Let’s say your on a Windows box, and then you install an Ubuntu VM with VirtualBox. Maybe you give it a default 4GB or 8GB HDD, and then you start installing the things you need to work in your environment. If you’re doing web development (like me), that would be Apache (Apache2), MySQL server, phpMyAdmin, [...]
In VirtualBox by default usually your VM size is 8GB. You might run out of space, and need a larger virtual machine. Recently on a windows box (gack!) I had an Ubuntu VM spun up that needed more space – and there’s no way at all to do this [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsFixing the [...]
Often for me one of 2 scenarios arise. The first is I’ve used my portable HD video recorder to make a video, and now I need to chop it up into smaller pieces. Not necessarily edit the video, just chop it into smaller pieces. Like when [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsFreeAgent Theater ReviewPhoenix Pre-Boot ShellHOWTO: [...]
The great thing about Ubuntu is that there are all kinds of free programs for graphics you can install. I use Pinta for a lot of quick image editing, resizing, cropping, etc. However, what I haven’t come across is a decent utility for batch coverting or resizing [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsResize VirtualBox VDIUbuntu update [...]
When we buy a DVD for our 6 year old, the first thing that comes to mind is – how long before it gets scratched (or ruined, lost, broken), etc. Ever bought one of those Beach Body work out video sets for $150 and thought – what happens [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsHow to: Ubuntu [...]
I’ve been using Ubuntu for years on my desktop workstation – about 5 years now in total. I’ve been through so many revisions of Ubuntu it’s not funny – and as we all know in the beginning upgrading wasn’t really all that fun (because you never knew what [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsSata HDD DockList [...]
There are tons of accessories out there for the iPhone. There are a lot of bad ones, and a few good ones, but my favorites always end up being the ones that allow you iPhone’s camera to become something more than it is out of the box. Here [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsThe Amazing Rotary [...]
The pocket video camera market is slowing down. That does not mean that there are not great pocket cameras out there wait to found! In this article we will have 3 pocket video cameras. Whether you are shooting a birthday party or maybe even that hit low-budget movie you [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsWireless Night [...]
Gaming is cheaper than ever, unless your platform of choice is a PC. PC gaming has always cost more and this is because of the latest and greatest parts that come out on a frequent basis. A computer can/will always do more than your home console could. So why [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsCanon Vixia [...]
Did you sense the sarcasm? Ever since Amazon announced the Amazon App Store, we all have known that a dedicated “Amazon Tablet” would be right around the corner, the question was always “When”? Well, on September 28, Amazon announced a tablet to be called the “Amazon Kindle Fire”. The [...] Continue Reading… Related PostsFreeAgent Theater [...]
