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Managing Minecraft with screen

Running minecraft on a cloud computer or from the command line can be challenging. For example, when you connect to your cloud instance, you probably use SSH. If you start minecraft from that connection and you log out, your server stops running. Read More...
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Minecraft on the cloud

If you want to play minecraft on an external server, one way to do it is to use a cloud computer instance. I’ve used rackspace.com to host a small instance using 1GB RAM. It includes a daily and weekly system backup. Read More...
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Windows black screen of death

Ever since my Windows Vista gave me a black screen of death I was at a loss of what to do with the information. This is the joyless state where the screen is black, you get a cursor and nothing else. The partition shows active and healthy in the Computer Storage Management but you cannot explore or otherwise access it. Read More...
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Muse better on CD than in concert

That was our opinion after going to the concert in Bern’s Stade de Suisse, Switzerland. You could only hear bass on most of the songs and at least 2 of the songs were just garbled noise... you could not even make out the rhythm. For the price we paid for those 2 tickets we could have bought the entire set of CDs. For any other purchase, failing to provide what was purchased would entail a refund, not the music concert industry apparently. Read More...
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Dark side of Nespresso machines

They do make a nice cup of coffee but when descaling time comes around it leaves a little to be desired. This is a required experience because apparently your machine must be descaled “regularly” for your warranty t be good and they will not do it for you (I asked). Read More...
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