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How to Check if an Online Store Is Real and Trustworthy

March 9th, 2014 · No Comments

Shopping online can be secure and safe when you buy at known online stores like Ebay etc. But you sometimes bump into online stores that you don’t recognize, that offer good deals. In this case there are two things you should check: Is this store real and not some scam? If it’s real, is it […]

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How to Protect Your Sound Mixer From Dust

March 6th, 2014 · No Comments

I wanted a solution to dust going in my sound mixer plug holes. I could have used a towel or a cover but I wanted something that would not hide the mixer and still give me dust protection. So, I just plugged ear-plugs in the holes. For the RC plugs you can use RC plug […]

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Screen Brightness Disabled/Disappears After Hibernation on Win 7

February 10th, 2013 · No Comments

This post is about fixing a problem with the screen brightness adjustment. On Win7, hibernation causes the screen brightness adjustment to not function, thus, staying stuck in the last brightness set. Using the keyboard brightnes key’s doesn’t do a thing. Also going directly via the control panel > power options doesn’t help. In the later, […]

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Changing Firefox Address Bar Search To Google’s

January 6th, 2013 · No Comments

As far as I remember Google is the default address bar search. But sometimes a software you install, changes this value without your consent or by mistake (to Conduit, or whatever). To switch back to the good old Google do the following: Open firefox Type about:config in the address bar and hit the Enter key […]

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Bialetti Venus Stainless Steel Espresso Maker

November 12th, 2012 · No Comments

The Bialetti Venus stainless steel espresso maker is an old fashioned home alternative to coffee machines, nonetheless, the way it’s built assures buildup of pressure of about 1.5 bar.The bialetti maker is made from 3 main parts: The Bialetti is a stainless steel, stove top espresso maker , that produces 4 cups of rich, authentic […]

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