Over the course of using a VirtualBox virtual machine, you will find that your virtual disk image file (assuming it is a dynamicly-expanding disk, rather than a fixed-size one) will grow in size. This isn’t normally a problem, but if you happen to be running low on disk space and have a well-used VM, the difference between what the guest and host OS reports used can be dramatic. For example, your guest OS reports 15GB used, but the actual VDI is just over 30GB.
What gives? (more…)
Here’s a tutorial I wrote up to make custom ringtones for Verizon phones.
NOTE: This tutorial is still in beta, meaning that it may have some rough patches. I am still revising it, and need to test it on other platforms and with other phones. I am not responsible if this causes any physical, mental, or emotional damage to you or anyone else.
Verizon likes to sell things. That in itself is not evil. What is evil is the scheme they have come up with to profit from ringtones. The only way most customers know of to get ringtones is through Verizon’s Tones Deluxe. It has a fairly limited selection of songs (Gummibär doesn’t get any love…) and the ringtones are downright overpriced (a full-length MP3 from Amazon MP3: $0.99. A 30-second clip from Tones Deluxe: $2.99. You do the math). Also, these tones are lost once the time comes to upgrade to a new phone. What most customers don’t know is that they can create their own ringtones and send them via e-mail to their handset.
Let me say that again. It is easy and, depending on your plan, free, to create and send ringtones via e-mail to your phone. Let me show you how. (more…)