (6) Sudhanshu (8) Terje (0)
- Marcus said: Speed reading. A good skill to have. Where's the Mac version?
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Top 10 Calendar Tricks (113)
onSoftware and webapps rock at being calendars: You can update them from any computer or your phone, they don't have to triple-check when Columbus Day is, and they never get coffee stains on them. But your online or desktop calendar can do a lot more than just hold dates and tell you about them. Free programs and tweaks can integrate appointments into your email app, embed a whole-month view into your wallpaper, schedule birthdays without ...Shared by AaronTN (34) abbas vahedi (2) adang001 (6) Ahmed (58) Albert Willis (7) Alfredo (13) Amy (0) Amy (1) Andre Siregar (1) Anthony Romano (9) Art (19) Ben Shoemate (18) Bernardo (10) Bijou (13) bombox (6) Brad (9) Brian (26) Bruce Vigneault (10) Camtron 9000 (0) Carl Dunn3 (15) Carlos (22) carmepla (9) Cary (6) Chris (3) Chris Ryall (4) Christian Santos (72) Christopher (21) Christopher (36) ckaroli (45) count.dokument (13) D Hyde (4) daisylinbluez (0) Danny Wahlquist (23) darkeye11547 (245) Darkick (0) Dave C. (12) Dustin Johnson (0) Eliacin (19) elsterama (32) Eric (12) Felipe (17) Fernando B (5) Fletcher (0) Francisco Solis (0) Gabe (0) Gordon (13) HejGustav (8) Ian Benedict (3) izensun (5) Jake (10) Jake (2) Jay (46) Jeffrey (4) Jessica (6) Johan (0) Jonas (2) Jonnie (7) jose (2) kidmarmite (26) Lech Ambrzykowski (18) Leo (8) Library (0) Lukasz (3) Lyle (4) m021478 (20) Marcel (23) Marco Ponce (14) Mario Sundar (0) Michael (13) Michael (13) Miguel Lopez (50) Mike (0) Mike (9) Mike D (58) Mohammad Behdad (6) narkomanC (20) ndench (10) Neil Williams (8) Nguyen Dinh Nguyen (5) nilegomez (3) nparker13 (88) Olivier (48) Pamela Heywood (14) pedro (0) Petre (2) Punksolid (26) Richard (40) Romey (30) Rudolf Olah (7) Ryan (46) Ryan (5) Samuel Kim (6) Sasha Kovaliov (10) Sean (9) Shane (4) Shawn (10) Simone (10) simplynutty (0) Sonny Cloward (5) Syng Shin (68) tarman (19) The How-To Geek (1) ticiana (7) Tim (12) Tim (2) Toco (30) Todd Lohenry (10) Travis Roy (7) Troy (4) Vandywolfer (0) Whitney (0) Willis (1)
- izensun said: 行事曆上如果沒事情怎麼辦
- Vandywolfer said: Why oh why must I use Lotus Notes at work?
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Host Your Own Music Playlist with Opentape [Step By Step] (40)
onBeloved music playlist hosting service Muxtape's gone offline to "sort out a problem with the RIAA," but if you've got some web server space, you can host, stream, and share your own digital music mixes Muxtape-style with newly-launched PHP web application Opentape. Opentape isn't affiliated with Muxtape in any way, but it's wildly similar, boasting a sparse, easy-to-use interface with drag-and-drop song rearrangement. To run Opentape, you've got to have a web server running PHP5 ...Shared by adang001 (6) AJ (170) Alec Resnick (104) Andrew (55) Brandy (6) Carl (0) Chandoo (9) Charles (2) Christian Santos (72) Christopher Martin (61) digits12 (648) ema (3) Fi (3) Future-Forest (0) GG (30) Gil Creque (8) gnusic (67) Jacob (0) Jeff (11) Juan Luis (0) Keeez (14) Keef (0) Larry (10) Library (0) MrGuff (76) Narayan (32) Nick Humphries (12) Nicolai (2) Nils (10) Paul Davis (0) roel (20) Ryan (13) shawnmor (33) Stefano Mainardi (19) Thinh (158) Thomas Collardeau (9) ULTIMATE CREATOR (2) Yinka (9) Zenith (13) zSAPping (22)
- GG said: Hey, Amy
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How to Cook and Use Every Part of a Whole Chicken [Food] (31)
onPersonal finance weblog The Simple Dollar explains how to cook a whole chicken and use every last bit of it for a frugal alternative to buying more expensive chicken breasts. From [$11.50], you can produce a meal of chicken and vegetables to feed a family of four, a meal worth of leftovers, a bag full of chicken pieces in the freezer for a future meal for a family of four, and a bag of chicken ...Shared by Aaron (3) Andrew (1) Andy (21) Army of Gnomes (30) Cameron Hatfield (3) Chris (0) Dan (3) Dan Young (0) david miron (129) Ehsan (53) Erik (30) GG (30) hallie (3) Hasan (23) Kristina (28) Library (0) Mark (9) Matt Hall (6) Maurice Svay (8) MiramarMike (19) Sam (43) Sandra (2) Shayna (20) Steve M. (16) SubEWL (22) Tim (12) Tom (0) Tony (7) Trey (4) vraicovi (15) Whitney (0)
- Andrew said: This is my style of cooking... now I just need to learn how too make beef/venison stock.
