Archive for the ‘miscellaneous’ Category

Sharp Aquos LC-32D62U SwitchResX

Friday, March 5th, 2010

I am currently using OSX for my HTPC. I was having some extra overscan and the screen wasn’t fitting the tv properly. I had to use SwitchResX to adjust the resolution to get it fit properly:

So, here are the settings for a Sharp Aquos LC-32D62U LCD TV:

SwitchResX Custom Resolution for Sharp LC-32D62U

Helveticons

Monday, February 1st, 2010

I was reskinning my desktop yesterday and came across some icons on deviantart created by Scazza called Helveticons.

They fit really well with my overall scheme except that the pack lacked icons for quite a few of my most used programs. Luckily, he included a .psd template so I created some extra icons. I also redid the Firefox icon to look a bit more snazzy as sometimes the icons can get a bit confusing when they are all white/gray.

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Changing hosting provider

Monday, January 18th, 2010

This domain name was purchased with the intent of relaunching a previous project (a site for home theatre pc enthusiasts – hence the name allHTPC.com) but I threw on this subdomain to jot down and publicize some of the hackintosh related info, especially as it related to the Asus P5N7A-VM motherboard. The HTPC main site was meant for a niche community that I didn’t/don’t expect to get large enough to warrant any serious web server and as such got pretty much the cheapest hosting out there – GoDaddy.

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