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Enabling and using the "root" user in Mac OS X

How to enable the root user 1. From theApplemenu chooseSystem Preferences.... 2. From theViewmenu chooseUsers & Groups. 3. Click the lock and authenticate as an administrator account. 4. Click Login Options.... 5. Click the "Edit..." or "Join..." button at the bottom right. 6. Click the "

Enabling and using the "root" user in Mac OS X

How to enable the root user 1. From theApplemenu chooseSystem Preferences…. 2. From theViewmenu chooseUsers & Groups. 3. Click the lock and authenticate as an administrator account. 4. Click Login Options…. 5. Click the “Edit…” or “Join…” button at the bottom right. 6. Click the “Open Directory Utility…” button. 7.

How to install and run Windows 8 from an SD card on a MacBook Air

I have a MacBook Air with a 120GB hard drive. I’d partioned off 50GB for a windows install which was happily working with BootCamp, but I was increasingly running out of disk space. I bought a 64GB SD card and spent the best part of the day getting BootCamp

How to install and run Windows 8 from an SD card on a MacBook Air

I have a MacBook Air with a 120GB hard drive. I'd partioned off 50GB for a windows install which was happily working with BootCamp, but I was increasingly running out of disk space. I bought a 64GB SD card and spent the best part of the day getting

Duffled

http://www.radiolistings.co.uk/programmes/d/du/duffled.html > Heroism on WWII Atlantic convoys, the Bohemian world of 50s jazz clubs, CND and the peace movement – all have one thing in common. Ray Brown presents a history of the duffle coat.

Wine bought in France yesterday

* Chenas / Chateau des Paquelets / 2010 – http://hawksheadwines.co.uk/wine-details.php?w=FR1440R * Les Ormes de Cambras / Pays d’Oc / Merlot / 2010 – * Chateau le Monteil d’Arsac / Haut-Medoc / 2009 – http://www.wine-searcher.com/find/chateau+le+monteil+d+arsac/2009 * Chemin des Olivettes /Coteaux du Languedoc / 2010 – http://trialto.com/

Swashbuckler

A swaggering bravo or ruffian; a noisy braggadocio. http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/195533

Hurtle

The action or an act of hurtling; dashing together, collision, conflict; clashing sound.http://www.oed.com/viewdictionaryentry/Entry/89637

VPS :: Starting again :: Part I

123systems is turning out to be ultra slow trying to get the backend of wordpress to refresh. Not sure if its the network or the server. Just bought a new VPS run by Alvotech in Germany. Came installed with a (very) minimal Debian install. Just going to note down the

Mostly I run because I am an animal and a child

There are as many reasons for running as there are days in the year, years in my life.  But mostly I run because I am an animal and a child, an artist and a saint.  So, too, are you.  Find your own play, your own self-renewing compulsion, and you will

Run a scheduled task from SYSTEM account

You can run a scheduled task as the system account by putting > NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM into the runas field. If you get asked for a password just click OK (or Cancel) and all is fine.

IE6 Countdown

IE6 Countdown [http://ie6countdown.com/]. Website showing the number of people still using IE6 (and attempting to persuade people off it). Japan isn’t helping: 10.3% still using it at the end of Feb 2011.

NYC's Classic Diners

For those of us who think there are four food groups…salt, sugar, grease and beer…who believe there is no food ketchup can’t improve…who believe that “vegetarian” means “taste-free” which it does…here’s a Forgotten NY tribute to the remaining chrome-plated, cholesterol-jammed eateries scattered around town.

VintageVinyl for iPhone 4

[http://www.lenntek.com/products/iPhone-4/VintageVinyl-for-iPhone-4] Love this iPhone case. VintageVinyl for iPhone 4 [http://www.lenntek.com/products/iPhone-4/VintageVinyl-for-iPhone-4].

262 Teile, 38,93 Sekunden

[vimeo 17061067] via BERLIN FIXED [http://berlinfixed.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-post.html]

BBC Top 100 Books [sic]

Read [21] Started [4] Have, but not started [11] Neither read, nor have [64] 1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen] 2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien [http://www.last.fm/music/J.R.R.%2BTolkien] 3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4

Troubleshooting Orphaned Users

Troubleshooting Orphaned Users via PRB: “Troubleshooting Orphaned Users” Topic in Books Online is Incomplete [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/274188].

Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges | Books | guardian.co.uk [http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/jun/10/jorgeluisborges]. Instantes (Instants) If I were able to live my life anew, In the next I would try to commit more errors. I would not try to be so perfect, I would relax more.

Continually 'acquiring network address'

Saviour. > It is important when using a router that “ICS” is not enabled on any connection in any of the networked computers. Usually if unable to access the DHCP server the router to get an address, Windows would default to allocating a 169.254.x.x address. Has this

How to Slow Down

[http://slowdownnow.org/iindm/how-to-slow-down.html] 10. Avoid too much seriousness. Laugh, because you’re only alive on planet earth for a limited time. via How to Slow Down [http://slowdownnow.org/iindm/how-to-slow-down.html].

Electricity Running Costs

[](http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pylon_ds.jpg)Image via Wikipedia[Electricity Running Cost Calculator | Electricity Prices | Electricity

VPS :: Logging in :: Part II

Err, the username is root. Yep, I knew that really. Have to remember, its just like having my own linux box… Having accomplished that, here, anyway is the screenshot of the processes currently running. [http://www.xubik.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vps-control-panel1.png]So we have apache, wonder

VPS :: Logging in :: Part I

Connecting to your Linux VPS – VPS Tutorial [http://www.vps-tutorial.info/2010/03/08/connecting-to-your-linux-vps/]. Ok, so there are two IP addresses. One of the host server, and one of the VPS. The ssh details I was given in the welcome email don’t seem to work. This was the

Yahoo BB Setup

To use the admin console for setting up a Yahoo BB router, make sure you are connected to the router via a wired link (doesn’t work over wireless), go to http://172.16.255.254/ and login in with username: user and password: user.

VPS

Purchased VPS last night. WebFaction - great but expensive This was originally driven by getting my PayPal account limited. Apparently this is not uncommon and a combination of losing my cards, moving address and then logging in with a Japanese IP address was enough to trigger the anti-fraud systems. There