- Whitney said: Brigid! Read this!
- MiramarMike said: For Che
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Microsoft Office Ultimate 91% Off to "Students" (Again) [Deals] (82)
onMicrosoft yesterday re-introduced its "Ultimate Steal" program, offering students (but, in reality, anyone with a .edu address) its Office Ultimate 2007 package for $59.95, which goes for $680 on retail shelves. The company will also put up its Visio Professional 2007 design package and a Vista Ultimate Upgrade at the $60 price on Sept. 8. The web-only offering will be available "throughout the academic school year," according to a press release, but if you haven't ...Shared by A Librarian (6) aElian (0) Alexander Williams (16) AndyG1128 (0) Barry (4) brendan (0) btvillarin (13) cephyn (1) Chad (1) Chad (4) Compuwizard123 (16) Convoluted (15) darkeye11547 (245) David (0) Degauss (9) Eebs (1) engelke830 (4) Erik (30) G4dz00k5 (1) Geoff Thomsen (14) Gil Creque (8) hank (2) HarrySachz (4) iBspoof (12) J. (3) Jacob W (9) Jake (9) Jason (19) jayce (51) Jefferson Kim (1) Jeffrey (4) jer_c (10) Joe (4) John (5) JonathanZ (8) Jonnie (7) Jose (2) Josh Chandler (4) jsuplido (0) Keith (0) KenFan (20) Kourosh (13) kskobac (17) lewis (5) Library (0) Michael (4) Michelle (2) Miggity (4) MMS (5) Nicholas Schiller (5) Nicki (20) nilegomez (3) OrchardKeeper (2) Paul (4) Renê Fraga (9) Richard (3) Rick (1) Rick Klau (85) Rosha (40) Sai Gudigundla (9) SAWagner30 (5) Shack (16) Shelton (50) shrutes (8) sirmikester (17) Steve Loopipe (10) StevieB (64) Terje (0) Thomas.Paine (35) Tim (12) TJ (41) Todd (11) Todd Gordon (8) Tony (7) Travis Cannon (3) travisccook (3) virtualcourtney (4) Will (14) WindPower (28) Yirá (18) Zach (49) Zoram (19)Explore read five notes
- WindPower said: Sadly on peut pas en profiter puisque Stanislas n'a pas de .edu domain name comme toutes les ecoles qui se respectent, et ne donne pas d'aresses email comme toutes les ecoles tout court
- lewis said: This is valid for anyone with a .edu address. Which you can usually get for free as an alumnus.
- sirmikester said: @Roger, you buying this? I thought the Moto deal was better...
- Alexander Williams said: The only way to give Microsoft about what Vista's worth.
- jsuplido said: Great deal for students in the US! How about faculty?
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Amazon Boosts Storage Features In EC2 (10)
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Amazon today launched a new web service - EBS, the Elastic Block Store (yes I also first read it as ‘Elastic Book Store’) for EC2. EBS provides persistent storage for EC2 computing instances, and the service is public today and available to all customers after a period of alpha testing with some users. Previously EC2 instances were able to access temporary storage as part of the compute instance, or persistent storage only on S3 - ...Shared by Charles (3) CharlieWhiskey (3) Chris (14) Gommit (19) John (11) Library (0) nicolas.boullosa (7) Stanislav Shalunov (0) truman (1) Umesh (9)- Stanislav Shalunov said: Has anyone tried running MySQL with EBS-backed store?
