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How to delete a custom workspace in Adobe Fireworks

February 7th, 2011 at 11:50 am 1 Comment

If you want to remove a remove custom workspace from Fireworks, there is no interface to do so, you have to do it manually.
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How to fix the “msvcrt-ruby18.dll is missing from your computer” error message in Ruby on Rails

November 11th, 2010 at 1:09 pm 11 Comments

Here’s how to fix that annoying Ruby on Rails popup message: “The program can’t start because msvcrt-ruby18.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.”

This fix applies if you’re using cucumber on Windows.
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How to setup dual taskbars in Ubuntu

October 11th, 2010 at 10:15 am 2 Comments

If you’re running Ubuntu with dual monitors and want an additional taskbar on your secondary monitor, here’s how you can do it.
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How to create a virtual directory in Apache

October 1st, 2010 at 4:45 pm No Comments

Suppose you’re working on your local machine. You’re running Apache/PHP or an all-on-one package like XAMPP. You have a bunch of websites, but you don’t want to store them all under Apache’s webroot. Maybe some of your websites use PHP and you want to test them locally in your browser.

Here’s how to map a directory so you can access it via Apache without it being in the webroot.
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How to fix a “sqlite3.dll missing” error message in Ruby on Rails

August 5th, 2010 at 2:10 pm 36 Comments

Here’s a little reminder for myself on how I fixed the “sqlite3.dll missing” error message I was getting while setting up a new Ruby on Rails environment.
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How to get the Citi Cards website to work in Opera

June 5th, 2010 at 2:57 pm No Comments

If you can’t log in to the Citi Cards website in Opera, here are a couple of ways to fix that…
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How to fix “find as you type” in Opera 10.50

March 5th, 2010 at 1:43 am No Comments

Here’s how to fix “find as you type” and “find in page” in the new version of Opera (10.50).
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