Category Archives: tips and tricks

USB Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit on Windows 7

Poor software engineers just finished crafting the final touches on those Vista drivers and Microsoft slaps them in the face with Windows 7 – now they have to fill up this huge drivers pit left by it. Fortunately a lot of Vista drivers work out-of-the-box on Se7en; but some just don’t. Microsoft saw this coming and [...]
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Best way to inspect dead links using your 404 page

I searched for some instructions on how to easily find dead links on my blog. I found some plugins that do just that but instead of using a plugin to do it why not use this cool method that can also provide you with a custom 404 page ? The WordPress Codex directory is way cool [...]
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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) resolution workaround

I don’t know if this is a general problem or it affects only some particular video cards but I know that my old FX5500 didn’t had a chance. After the installation process of Ubuntu itself (all went ok) when the login box appeard for the first time I noticed that the resolution was 640×480. That was [...]
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Tips on how to integrate ads between and into your Wordpress posts

Have you ever wondered how is it possible to integrate AdSense or any other ads into or between your Wordpress posts ? Of course you have. This method does not require any third-party plugins whatsoever. For example, we all know that on a single page only three AdSense ads will appear. I’ve seen people that [...]
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Style your RSS feed with SimplePie

This php class seems to do the trick if you’re after styling a RSS feed. It’s said that it brings the syndication back to it’s routs: simple, easy to use yet helpful. After spending like 10 minutes reading the documentation available i must say i couldn’t wait any longer to implement this neat script, so [...]
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