The most common method of having a link open in a new window i.e., target=”_blank” is invalid markup as per XHTML 1.0 strict.

If, like me, you are a stickler for valid strict markup, here’s the easiest solution to maintain markup validity when you must have your links open in a new window/tab.


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I recently had to encode my whole music archive (FLAC files) to AAC (m4a) to put on my Windows phone 7 – at a bitrate lower than I keep them at on my desktop.
As there doesn’t seem to exist an AAC equivalent of tool like oggdropXPd, I had to write a script to do this myself.

I thought of sharing it as it might be useful to others as well.


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The default “Windows Explorer” icon on the taskbar in Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 opens the “Libraries” by default.

Now, I’m not sure about you, but I would much rather it opened up “My Computer” instead.

Fortunately, it’s a very simple change.


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My old LG DVD burner died (after an honourable 3 year long service), and I bought a new one – Sony DRU-880S.

Now the first thing I wanted to do was upgrade the firmware to the “latest” (read, “patched”) version.
I go to Sony website, and sure enough, the device isn’t even listed there.


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This tutorial is about using any download manager to download files from Megaupload using your Premium account – be it Flashget, Getright, Free download manager (FDM), Internet download manager (IDM) etc.

Megaupload’s FAQ states – “While you can use any of the major download managers, we recommend that you use Mega Manager instead.” Partly true.

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