Posted on Nov 30, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Firefox has been locking up on me lately. I get to a point in my day where I have more than 8 tabs open and it just freezes. I can’t switch to another window or another tab in Firefox.
One of my tabs is usually Yahoo Mail since I like to check my email throughout the day. I noticed Yahoo pages serve a lot of animated Flash ads and they were animating very slowly. I found these ads have been the culprit in slowing Firefox as well as my machine down quite a bit.
So what do I do? Uninstall Flash and suffer when I need it to play games or whatever? Well I found a workaround, albeit it’s not practical. Everytime one of these ads load and start locking up things, I can right-click on the Flash ad and select Quality > Low.
Doing this has made makes problem with Firefox go away immediately. However, I have to do this each time the problematic ad loads. Annoying, but a workaround for now.
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Internet Tips |
People constantly ask me about ways they can get to the Facebook web site if it’s been blocked by their work or college. Here are three that I know about.
1. Use a proxy server. Here are a few that I know about:
Proxify
Hidemyass
Satanproxy
Guardster
Anonymizer
Dontfilter
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Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Internet Tips |
I chat with people regularly on Google Talk. I don’t like that my chat messages get stored automatically forever. Here’s how to disable the storing of chats in Gmail.
For users of the Google Talk client application in Windows
1. In Google Talk click the Settings link in the upper right part of the screen.
2. Click Chat on the left column.
3. Check the option for Don’t save chat history in my Gmail account.
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Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Internet Tips |
The tools available in Gmail by far trump the tools in any other web based email system. My problem is that I have been using Yahoo Mail for years. Friends and family will forever send to my Yahoo account as they have for the past 10 years. I recently decided though that Yahoo no longer has a place in my heart. I would officially migrate to Gmail. I was relieved to find that I could manage my Yahoo Mail through Gmail. Here’s how it’s done.
1. Login to Gmail and click on the Settings link in the upper right corner.
2. Click on the Accounts tab under the Settings area.
3. Here you can click to Add another mail account.
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Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Internet Tips, Windows Tips |
How to import Google Calendar into Windows Calendar in Windows Vista.
1. Go to Google Calendar
2. Click Settings at the top right corner.
3. Click Calendars right under where it says Calendar Settings.
4. Click the calendar you wish to import into Windows Calendar.
5. Under Calendar Details, where it says Calendar Address, right-click on the ICAL button and select Copy as Shortcut.
6. Launch Windows Calendar.
7. Click the Subscribe button on the toolbar:
8. Right-click on the text box and select Paste the URL into the text box, then click Next.
9. The Calendar Subscription Settings screen will appear. Select the options you desire and then click Finish.
You’re done! Your Google Calendar entries will now be imported into your Windows Calendar. They will also sync if you chose an Update Interval.
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Internet Tips |
You get an error message in Internet Explorer:
Sorry! Content Advisor will not allow you to see this site
An administrator may have locked you out of certain web sites using Content Advisor. Content Advisor can block specific web sites or automatically block sites that contain certain words or phrases set by the person (usually and administrator) that enabled it.
You will need to disable Content Advisor if you wish for this behavior to not occur.
To perform the following steps, you must obtain the supervisor password that Content Advisor was enabled with from the administrator.
1. In Microsoft Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options.
2. Under the Content tab, click Disable.
3. Enter the supervisor password, and then click OK three times.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
How to import your Outlook Contacts into your Google Gmail account
1. Open Outlook and click File > Import and Export.
2. Click Export to a file, and click Next.
3. Click Comma Separated Value (DOS), and click Next.
4. Select the contacts folder you want to export, and click Next.
5. Save the file to a location on your computer such as the Desktop and click Next.
6. Click Map Custom Fields.
7. In the From box, drag the field that you want to convert onto the Outlook field that is listed in the To box.
8. Click Finish.
9. Open your Gmail account.
10. Click Contacts.
11. On the right side of your screen, above the message count, click Import.
12. Under Import Contacts, click Browse.
13. Select the file you saved and click Open.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Everybody sells on eBay now, and chances are that your auction will compete with many others for the sale. You need to gain an edge and make your auction look better than every other auction that’s selling that same old Dukes of Hazard ash tray. Taking the time to optimize your eBay auctions can pay off at the end of the auction.
1. Make the most of the title
The #1 mistake I see eBay sellers make is with the title. What every seller should know is that you don’t make the title of your auction simply the name of the item. In fact it shouldn’t be treated as a title at all. This is where you use search terms for your item. You want to use words that people are likely to search for on eBay.
Instead of:
Super Nintendo Gaming Console
Use:
SNES Super Nintendo Video Game Console NES
This way you will gain audience from people searching for SNES, Super Nintendo or even the older NES. Who knows, maybe that person searching for an NES will decide to but your SNES.
You can even purchase a subtitle if you need more than 55 characters.
2. Get to the point
Keep your item description brief. Nobody cares to read about your business. The people that use those fancy borders and graphics are also missing out on people that only have a 56K connection which most web users are still on by the way. The more a potential bidder has to scroll down the page to read your babble, the worse off your auction is.
If you have too many terms and conditions, nobody is going to bother reading them, or bidding on your item for that matter. You lose trust if you have too many stipulations.
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Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Can’t get to MySpace from work because it’s blocked? Here’s something you can try.
Many of my friends are constantly searching for ways to get to MySpace from their workplace because they have been blocked. MySpace is the most commonly blocked web site on the net. I have recently introduced them all to proxy servers such as the one here.
