Reasoning

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Most of reading that I do is on Amazon Kindle and there I have noticed disturbing trend. Quite a large number of books have Kindle version priced higher than paperback.

I just cannot figure why any cost involved would be any higher for an e-book when compared to a physical book that needs both printing and physical distribution.

Call me old fashioned but I will not buy Kindle book that costs more than physical copy out of principle.

Sometime Analysis Is Required

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Chrome browser is usually pretty decent piece of software and I cannot recall any real trouble with it. Before this one.

I decided to install some Chrome Applications bug installation kept failing in worst possible manner - nothing happened. It would just go from “Add to Chrome” to “Installing…” and then back to “Add to Chrome”. I was silently ignored. And that happened for all applications that I attempted to install. Applications that were previously installed kept working but there was no new applications for me.

After some time I found culprit. For some reason known only to Google, application install would fail if it could not reach Google Analytics. On my system access to Analytics was broken on purpose. As soon as I allowed DNS to resolve it’s IP address, applications managed to get installed once again.

VHD Attach 2.10 and a Little Bit More

VHD Attach 2.10 (final) is among us. This version brings read-only attaching as one big feature and a LOT of bug fixing as a side dish.

I would definitely recommend update to all who had issues with stability but beta enthusiasts might skip it altogether since first beta of 3.00 makes it’s debut.

This version brings improvements in setup area (you get to choose your context menu items during installation) and you can create virtual disk without trip to dreadful Computer Management.

Whether you decide upon stable version or go adventurous with beta I hope that you will enjoy it. :)

MagiWOL 3.00

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MagiWOL has moved to version 3.00.

Compared to version 2.21, changes are:

  • No registry writes will be performed if application is not installed.
  • Double-click now wakes computer instead of editing entry.
  • Broadcast address now can be host name (useful for waking over Internet).
  • Works with Citrix virtualization.
  • Brand new icon.
  • A lot of bug fixing.

Special thanks to all those among you who supported me with bug fixing and installed many wrong versions to make one right. :)

Download is available now.