If you have multiple monitors and have ever tried to watch a Flash video in full screen on one while working on the other, you quickly find that it doesn’t work. As soon as you shift the focus to something other than the video, it reverts back to window mode. To prevent this from happening [...]
Retro Gone Too Far? The New Commodore 64
December 31, 2010 by 9 Comments
I am a fan of retro computing, and think it’s great when computer hobbyists and hackers do wonderful things with older hardware. When you see a hand-built Z80 processor-powered laptop (yes, that Z80), you totally want that. I’ve seen some interesting Commodore 64 hacks over the years. There’s the one where an entire computer was [...]
New Facebook Messages System Actually Gets It Right
December 31, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Some of you probably remember all the hub-bub when Facebook had a presentation announcing their new messaging system earlier this year. Many called it a "Gmail killer", but Facebook was very quick to reply with "This is not a replacement for email." At the end of the presentation, it was said the new system would [...]
Have A Gift Card You Won’t Use? Trade It In For Cash
December 30, 2010 by 1 Comment
Outside of cash, perhaps the most generic gift you can give is a gift card. While I am sure anyone presented with the choice of cash or a gift card to "X" would choose the cash, it is somewhat taboo to give this as a gift so ultimately a gift card is the result. If [...]
How To Use A Chromium Trunk Build
December 30, 2010 by 3 Comments
Here is the direct link to download Chromium trunk builds: http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/ I can confirm that yes, using a trunk build is stable and to my knowledge works with all current Chrome extensions.
3 Lesser-Known Good Uses For Dropbox
December 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Cloud storage services like Dropbox are one of the best things to ever happen to the internet, however most people simply see it as a backup-only medium. Well, there’s more you can do than just backup stuff. Here are 3 lesser-known uses: 1. Portable App Launcher If you have portable apps that have information you [...]
See How Your Browser Performs On A "Real World" Benchmark
December 29, 2010 by 1 Comment
It is no secret I am not a big believer in benchmark scores. That said, I do occasionally find them interesting if you want to get some raw numbers on theoretical performance. On that note, I was recently pointed to a "real world" benchmark on browser JavaScript performance. This test takes about 5 minutes to [...]
Word + Digit + URL Password How-To
December 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Recently I wrote "bad" password advice that specifically concentrates on using 10-character passwords and utilizing a password manager to manage them. This tutorial is even simpler. It requires no password manager and all you have to remember is one word and one number, passwords are only 8 characters long and at the same time stay [...]
Listen To Over 40,000 Radio Stations On Your iDevice
December 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you own an iDevice and like listening to talk radio or music (other than what you have in your MP3 collection), then an app you should definitely check out is TuneIn Radio. Listen to and record over 40,000 radio stations including thousands of AM/FM local stations on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad with [...]
Untiny Makes Shortened URLs Safe Again
December 28, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It’s popular to shorten URLs for posting to Facebook, Twitter, email, instant messengers and so on. Whether it’s ow.ly, TinyURL, bit.ly, goo.gl or whatever the shortened link is, you know one when you see it. The problem with shortened URLs is that some of them point to places where you don’t want to go, including [...]
Easy Firefox On/Off Toggle With QuickJava
December 28, 2010 by 1 Comment
Firefox add-ons like NoScript are good but at times suffer from having too many options when all you want is a simple on/off toggle for JavaScript, Flash, images and so on. QuickJava, a Firefox extension, makes it very easy to do this with simple on/off buttons you can place anywhere in the top toolbar area.
Convert Any Application To A Portable Application
December 27, 2010 by 4 Comments
Is there any application you wish was portable, but is not available a the "zero footprint" package? If so, give Cameyo a try. Cameyo essentially allows you to convert any application to a portable one. It works by monitoring an installation and capturing system changes performed and then packing these changes into a standalone executable. [...]
Good Games For Super-Cheap In Steam
December 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Steam Store has some darn good post-holiday game deals if you’re looking to get your game on for almost next to nothing. I bought the game Flatout for – get this – 75 cents. Yes, really. The game was a whopping 90% off, and it’s good. At the time I write this it’s at [...]
‘What Was There’ Shows How Things Used To Be
December 27, 2010 by Leave a Comment
In every town in America there is usually at least one diner that has a photo or painting on the wall of some local street showing what the town square used to look like in the past. Well, it took a while, but the internet finally has a version of this called What Was There. [...]
