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Boot VirtualBox Guest From A USB Device

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The BIOS of guest computers in VirtualBox doesn’t support booting from a USB device, and in this case users can’t boot off their (usually Linux equipped) USB thumb-drives or hard disks.

This is a mini tutorial that includes a temporary workaround until that feature is implemented (I am not sure if it’s a planned feature, it just might be)

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2009-09-22 at 18:37

Fresh By Lawand

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A new theme is ready! Something to refresh your phone :)

S60v3 Version

Here are some screen shots:

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2009-08-09 at 02:22

A Glimpse Of KDE 4.3

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I always thought that KDE contains great wallpapers, so with the 4.3 version (codenamed Caizen) released yesterday, I went searching for a way to get the included wallpapers.

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2009-08-05 at 23:17

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Kore By Lawand

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Kore by Lawand out now!, I hope you like it :)

S60v3 Version

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2009-07-04 at 22:22

Nostalgia (Black) By Lawand

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As an improvement to my Nostalgia theme, I made black edition which also fixes some bugs…

S60v3 Version

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2009-05-24 at 19:58

Opera Mini For Windows

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My favorite mobile web browser, Opera Mini turned out to be deployable under desktop platforms such as Microsoft Windows and here are the steps to do so:

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2009-01-12 at 00:20

A Project I Am Glad To Maintain

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Recently, I have became in charge of maintaining an all-in-one compiled-help-file (CHM) version of the C++ FAQ Lite Online C++ tutorial.

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2009-01-04 at 22:30

Investigate Linux The Hacker Way

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If you are curious about how Linux distributions are organized, and interested in learning more about it’s development, you will find this tutorial enjoyable and informative.

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2009-01-03 at 23:15

Nostalgia By Lawand

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I always want more performance out of my phone, so I decided to make a minimalistic theme designed for best performance.

It looked like old phones such as Nokia 6600 or Nokia 7610 so I decided to name it Nostalgia.

S60v3 Version

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2009-01-03 at 18:10

My S60 Themes

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From now on I’ll be publishing my smart phone themes for the Symbian S60 platform here in my blog, I’ll do my best to create good looking and usable themes for the beloved and popular S60 platform :)

Stay tuned!

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2009-01-02 at 00:35