Quick Review: Boxee Box
December 27, 2011 – 12:22 am | 3 Comments

Some of the technical issues with Boxee Box could have been fixed if the dev team was paying more attention to addressing the bugs rather than adding “features” of dubious value. In the final analysis, for the price and ease of use, Boxee Box is the best in its class and price range. You just need to be mindful of its limitations and buy it in hope of future improvements to its usability.

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iPhone 3GS OS4 Upgrade
September 4, 2010 – 5:23 pm | 4 Comments
iPhone 3GS OS4 Upgrade

iTunes for Windows must be one of the buggiest, most poorly written applications out there. In terms of wasted months of your life it definitely ranks up there with Lotus Notes and Media Player 12. I don’t know how well iTunes works on a Mac (I like computer mice with twenty buttons, so I never was a big Mac fan), but I think I read somewhere that iTunes for Windows is the leading cause of suicides among iPhone owners.

Copying Data: Are We There Yet?
December 27, 2009 – 7:12 pm | One Comment
Copying Data: Are We There Yet?

I am sure this will sound familiar: you are copying a large amount of data – either locally or over the network – and you are wondering how long it will take and if there is a way to make things go faster.You may be surprised, but it does matter what type of files you are copying: 1Gb-worth of many small files will take considerably longer to copy than two 500Mb files. The hardware you are using is an important consideration, but it’s not the only factor limiting data transfer speed.

Remove Duplicate Posts in WordPress
December 5, 2009 – 10:28 pm | 2 Comments
Remove Duplicate Posts in WordPress

Below is the SQL script that will attempt to identify and remove duplicate posts in your WordPress database. This script can be useful for autoblogging. If you use plugins like WP-o-Matic to pull full-text RSS …

WordPress Backup Script
October 23, 2009 – 1:04 pm | No Comment
WordPress Backup Script

Whenever a new WordPress version comes out, I get an itch to upgrade as quickly as possible. Generally, this is not a good idea, unless you enjoy working out new software bugs and dealing with …

Support
April 21, 2008 – 4:23 am | No Comment

Forum
KrazyWorks Forum is a good place to start if you have a question. Take a quick look at the discussion threads to see if your question was already answered. If you don’t find anything, feel …

About
April 21, 2008 – 1:19 am | No Comment
About

KrazyWorks is a computer services company based in Delaware. We specialize in network design and security, data storage technologies, system monitoring and capacity planning. We also offer consulting services in computer disaster recovery, Sun and …

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Command-line backup methods
November 22, 2005 – 6:01 pm | No Comment
Command-line backup methods

The following is a brief overview of standard Unix comman-line utilities used for data backup on Solaris systems. Most of the information below is also applicable to other unixoid systems.
Common backup/copy methods:
tar | gzip
Basic syntax …