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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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Citroen C4 Picasso EGS6 Diesel Car Rental Review

November 11th, 2012 · No Comments

In November 2012 me and my wife were in south France. We rented a Citroen c4 Picasso, a Diesel EGS6 (electronic auto gearbox). We drove about 1000 km on it, throughout a week. We had one rainy day but the rest were sunny. We drove in town and outside and on a few unpaved trails […]

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How to Sharpen a Chainsaw Chain With a Rotary Tool

June 8th, 2012 · No Comments

Here is a video guide on how to sharpen a chainsaw chain using the best method, with a rotary tool.

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