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Installing DD-WRT mega Build on a Linksys E3000 Router to Run with HMA Pro! VPN Services
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 6/4/2014 4:27 PM

This article describes how to install DD-WRT Mega Build on a Linksys E3000 Router and then configure it to route all of your network's traffic to the HMA Pro! VPN service. This service is useful for hiding the source of your internet traffic.

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Using Handbrake to encode videos for the Optoma PK301 PICO projector
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 8/26/2012 11:12 PM

I got one of these Optoma PK301 PICO projector's from Woot and figured out how to convert my videos to playback on the internal SD card via Handbrake.

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Installing Windows 8 Release Preview on Build developer tablet
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 6/6/2012 8:54 PM

Here's a very quick and dirty runthrough of what I did to get the Release Preview on a Build developer tablet including getting past a "Secure boot violation" error message.

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Styling items of a WPF RibbonSplitButton (presumably RibbonToggleButton)...don't use a datatemplate!
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 6/4/2012 1:55 PM

I struggled with getting a RibbonSplitButton styled correctly this morning and wanted to quickly post how to do it properly.

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Troubleshooting App problems in Windows 8 Developer Preview
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 9/18/2011 9:48 PM

A simple way to get the preloaded apps running if they fail to launch on the Windows 8 Developer Preview PC that was handed out at the Microsoft Build Conference. Also I provide a hint on why Visual Studio Projects may not run.

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HTC Arrive Doesn't work yet in USVI And Puerto Rico
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 6/6/2011 11:31 PM

Microsoft's first CDMA based Windows Phone 7 device, the HTC Arrive doesn't yet work in the USVI and Puerto Rico.

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My thoughts on "10 hidden features in Windows 8"
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 6/1/2011 11:32 AM

Some quick thoughts I had after reading the article on itworld called "10 hidden features in Windows 8."

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How to use Netflix streaming, Amazon Instant Video and MP3 from outside the US
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 5/15/2011 10:45 PM

Living in the USVI is paradise, except for the fact that some online services such as Netflix and Amazon forget that US stands for United States and won't allow us to partake in their online services. Here's a way around the problem!

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Installing DD-WRT Mega Build nv60k on a Linksys E3000 Router
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 5/15/2011 10:33 PM

This article describes how to install DD-WRT Mega Build nv60k on a Linksys E3000 Router.

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Styling the WPF Ribbon Control TabHeader
Sean Cullinan	By Sean Cullinan on 5/12/2011 12:13 PM

The application I'm working on required me to style the TabHeader of the WPF Ribbon Control. When doing so I found a nasty bug and was able to fix it. I share the info here!

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