Art is obviously subjective and open to interpretation, however if you want the absolute fastest (other than creating a free 30-second video from Animoto) way to create an artistic or at least art-like video, you only need three things:CreativeCommons Windows Movie Maker YouTube with AudioSwapHere’s how it’s done and you will be amazed at the...

There was a time when Hotmail and Y! Mail allowed the use of inline images when composing an e-mail, but then took away that functionality for whatever reasons. Gmail to the best of my knowledge has never had a native way of using inline images when composing a new message. Using a little copy/paste magic, you can insert inline images when composing a new mail...

For whatever reason, RSS feeds just refuse to die. I think this is because they’re found renewed life on other mediums such as mobile platforms (it is very small data that would be perfect for that platform). On the PC side, I personally believe one of the best use of feeds is when they can be delivered to your e-mail easily. This video will show you how...

In what is arguably the most nerdy way to send and receive instant messaging through popular networks such AIM, Yahoo and MSN, it is possible to do it all using IRC. While it’s true that instant messaging isn’t used as much as it used to be, IRC shows absolutely no signs of slowing down whatsoever and people do use it regularly – so much that...

The last time I did a video on this subject, I thought it would work for everybody who used the Windows Live Mail client, however a few said that even with the instructions they still encountered the infamous “red X” box where the signature image should go. Well, I was having none o’ that. I was bound and determined to find a way to get a...

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS was released yesterday so feel free to download it. As is my usual practice I installed the OS in VirtualBox to test it out. The way to get better graphical capabilities in VirtualBox session is to install what’s called VirtualBox Additions. While the session is active, you click Devices then Install Guest Additions, like this:When using...

One of YouTube’s lesser used features is the playlist function. It is actually a good feature but a bit on the difficult side to get the hang of. It’s also darn near impossible to find out where the direct-URL link and/or embed code is in case you want to post it to your blog or send via Facebook/Twitter/etc. The video below will show you how to do...

One would assume that clearing all the favicon.ico files out of Firefox 3 would be a simple task. It isn’t. Clearing your cache doesn’t work because the icons aren’t stored there. Rather it’s in a SQLite database called places.sqlite in your Firefox profile directory. There are three ways to clear all favicons. First method: Create a new...

KeePass Password Safe is a free password manager utility program that I’ve written about before. One question that came about is "Okay, so you can save a password file locally. But how about backing it up to a server?" KeePass does in fact have the ability to do this via FTP. Using the latest version 2.06 beta, you open your database and click...

When it comes to instructing people on how to do something, I operate on a three-strike rule. If I have to tell anyone how to do anything more than three times in a row, I write documentation for that person. Writing documentation for others is not as easy as it appears. I have my own formula of sorts when writing instructional documents. It took me a while to...

You may have a disc, be it music or data, that is scratched and will not read in your optical disc drive no matter what you do to it. Can it be saved? Possibly. There are a few things you can try to save that disc. Hardware method: It could be just the drive you’re using If the disc won’t read in your optical drive, try another one that’s...

Most people will see the title of this article and think "Um… forwarding an e-mail is like the easiest thing in the world. How could you possibly do it wrong?" Trust me there’s a right way and a wrong way. I am very much against anyone forwarding me jokes and/or chain letters in e-mail. However there are some people you will make exceptions...