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I’ve been trying to format a virus-infected USB drive, but I cannot get it to work using my Xandros on my EEEPC (instructions here). What would take hours of trying to figure out how to do it, was done in a matter of seconds in Macbook.
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Oh yeah, I was stupid. How could such a helpdesk, assisting end-users in their computer/POS/printer/scanner issue be such a dumb and have his computer infected with a virus? Plus, I’m beginning to love Linux.
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I know at one point you wished you could save the maps you see in Google Maps. Maybe it was for a project, or perhaps you can’t be online every day to access the map. I was able to device a way in saving Google Maps out of frustration since online resources didn’t work.
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Finally, I was able to set up my 1 Mbps subscription with Globe Broadband with my more than 2-year old Linksys WRT54G wireless router.
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You know that you are living in a Filipino home if you see new appliances and furniture covered with plastics. Owners don’t want their prized belongings to get old so they will hold on to the cover until they realize that maybe it’s time to take it out. Same with me.
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Few minutes ago, I went to a computer shop to have a PDF document printed. My printer is somewhere else. As I plug in the USB back to my 8GB EEE PC, I think it caught the dreaded Conficker worm.
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Like hundred of thousands of users, I was one of those who waited for the personalized username that Facebook offered. At stroke of 12 noon yesterday, I chose my own username.

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I could proudly say that the computer I’m using right now was purchased through blogging.
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There’s one camera gear that I know I’ll be using only once a year. It is the Dicapac WP-510 waterproof camera case.
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I downloaded portable versions of Adobe InDesign CS3, Adobe Photoshop CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.2 and ran them side by side with my installation of CS3s. From then on, I started to get error messages that let to the non-opening of the CS3s. System restore didn’t work so I did a full reinstallation of Windows XP. That took me a whole day yesterday as there were some files that were missing when I do the installation via the DVD-ROM. But, when I reinstalled Windows through a CD ROM, it worked like a charm.
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