Category Archives: Misc Tech

Dreamhost, we’re sorry we over billed you…

Posted on January 17, 2008 by jasonjcrowther

…to the tune of $7.5 million dollars. Guess that explains why I had a ginormous charge (~$158) from Dreamhost on my credit card statement this month. (mental note, guess I need to get some more referrals!) Being the software business … Continue reading →

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Handy New Firefox Plugin

Posted on December 20, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Meet PermaTabs, a little hack that allows you to have tabs that can’t be closed.  After installing it, just right click on the tab and turn on the Permanent Tab option.  It also persists across sessions, so next time you … Continue reading →

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MSDN Developer Event

Posted on December 6, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Yes, I’ve visited the dark side; I needed to see how the other half lives. I get invitations from Microsoft all the time to attend their Developer Events. The location (Carousel Mall) and pricing (free) made yesterday’s event too good … Continue reading →

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Project FC5 Update: 0 for 2

Posted on October 19, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

Last night, I had two tasks for my FC5 project: Get a Parallels VM machine for Windows XP rolling.Seemed to kick off OK after having to remember how to use Parallels’ VM setup utility. A false start or two later, … Continue reading →

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More Fun with FC5

Posted on October 18, 2006 by jasonjcrowther

I’d love to ditch XP completely, but I still have a few things that I need windows for. My master plan is to run FC5 as the primary OS and use XP in a Parallels virtual machine. I’ve messed around … Continue reading →

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