I was trialling software that required to install its own certificate within the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store yesterday. After some time playing with it, I decided to uninstall it along with its certificate. I thought it should be a straightforward process as I was used to managing certificates within the Personal Certificates store and I did not imagine for… Read more →
Category: Technology
Windows 7 – How to Delete the Windows.old Folder after Upgrading from an Earlier Version of Windows
In the past few minutes, I was struggling with something so Microsoft (means stupid) that it even doesn’t deserve mentioning, but let me help those of you who are having the same problems like me. Read more →
Guide: How to Install Windows 7 on Sony Vaio VGN-Z11 UK Model
This guide has been available on my Bulgarian blog for quite some time, but as I am cleaning it up of all English posts, the guide has been moved over here. Enjoy! As you might already know, the oldest Vaios from the Z series are not supported by the Sony’s Windows 7 upgrade programme. AS a consequence, those of us… Read more →
Misconceptions about the Mobile Market in Europe
While I worked as a freelance PHP programmer, I started noticing an increasingly disturbing trend: Most of my North American clients tried to persuade me to start developing iPhone and Android applications as soon as I can. Generally, this could have been the best advice, if of course, I was living in the United States or Canada and I had… Read more →
The rise of the High-tech Brands
According to the recent ranking released by the consultancy agency Brand Finance, the world’s top brand for 2011 is Google. Read more →
Embracing IPV6
I am happy to announce that my hosting provider DreamHost has enabled all of their clients to join the new generation of Internet addresses – IPV6. I just added IPV6 to my domain and now it seems that: ‘Success! 2607:F298:0001:0107:0000:0000:0A72:35B3 has been assigned to zhivankin.com in our hosting system!’ which is good news because IANA has already exhausted the pull… Read more →
I am pirate, am I not?
Now I feel like one real, hardcore criminal. I’m wondering is this a sporadic behaviour or a trend? I hope it’s the former. Read more →
The Clash Between the New and Traditional Media
Television, radio and newspapers have played a significant role in distributing news, entertainment and other relevant content in a timely and coherent manner for the past 80 years. Read more →
Adobe CS5: Removing Blank Lines in a file
Ever wondered how to delete several blank lines inserted by nasty web development software off your files, optimizing and making the code a little bit more readable and tight? Read more →