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Solution: lion upgrade an error occurred while preparing the installation

Solution: lion upgrade an error occurred while preparing the installation

By nick | Uncategorized

Having recently having build a hackintosh, I found I received the following error when trying to upgrade to Lion: lion upgrade an error occurred while preparing the installation Here’s the solution: 1. A file will appear “Install Mac OS X Lion”. 2. Right click the file, and click on “Show Contents”. 3. Go inside the

Debian: Where did vim-full go?  Solution!

Debian: Where did vim-full go? Solution!

By nick | Tech Support, Uncategorized

Having spent the last several years (since 2002 in fact) as a FreeBSD junky, I wanted to spend a little time setting up a Linux server.  Of course I’ve ran and used various Linux distributions for many years however when setting up a system to work as a server you soon notice that there’s holes

Codeblocks “libgcc_s_dw2-d.dll was not found”

By nick | Uncategorized

If you’ve encountered this error whilst trying to launch a compiled application, here’s how to fix it. Open your linker settings and add the following: -static-libgcc Problem solved!

Undefined reference to WSAStartup [Solved]

By nick | Uncategorized

Why am I receiving this error? You’re receiving this error because you have included a winsock header file and are attempting to use it’s functions without linking it. Solution: Add -lwsock32 to your linker options, how to do this will vary depending on which IDE you’re using however the settings will usually be found under

Codeblocks:

Codeblocks: “uses an invalid compiler.”

By nick | Uncategorized

“.. – Debug” uses an invalid compiler. Probably the toolchain path within the compiler options is not setup correctly?! Skipping… What does it mean? This error indicates that Code::Blocks cannot find the location of your compiler. Solution: Go to Settings/Compiler & Debugger and click the Reset defaults button in the top right. If that doesn’t

Linux: Convert WAV to MP3

Linux: Convert WAV to MP3

By nick | Uncategorized

Depending on your operating system you’ll use different ways to install the audio conversion software shown below. Debian:  apt-get install lame Ubuntu: apt-get install lame Freebsd: cd /usr/ports/audio/lame; make install clean Once lame is installed, the script below can be downloaded and placed in a bin directory (or any other suitable place). #!/bin/bash # #

DavidsFarm YouTube account terminated / cancelled

By nick | Uncategorized

I decided to post this as I’m getting a lot of people land at this site when searching for info on DavidsFarm account being terminated. It seems YouTube have finally listened to those in opposition of the Davidfarm YouTube channel and terminated his account. This seems a little extreme as he was apparently generating over $15,000k a

Creating an ISO from CD/DVD

By nick | Tech Support, Uncategorized

Having recently built a computer system without a DVDR drive I soon realised the obvious, organisations are still forcing the use of their wasteful media when online content could be made available quite easily. Luckily I had my laptop to hand and was able to create an ISO image of the CD which I could

YouTube accounts controlled by advertisers

By nick | Thoughts, Uncategorized

Over this last 12 months I’ve mentioned several times how I feel about the Google Adsense program which is providing both individuals an families with an income to live on.  I’ve also mentioned how this income can come and go overnight and only exists if you can accept Google as God, do as they say without

Updating Site

By nick | Personal, Uncategorized

There hasn’t been any updates in a while and probably won’t for another few weeks. I’m in the process of moving much of the content to a much more up to date version of this CMS code base. The code the site currently uses hasn’t been updated in some time which makes posting using a