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Photos of disassembled household appliances (9)
onFlickr user Brittnybadger has a drop-dead gorgeous set of disassembled household appliances, saying, "this was my senior thesis project at the hartford art school this past year...i took apart used cooking/cleaning appliances, and arranged their interior parts very systematically on a white sheet of bristol board. my intention was to explore the hidden "brains" of these appliances; allowing us to view these everyday objects from a new perspective." disassembled household appliances (via Kottke)Shared by Aaron (8) Andrew (31) Dave (4) Jon Lorenzini (2) Karen (3) Library (0) N.L. Vivar (9) pbizzle (12) Sam (43)Contribute comment
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Underwater photos of sailfish attacking a school of sardines (19)
onMarilyn sez, "Pual Nicklen's amazing underwater photos of sailfish are a stunning series of seriously bizarre-looking sailfish attacking a school of sardines as big as an elephant." In the Whirl (Thanks, Marilyn!)Shared by Ben Turner (49) besighyawn (5) David (4) Drew (0) Drewcipher (0) Geoff Thomsen (14) Henry Webb (0) Jason Sares (2) John (12) Library (0) lomodeedee (56) Maarek Stele (53) Mr. Matt (12) Nathaniel Dean (21) Nicolás (17) Paul (21) Roger Åberg (12) Tom (1) trinkers (0)
- Drewcipher said: I'm not that much of a fish guy, but these photos are pretty awesome.
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Amazon Boosts Storage Features In EC2 (24)
onAmazon today launched a new web service - EBS, the Elastic Block Store (yes I also first read it as ‘Elastic Book Store’) for EC2. EBS provides persistent storage for EC2 computing instances, and the service is public today and available to all customers after a period of alpha testing with some users. Previously EC2 instances were able to access temporary storage as part of the compute instance, or persistent storage only on S3 - ...Shared by Andrew Boardman (66) Breyten (15) Brit (23) cbsmith (41) Charles (3) CharlieWhiskey (3) Chris (14) evo (1) GeniusBoyWonder (27) Gommit (19) Gothy (17) John (11) JUSTIN (13) Library (0) nicolas.boullosa (7) rexy (23) Richard (19) rjhintz (35) Stanislav Shalunov (0) Tim (27) Toby (11) truman (1) Umesh (9) whatevernevermind (8)
- Stanislav Shalunov said: Has anyone tried running MySQL with EBS-backed store?
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Personal Identity Portal Secures One-Click Sign-Ins [Logins] (25)
onWeb security firm VeriSign has re-launched its Personal Identity Portal, an OpenID-backed portal that provides one-click sign-ins for many popular webapps and e-commerce sites. The biggest downside from using a software solution or another login handler is having to visit your personalized PIP page before moving ahead, but that can be a blessing if you can remember your password there but not at, say, Circuit City. The PIP page provides bookmarklets for quick access, but ...Shared by Aaron R (61) AaronTN (34) BarneyC (0) Black_Skorpio (3) Brandy (6) Colby (2) Craig Burton (2) Degauss (9) deusdiabolus (61) Earl E Morningwood (53) ema (3) emaynard (2) Gene Locklin (46) Håkan (13) Hasan (23) Henry Webb (0) jimmysessions (12) JohnWRoachIII (23) Kenny (4) Library (0) Matthew (15) Nick Humphries (12) Pat (3) Robert (5) Voyagerfan5761 (15)Contribute comment
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Data-centers built out of sealed shipping containers filled with servers (41)
onMicrosoft's new data-centres are comprised of entire sealed shipping containers that are slotted into racks and left to run until a critical mass of their processor units have failed, then are swapped out. Starting with a Chicago-area facility due to open later this year, Microsoft will use an approach in which servers arrive at the data center in a sealed container, already networked together and ready to go. The container itself is then hooked up ...Shared by Adam (7) Ben Turner (49) Bill (1) Brit (23) Bruce (2) Carl (5) Crossbar (28) D-Arb (18) D. Hayes (2) Dan (3) Dave (15) David (4) Doctor Setebos (13) Dom Derrien (4) Friday (17) Gene Locklin (46) ghosttie (18) Graham (3) Helvick (1) hibiscusroto (0) Jakob (28) jason (15) Jason Nielubowicz (17) Josh Bancroft (23) Library (0) lnxcwby (4) Nathan (25) Nathaniel Dean (21) passive (2) Pat (3) pr1000 (13) Robby R (22) robert steburg (18) Roshan (2) Rui (9) schmiddi (11) Scott (0) Steve (3) Thomas (3) Tuneguru (6) Walter DeFoor (28)Explore
