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This is a guide on how to bypass Brother’s printers low toner message that blocks people from printing.  Brother has a sensor in the cartridge that communicates with the printer itself to warn when the toner is low or when it is empty.  The toner is low message showed for me for at least 6 months before dieing two weeks ago.  I was fustrated because the last page I printed out, the ink was just fine.  I went ahead and searched the internet for a way to bypass this toner out message.  Here are my findings.

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I bet many of you don’t know this but Firefox lowers quality of images shown on a webpage to allow quicker surfing.  To toggle this setting to make pictures “pop” with higher colors, just follow this trick.  This is very helpful in viewing perfect color pictures on Flickr or if you are a hardcore color profile fanatic and you want to get the most out of your colors.

Basically, this tip enables color management profiles so if you do not have any color management profiles enabled on your computer / monitor, don’t do the following or else your pictures may look even worse.

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You may find yourself in a situation where you’re unable to download *.torrent files onto the PC that you’re using. Perhaps you’re sitting in an Internet Café, public Library or other place that blocks the actual downloading (or opening) of torrent files to the computer. I know that some Universities do this, as do many non-commercial ISPs & corporate firewalls (proxies) at the workplace.

Many firewalls and security measures will block P2P traffic, filesharing programs (and any new installations of such), or disallow new ports from being added to the “allow” list. These are somewhat difficult to override, depending on the situation (not to mention risky to attempt at work). But if you are able to install, use and launch a BitTorrent client, but not download *.torrent files for it, then this tip may work well. (You may still be able to run µTorrent through a USB stick in situations where new software installations/P2P programs are not allowed).

This works for both public and private BitTorrent sites, although the procedures vary slightly. “Public” is explained first, with some additional ‘private’ torrent tips to follow.

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Eponymous big-box colossus IKEA has shown some great green developments lately, from flat-pack bike trailers to eco-friendly lines of housewares. Now the patent purveyor of all things flat-pack has announced plans to invest $77 million into its GreenTech energy fund with the goal of eventually producing solar panels, efficiency meters, and energy efficient lighting. Granted its massive distribution network, IKEA’s uptake of green tech could pose a monumental shift in the accessibility and affordability of these technologies.

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Has anyone noticed that their Google Maps stopped functioning when upgraded to Firefox 3? I did at least. I put it off for a month until today, I got fed up with that it did not work. Every time I want to go to Google Maps, I have to open up Internet Explorer (oh no) to access it. But after doing a quick 2 minute search on Google how to fix this problem, I want to spread to all of you so if you have this problem, follow these quick few steps.
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Hey guys, if you guys listened to the first episode, you guys may have noticed that I was talking very loud.  Well, in the next episodes, this will be fixed.

Also, some of you have mentioned that there is no intro / outro music.  Well, I created some to add into the upcoming episodes.  Stay tuned on Saturday to hear Episode 2.

Our Intro Music:
http://www.laatedaa.com/podcastfiles/Podcast_Intro.mp3

Our Ending Music:
http://www.laatedaa.com/podcastfiles/Podcast_Ending.mp3

Questions like these show up from time to time on internet forums, and communities.

One blog reader asked me this question in my inbox today.  I can finally answer this question to its fullest extent.  Especially when Acoustica Mixcraft 4 just updated to their newest version, making this the sleekest beat making program on the Windows platform.  It’s so good that I think Microsoft should include this along with every new Windows release, alongside with their Movie Maker app.

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Me and a group of friends decided to do a podcast so we decided upon just talking randomly of ourselves, trying to make it half funny, half “news”. In the next few days, I will be updating the site to support podcasts and soon we will see subscribable iTunes podcasts and other formats other than MP3! Post in the comments and tell us what you think about our podcast.

[laatedaa?] is a group of 4, angry, disgruntled males that are living their life the [laatedaa?] way. These male youths pull all their resources to make the lamest and greatest popcast. Learn how they live their life in this journal fashioned comedy podcast.

The Crew:

Dan
MikeyMike
lilu
iDog

Here is episode 1 for you guys to lust upon.

Brian Conan, LiLu has a story to tell, naming the podcast, service calling, we can DOS sites with our mass listener base!

 

 Episode 1 - Sister Stole My Pot! [22:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (251)

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APOLOGY

To receive $15 dollars off an order.  Most of the [laatedaa?]’s t-shirts are less than $15 and can therefore get them for free!

Thanks to Spreadshirt.com for the t-shirts.