VirtualBox virtual machine not starting because of missing VT-X support
Today I ran into an issue where VirtualBox wouldn’t start my virtual machines anymore because of missing VT-X support. Which was strange as my CPU (Intel i7) does support this and it did work just a...
View ArticleConvert HTML to PDF with HTML2PDF Web Service
Recently I launched my new product HTML2PDF Web Service — a web service for converting HTML to PDF. In this post I’d like to talk about HTML2PDF Web Service. Why to choose it, how to use it and what...
View ArticleKeeping VirtualBox Guest Additions in sync with Vagrant
Whenever you’re upgrading the software packages on your VirtualBox machine, managed by Vagrant, you risk VirtualBox Guest Additions render unusable and thus your shared folders don’t work anymore. This...
View ArticleOpen taskbar apps with Windows key + number
Something I accidentally discovered is that in Windows 8.1 (and probably 8 as well – and Windows 7) you can use the Windows key + a number to open an application from your task bar! So lets say you’ve...
View ArticleMonkey X Pro – 30% Discount
A couple of days ago I received an e-mail by Blitz Research Ltd offering me a nice discount on Monkey X Pro, which I took advantage of. To show some love towards BRL and Monkey X Pro I thought I would...
View ArticleDuplicati – an alternative for Rackspace Cloud Files Sync
I’ve been using Rackspace Cloud Files Sync, a little piece of software I’ve written myself, for some years now. I use it to backup my photo’s and movies I’ve shot over the last decade or so. The thing...
View ArticleCyberduck
Not too long ago I talked about an alternative for my Rackspace Cloud Files Sync application. Recently I moved my pictures and videos over to Microsoft OneDrive. I also use Dropbox but for my disk...
View ArticleWindows: Mapping drive letters to local folders
Working with both a laptop and desktop computer I like to be able to manage the same content on both machines. Using Dropbox and OneDrive helps a lot, but what if your for example your Adobe Lightroom...
View ArticleWacom Intuos Pen lags in Lightroom when adjusting sliders
I haven’t been using my Wacom Intuos Pen & Tablet with Adobe Lightroom for a while now since adjusting sliders and using the adjustment brush would lag and stutter a lot. I blamed it on Lightroom...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome won’t load website when waking from sleep
For a while now Google Chrome has been giving me issues on my laptop after waking the laptop up from sleepmode. Chrome could take a minute or more to finally be able to load and display a website....
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