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"iykwim" – the Story of the Lost Abbreviation

“iykwim”. “iykwim”. “iykwim”. My bet is that none of those abbreviations (ha ha, they’re all the same) mean anything at all to you. At most it might look like a cryptographic sequence of letters that allegedly mean something cool. Want to know what it means? It’s a lot simpler than you thought, it simply means “if you know what I mean“. I...
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ExpressionEngine 2.0 – When?

I just can not wait anymore. The long-awaited release of version 2 of the popular content-management-system software, ExpressionEngine, has been delayed, re-delayed and delayed again. The first few notices said we were to expect a release during the summer of 2008. It is soon 2009 and nothing has been seen yet. Yes of course there have been rumors, previews and pictures of the sought-after release,...
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Enhancing Colors in Photos using Lab Color in Photoshop

Have you ever taken pictures you just wished were a lot more colorful? Ever felt the need to cram that extra little bit of color out of a seemingly perfect picture? Thanks to a tutorial and some personal research I have come up with a very simple and effective method that will highlight and increase the colors in a photo. Let’s get going! This is the image we will come up with, in comparison...
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I hate Power-Outages

Power-outages… Don’t we hate them all. My server computer goes offline, killing the ten-twenty concurrent connections currently on the servers I own. Why is there an outage? Because our electricity provider’s power stations suddenly decided to kill themselves in an attempt to annoy the whole town. Wonderful. http://sydsvenskan.se/malmo/limhamn/article399614/Stromavbrott-i-Hyllie-och-Limhamn.html Bookmark...
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Left 4 Dead Hamachi LAN gaming without Steam

Another article in the series about doing LAN-gaming with Hamachi! This time I am covering Left 4 Dead, the much talked-about and highly anticipated new game based on the Source engine. This guide only corresponds to the pirated version of the game! Step #1 Download, using a torrent client, this file and follow the instructions in the ReadMe. They should be fairly straightforward and only involve overwriting...
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Buying a Dist-Pedal for the Guitar

The past day or so I have been actively browsing my favorite music-apparel shops in search for a dist- and overdrive-pedal for my guitar. I currently own a Peavey BANDIT 112 amp at 80W, a wonderful amp with a lot of customization and an unbeatable sound quality. But, but, but… It lacks the kind of distortion I am looking for… The roaring kind of dist, lifting the whole room when you strike...
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