Enable AdBlock with Google Chrome

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: November 16, 2009

Google Chrome is an excellent web browser, but until recently was lacking in the extensions department. Here are quick and simple instructions for using AdBlock with the latest version of Chrome for Windows, Mac or Linux:

  1. Download and install the latest development version of Google Chrome.
  2. Launch Chrome and open the experimental AdBlock+ extension (more information on this forum).
  3. Click “Add to Chrome” and press “Continue” when prompted by the warning message:

  4. Go to chrome://extensions/ click Options:
  5. Select “EasyList (USA)”
  6. Click “Subscribe” and check “convert and use blocking rules”
  7. The “Global filters:” box should populate with rules, as below

At this point, the AdBlock+ extension should be working. Head over to your favorite previously ad-laden site to verify it is functioning correctly.

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How to Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux using VNC

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: October 22, 2009

This short video tutorial walks through how to start a remote graphical install of RHEL using VNC.

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ATI Radeon and Windows 7

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: January 21, 2009

If you’ve got an AMD ATI video card, and Windows 7 is either not accepting your driver or giving you the dreaded BSOD, check out the pre-release Windows 7 drivers from ATI.

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LogMeIn and Windows7

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: January 19, 2009

Windows 7 won’t work with the standard LogMeIn installer, but the manual installation does work. Here’s the run-through:

1. Download: https://secure.logmein.com/logmein.zip

2. Extract the archive.

3. Start->All Programs->Accessories, right-click on Command Prompt and select “Run as Administrator.”

4. Run: cd\users\<user name>\desktop\logmein\x86 (NOTE: if running 64-bit Windows change the ‘x86′ to ‘x64′)

5. From the prompt, run “logemein install”

6. The installer will run and you should then see the tray icon when it’s finished. Right click on the icon and select ‘Open LogMeIn…‘

7. Your browser will open to an error. Click OK.

8. Go to this address: https://127.0.0.1:2002/

9. Ignore/accept the certificate warning.

10. When prompted, enter your user credentials and then your LogMeIn credentials.

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