A proxy server like this one can communicate with MySpace, or any other site and redirect everything back to you instead of your computer directly trying to access MySpace or whatever site you like. Thus allowing your computer to see pages at MySpace.com. Unless your work has the proxy server address blocked, you usually can usually use this method. You can search on Google for “myspace proxy” and find a great deal of other proxy servers you can use as well.
Another method I have told people to use is to get a remote control account such as GoToMyPC account or a free LogMeIn account. Using such a service allows users to access their home computer from work. The home computer then can be used to get to MySpace since your workplace can’t block the web sites your home computer visits. In addition to being able to view MySpace pages, the remote control software will allow you to access all the resources on your home PC as well.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Tired of clicking Ebay auctions only to be surprised by the shipping charge? Here is a simple customization to make your life a little easier when searching for Ebay deals.
1. After you have performed an Ebay search, click the Customize Display link on the right side of the screen.
2. Under the Columns to Display section, select Shipping Cost and click the arrow that points to the left to add it to the Available Columns section.
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Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
How to redirect a certain web page a visitor is viewing to the root directory or home page of your site.
Insert the following code into your .htaccess file in the root directory of your web site:
rewritecond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*\/index\.html?
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.html?$ http://www.technipages.com/$1 [R=301,L]
OR
rewritecond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.html?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.html?$ http://www.technipages.com/$1 [R=301,L]
This example redirects users that visit http://www.technipages.com/index.html back to the root directory of my site at http://www.technipages.com. Of course you will have to change this code to reflect what you wish to do with your web site.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Hack for finding movies using Google.
Type the following into Google Search. Replace Movie Name with the name of the movie you would like to search for.
-inurl:htm -inurl:html -inurl:php intitle:”index of” (mpg|mov|avi|wmv) “Movie Name“
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Alt Key + Calculator Number = Symbol Hold the ALT key & type the number next to the symbol you want on the CALCULATOR part of the keyboard, then release Alt Key. Symbol will appear.
© = 0169
® = 0174
¤ = 15
¶ = 20
§ = 21
Ç = 128
ü = 129
? = 130
â = 131
ä = 132
à = 133
å = 134
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Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
I lose touch with people more than I should. However, I have had recent success with finding my old high school friends I looked for in the Internet. I’ve used several different methods to gather any information on them so that I can get back in touch with them. I thought I would share them here.
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Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Internet Tips |
I have created a social bookmark module block for PHP-Nuke. The block includes links to digg, del.icio.us and Furl.
You can download it from the site download page here.
Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Internet Tips |
A quick and easy way to find MP3’s (or any other type of file on the interweb)
intitle:index.of “mp3″ +”songname” -htm -html -php -asp “last modified”
replace the songname with the name of the artist/song you are looking for.
To search for other file types, change the mp3 to xls, or doc, or mdb or whatever.
Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Internet Tips |
There are many places on the internet to get free music. The trick is to gain access to the music without getting hit with spyware or viruses.
Bitcomet
Pros – Wide variety of music avaialble from many different sources.
Cons – Downloads can take long. Searches have to be performed on web pages that are often filled with many ads.
LimeWire
Pros – Search millions of MP3’s easily. They also offer programs and video.
Cons – Adult nature of some content. Some things you find may not be what they appear. Advertisements.
BearShare
Pros – Search millions of MP3’s easily. They also offer programs and video.
Cons – Installs spyware on your computer. Adult nature of some content. Some things you find may not be what they appear. Advertisements.
eDonkey
Pros – Has the best selection of music and video.
Cons – Takes a long time to download files. Tries to install SaveNow, and later while it’s running causes popups. Their web site staes that it doesn’t install spyware, but this has been proven to be false.
Please note that sharing and downloading files that include copywrited works is illegal. Use these instructions at your own risk. We urge you to only use these services to trade non-copywrited works.
Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Internet Tips |
There is a simple way to check to see if an email you get that claims it’s from PayPal or Ebay to see if it’s really from them.
For Ebay users, you can forward the email to:
spoof@ebay.com
For PayPal users, you can forward the email to:
spoof@paypal.com
You will get a response within minutes as to whether or not the email was authentic.
Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Want to spice up your MySpace page? Use these handy web sites.
There are literally hundreds of web sites that help you modify your MySpace page and it’s hard to sift through the ones with annoying popups and links that take you nowhere. We made this list to make life easier. It’s a work in progress and if you have any you’d like to add, please send them.
Thomas’ Myspace Editor – Modify the color, font, background, etc of your MySpace page. Very simple to use and one of the first editors made.
PhotoBucket – Upload photos so that you can post them in your friends’ MySpace comments.
Free Web Layouts – If you want a true themed MySpace page with fancy graphics, this is the place to go.
RockYou – Upload your pictures and display a slideshow on your MySpace page.
FriendBot – Want to make a lot of friends with little effort? Use FriendBot. It will work all day and night submitting friend requests.
Posted on Nov 18, 2007 under Internet Tips |
Looking to merge your SBC/AT&T DSL Internet account with your existing Yahoo ID?
You can visit the site https://sbcreg.sbcglobal.net/SBCYahooRegEARWeb to go through the registration wizard again. There is a point where you will be prompted to merge your SBC/AT&T account with your Yahoo account. be sure to use Internet Explorer, because you won’t be able to accept the license agreement under Firefox.
Please note that this will not work if you have merged then unmerged the ID’s before. According to AT&T it is not possible to remerge ID’s once they have been unmerged.
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