Author Archives: Chris C

Two Tips When Doing a Fresh Install of Windows 8

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Chris C

I have two tips when you are doing a fresh install of Windows 8 on a new laptop with UEFI BIOS.  Sorry, I mean with UEFI firmware interface instead of BIOS firmware interface.  I think that is more correcter or … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter Part 2: Getting a Code Signing Certificate

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Chris C

This is part 2 of dealing with Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter.  You can find the first part here. I figured the best way to deal with SmartScreen filter was to get Mini-Compressor Windows 7 certified.  Windows 8 had just been released … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Chris C

If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding!  How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat! – Pink Floyd, Another Brick in the Wall Microsoft’s SmartScreen Filter is the bane of small Independent … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mo-rning’s Mo

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Chris C

I’m taking part in Movember again this year. Why, you ask? Why not, I say. I get to grow a moustache, help change the face of men’s health, and annoy my wife with my awesome facial hair. That’s why. Well … Continue reading →

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Kids Thinking Outside the Box – Bed Comfiness

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Chris C

My grade 1 daughter explaining why she sleeps in on school days but has no trouble getting up at the crack of dawn on weekends: “My bed is more comfier on school days than the weekend.”

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Installing Synergy Update

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Chris C

This replaces my previous install instructions for Synergy. With the latest Synergy 1.4.5 Beta release it’s even easier to install on the Mac because you no longer need to install QSynergy. Just a reminder that I am running Windows 7 … Continue reading →

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Kids Thinking Outside the Box – Planning

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Chris C

My daughter’s classmate to his teacher: “My plans are unpredictable.” Perfect saying for a T-shirt.

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Installing Ruby on Rails 3.1 on Mac OS X 10.6 Notes

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Chris C

My notes for installing Ruby on Rails on 3.1 on Mac OS X 10.6.  This is not a tutorial or a how-to, just the notes I took as I tried to get Ruby on Rails up and running. 1) By … Continue reading →

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New Version of Mini-Compressor Released

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Chris C

We’ve just released a new version of Mini-Compressor that fixes an annoying install bug.  As usual you can download the new version via the Downloads page. More information about the release can be found here.

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Moving Pains

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Chris C

Yesterday, September 28, we physically relocated our website in cyberspace. My apologies if you had trouble viewing the website yesterday during the move. We ran into some trouble with setting up our forwarding address and some people got sent to … Continue reading →

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