Category Archives: Guides

Create your first Ruby Gem and release it to Gemcutter 6

A few days ago I was set off to create my first RubyGem. There are many resources on how to do this, but it took me a good while to gather all the information I figured I’d need for my application, so I’ve decided to gather my bit of knowledge in this article. This article’s [...]

Earphone controls stopped working with iPhone/iPod Touch 0

A few weeks ago, I ran into some trouble with my earphone controls for my iPhone. They suddenly stopped working, meaning I could not go to the next song, or pause directly from the controls on the wire, as I was used to doing this, it frustrated me a lot. Luckily, the fix was extremely [...]

Slow internet under Ubuntu/Linux 0

In both Ubuntu Jaunty and Ubuntu Karmic I’ve had trouble with the internet, actually also when I was running Fedora. It was unstable, I could go to sites, but it took a good while to look up the host (according to Chrome). It had periods where it was good, usually short ones, and periods where [...]

Become a Dropbox ninja! 0

I’ve known Dropbox for very long. I found it nice that it provided the service it did, however – I like to have things automated, I didn’t want to “Drop” my files there manually all the time. That was time consuming, and I would forget to do it – and then when I’d need that [...]

Dual booting Windows and Linux 3

When I for the first time wanted to try out Linux, I couldn’t at first glance find a simple guide on how to dual-boot Windows and Linux. So I decided to write a quick simple guide for you, to give an overview of how to create your own dual boot system. You should have the [...]

Starting with Git! 4

The purpose of this guide or tutorial is to give a brief overview of how to work with Git, even for people who’ve never had any experience with version controlling. This guide anticipates that you: Have a bit experience with working in the terminal Common sense I will teach you how to: Set up a [...]