You’ve probably heard of one of the best, easy-to-use VPN software since SSH (with port-forwarding): Hamachi.

And, yes, I know what the beef is with this tool. Yes, it’s easy to use in Windows…but not so much with OS X because of the absence of a decent GUI. HamachiX is not really counted (as of this writing) because it’s slow, unstable, doesn’t really work with Leopard…and it’s fugly.

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If you just updated your you Capture NX to 1.3.2 on Leopard, chances are you began seeing “Cannot load Blah.NEF” error message when trying to open ANY NEF file. I did, and found the way to get around the problem. Follow these steps:

- Send a hate email to Nikon for letting loose a retarded update for their dog slow software (optional)
- Uninstall Capture NX using your installation CD
- Install Capture NX from your installation CD (assumes 1.1)
- Update to 1.3.1. If you are asked to run the software after update, choose “No.”
- Update to 1.3.2. Again, DO NOT RUN Capture NX yet.
- Reboot
- Voila! Capture NX fixed. Maybe.

Now, some of you may ask: why not skip 1.3.1? Well, the stupid developers of Capture NX (Nik Software?) will only update software from 1.3.0 onwards. If you have a version lower, the updater won’t even warn you that you need at least 1.3.0; it will just complain that “Capture NX is not installed.” WTF? The Nikon support page will tell you you need at least a 1.3.0 to update, but will not give you a direct link to 1.3.0 or 1.3.1. STUPID. STUPID. STUPID.

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