There are plenty of reasons to run a virtual machine. The first, and most compelling, is that you want to play: Maybe there are some other operating system you want to dabble with (cough Linux cough), but you don’t want to deal with installing another hard drive, partitioning your existing drive, or setting up your…
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Seaton Dubman
Posted on September 11th, 2018
You can get fit by running outdoors, or by exercising at a fancy gym, but in the end all your muscles care about is that they got to contract a bunch of times. Need a workout you can do when you’re stuck in one place with no gear? Ask a former prisoner.
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Seaton Dubman
Posted on September 7th, 2018
There are very few dishes—or moments—that can’t be improved by the addition of fat, salt, and heat, which may explain the popularity of nduja, a spicy, almost violently red pork salumi popping up on menus everywhere.
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Seaton Dubman
Posted on September 6th, 2018
It is well documented that I am not above using a boxed baking mix, particularly those of the chocolate variety. But just because something doesn’t require any culinary creativity, that doesn’t mean you can’t play around with tweaks.
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Seaton Dubman
Posted on September 3rd, 2018
Chrome is easily one of the most important products Google has ever released. It started an evolutionary shift for web browsers by introducing sandboxing and rapid release schedules. Fast forward to today, and Chrome is the world's most popular web browser and serves as the operating system for a rapidly-growing ecosystem of laptops. Today marks the 10th anniversary of Google Chrome's initial announcement.
Google Chrome 3.0 running on Linux (source)
On September 1st, 2008, Google published a blog p...
Seaton Dubman
Posted on September 1st, 2018
Running apps as an administrator in Windows gives them extra privileges. It lets them edit the registry change system files and access other folders that are usually restricted. Sometimes you need to run a program in administrator mode every time you use it. For example my music management software needs to run in administrator mode so it can automatically organize my files in real-time. If you have any apps you use every day that also require admin privileges you will know how annoying it can be to co...
Seaton Dubman
Posted on August 29th, 2018
Canoes and kayaks are always fun, but the trendiest rental at boat places these days is the stand-up paddleboard, or SUP. They’re fun to paddle, and can provide an excellent core workout too.
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Seaton Dubman
Posted on August 10th, 2018
Small talk gets a lot of backlash; most people seem to think they’re too important to discuss the weather. It’s true that some small talk can feel shallow or boring, but it serves an important purpose. That’s why everyone should learn how to do it well.
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Seaton Dubman
Posted on August 8th, 2018
