The “Break it Down” Blog

20 Windows 7 Tips and Tricks You Will Love

TIP: You can download Windows 7 RC for free. Ok, you’ve been hearing the buzz about Windows 7, maybe you read our take on it (or saw the screenshot tour), and you want to give it a try. Let’s say you downloaded it, installed it and are now sitting there wondering “Wait, so what’s so cool [...]

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Slow Printing with ReadyNAS NV+

Every since I got my Infrant (now NETGEAR) ReadyNAS NV+, I’ve been using the Print Server feature of it to hook my HP LaserJet 1200 series printer to it. Unfortunately, it’s always exhibited strange printing behavior, more specifically: From most applications, the first time I try and print, the Print job/command is completely ignored. So if [...]

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How to Get the New Xbox Experience Early

For those of you who have not heard the “New Xbox Experience” is the upcoming dashboard update for the Xbox 360.  It is scheduled for release on November 19th and includes a large number of changes including: Netflix Streaming XNA Community Games Avatars Xbox Live Marketplace on the Web Updated Games Marketplace Plus a complete redesign of the Dashboard Layout For those [...]

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4 WordPress Tips for Surviving Slashdot, Digg, Reddit or StumbleUpon

We got a story on the front page of Slashdot… and got our assess handed to us literally 2mins later with server load jumping from 0.56 to 10 and then off into the 40s where the server just decided to melt instead of host pages. During the last few hours we’ve been troubleshooting what went wrong [...]

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Installing Android OS on the Nokia N810

The badasses over at Unwired View have figured out how to install the Android OS dev image on the Nokia N810 running the Diablo (latest) firmware; effectively replacing the operating system with Android and allowing you to play around with it long before real Android phones and devices will hit the street. The best part, it’s [...]

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Laminate Wood Flooring Guide (with Tips!)

NOTE: There is a lot of good information in here, but if you are impatient please at least read the Tips section below to save yourself a headache later. Introduction So you have a new house or want to spruce up your hold house by putting some laminate wood flooring down? Well I’ve just gotten done with [...]

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