Author: robwillisinfo
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Crosman 1322 Air Pistol, with a few mods…
Crosman 1322 This gun has amazing accuracy and power that’s hard to beat for its $55 price tag. It’s a pump air gun that shoots .22 cal pellets @ 460 FPS. There is also a big aftermarket and following for these guns, making it easy to customize/mod. I opted for a big red dot over…
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Samsung Galaxy S3 – The best android phone out there? I think so!
My Android Experience My Android experience started on a Motorola Droid 1, which was a solid phone made even better when switched to a custom ROM. From there I went to a Motorola Droid 3, which had great hardware (Dual core IMAP, more RAM) but again was plagued by a bloated up ROM. Once rooted…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 IIS 7 and SMTP explained, with basic setup How-To
Intro: When first getting into IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008 R2, one thing that seems get a little bit confusing is SMTP. Simple Mail Transfer protocol (SMTP) is an absolute must for your server if your applications are going to send mail. As most things in Server 2008 it is not enabled by default,…
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Song from the new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Commercial
Microsoft has a new commercial promoting their browser, Internet Explorer 9. The song featured in the commercial with the lyrics “Feels like I am just too close to love you”, caught my attention and left me wondering who the artist was. The artist is Alex Clare and the song is “Too Close”, from his album…
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Droid 3 as a 3G Desktop using Bluetooth & HDMI
Droid as a Desktop? Why not, right? Bluetooth…HDMI…Everything you need for HIDs and video output. I’m using a Motorola Droid 3, but any droid with Bluetooth and HDMI should be able to do this. The idea is to connect a BT keyboard and mouse, then output the video from Micro HDMI to DVI. Everything you…
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Getting around Mobile Versions of Sites on Android with Dolphin HD
Overview One of the great things about having a full featured browser on your smart phone is the fact that you can view websites exactly like you would on a desktop computer. But what happens if the website you are trying to view automatically redirects you to the mobile version? And there is no way…
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IIS 7 404 file not found, when the file really does exist
What the heck? I recently ran into an issue on an IIS 7.5 Server where I had uploaded a file to the server for a site, but when I went to view the file I received a 404 File not found error. Now I knew that the file did indeed exist, I even double checked…
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PowerShell – Remote File Query Script
Recently I was given the task to find how many computers on my network had a particular file, this is the PowerShell script I used to tackle it. Administrative access on all hosts is assumed. This script will work to find any file or directory from a list of host names contained in a txt.…
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Must Have Software For Any Windows Machine
Whether you bought a new PC or are re-imaging an old one, there’s always those few pieces of software that you must have on every computer, the essentials when building a Windows machine. Things like plug-Ins, browsers and pdf readers. I thought it’d be useful to share my list of must have installs that I…
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OpenOffice.org
Link: OpenOffice.org One of the first things I hear people complain about after just purchasing a new Windows PC, is the fact that it didn’t come with Microsoft Office. Then you tell them how much that costs, haha. This is why I thought it would be useful to talk about OpenOffice.org. Open Office is a…
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