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Jan/22

Adobe Lightroom Classic On SSD

Filed Under Photography at 3rd January 2022 0:01 by

Overview Adobe Lightroom (LR) is more or less the defacto tool photographers use to manage their libraries. It allows organisation of photos to fairly comprehensive editing facilities. One limitation with current SSD’s is the price per MB. With space at … Continue reading →

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May/20

Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop Clipboard Sharing Not Working Using VirtualBox

Filed Under Linux, Virtualization at 4th May 2020 0:01 by

I have a desktop Ubuntu virtual machine(VM) ready to be cloned so I can spin up a VM as quick as possible. Recently, the machines would loose the ability to share clipboard and the fix is below: sudo apt install … Continue reading →

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Jan/20

Window Layout Manager On Windows 10: WinDock

Filed Under Windows at 6th January 2020 0:01 by

Overview The debate of 2 (smaller) monitors v.s a single larger monitor has been one that I base on preference and working style. I recently switched from 2×22″ monitors to a 27″ and a 15″ laptop monitor due to lack … Continue reading →

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Jul/16

Left Speaker Bias Asus Maximus VI Hero

Filed Under Windows at 4th July 2016 0:01 by

After checking I wasn’t going deaf I figured out the left speaker was louder than the right speaker from my PC. I only noticed this on Windows 10 and I have been dealing with the issue by moving the speaker … Continue reading →

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Mar/16

Windows 10 Waking From Sleep

Filed Under Windows at 7th March 2016 0:01 by

Overview Since switching to Windows 10 I have been seeing the computer being woken up from sleep from random events here are some of the things I looked at to solve the wake up issue. Setup Set the computer to … Continue reading →

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Nov/15

MySQL Workbench Error Code 7

Filed Under Database at 23rd November 2015 0:01 by

Overview On Windows, I was getting the following error trying to take a database dump to file: mysqldump: [ERROR] unknown variable ‘delayed-insert=FALSE’ Operation failed with exitcode 7 At the time I was using Workbench 6.3.5. Temporary Fix Edit the file … Continue reading →

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Aug/15

Make Windows Update Time More Often

Filed Under Windows at 31st August 2015 0:01 by

Overview Microsoft Windows doesn’t update the clock enough times in the day and when you have a motherboard with a dodgy clock it doesn’t help when the time drifts. Thankfully the time synchronization can be controlled using the Task Scheduler … Continue reading →

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Jul/15

Windows 8 Sticky Edges

Filed Under Windows at 27th July 2015 0:01 by

Similar to Ubuntu Microsoft has decided to add a bit of resistance on the edges of a multi-monitor display setup. This allows the system to popup a menu (like the charm bar) before allowing your cursor to move to the … Continue reading →