I have been fascinated, horrified, and frustrated by technology since my dad got his first IBM 8086, fax modem, and dot matrix printer. The green screen was one of the most awesome things I'd ever seen. I have been hooked ever since and ended up working with technology - from my first hand coded web site to writing technical documentation.
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Joomla
I spend hours working on web sites and waste a lot of time tracking down bugs, kludges, and workarounds for issues that just seem to pop-up. I've always wondered why I don't write the solution down once I find it. This section is for you (and for me) to avoid having to look them up months later.
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Windows
I've been very happy with Windows 7 and Office 2010 these days. In my opinion it's Microsoft's first solid OS and Software suite. I used both betas and have waited to add any tips since I usually wait for major bugs to be fixed. This section consists of what I come across and find useful.
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Web, Phones, and Stuff
Firefox has tons of add-ons and useful tools. iPhones are fun if they're jail broken. Android is kick ass and open source. There's so much to cover. Adding a plethora of categories and sections to cover all the stuff I'm facinated and interested in would be ridiculous, so I decided to put that here.
View items...Using Windows 7 or Vista Compatibility Mode
Windows 7 may have some problems running older applications that worked fine in XP. A lot has changed in Vista and Windows 7. Thankfully there's a way to get around this, though not guaranteed. Bef...
Read moreJoomla Upload Limit
By default Joomla has an upload limit of 20 MB. A little slim for the 21st century. You can increase this limit by adding a php.ini file or two on the server. Make sure you put the file in the affec...
Read moreTurn Off Windows Aero Snap
While I think this is a pretty cool feature, some people might find the Aeor Snap a pain in the ass. If you drag a window to the side of the screen in Windows 7 it'll snap to the edge of the screen...
Read moreK2 Font Resizer Doesn't work on Intro
K2, while awesome is complicated and it's got a few things that are annoying. And by annoying I mean the programmers decided what they thought looked good and I don't always agree. Like making the int...
Read moreGet Rid of Update Manager
I have no idea what this thing does or purpose it serves. I'd imagine it's supposed to update apps and let you know when things need to be updated, but software does that any way and I can always do i...
Read moreRun as a Different User
The right-click menu in WIndows 7 has the usual "Run as administrator" function when you click on an app. You know for those times the OS won't let you do certain things. Yep, that annoying little ...
Read moreChange Location of My Documents Folder
By default the My Documents folder is located on the main (C:) drive. If you have only one drive there's not a lot you can do about that, but if you have multiple drives it's a good idea to keep you...
Read moreReadability for Firefox
Readability is from the same guys who brought us Google Redisigned. This is particularly a good Firefox addon if you like reading websites without all the ads, menus, sidebars, and other crap. This ...
Read moreHiding the Windows Live Messenger Icon
Hopefully your first act after Windows 7 setup completed was to download and install the Windows Live Essentials suite of applications (if not, then you're missing out on a significant part of the W...
Read moreAdding a Retweet Button to your site
Add the following code to you index page Get the official Retweet button to put on your website or weblog. Feel free to alter them and customize them for your site. Copy and paste the follow...
Read moreRemoving the Arrow on Shortcuts in Windows 7
>Windows 7, while very slick still has that annoying arrow on shortcuts. It's definately a good thing to see that you have a short cut but in some cases it's too big and quite frankly a bit ugly ...
Read moreJump Lists Add Quick Access
Windows 7 replaces the taskbar context menu with a useful list of frequently used documents, tasks, and even allows you to pin documents or shortcuts to the menu. You can access this by right-clicki...
Read moreGoogle Shortcuts - Firefox Add-On
This is one of the nicer add-ons I've come across. Slick and useful comes to mind. The add-on is designed by Sören Rinne, currently working on a Masters at Ruhr-University of Bochum and should get th...
Read moreAdding Plugin Code to an HTML Module
Every time I get a special plugin that can add stuff to content, like attachments, mp3, video, etc. using something like this {link}put your stuff in here{/link} and the plug-in picks up the code an...
Read moreRemove Norton From Firefox
Norton 360 is a total pain in the ass when it comes to its plugins. It adds anti fishing and "identity safe to every browser known to man. This is great if you surf sites that are going to pull crap, ...
Read moreWindows Media Center Wakes up Windows
So I'm sitting at my desk working on some stuff and out of nowhere, behind me my wife's computer comes out of sleep ... she wasn't sitting there and the cat wasn't around either. After finding out...
Read moreFirefox and Thunderbird Backup with MozBackup
Yeah, you can add the User and app folders to your backup and if you have a good backup system then you're lucky. Windows' backup will choke on the files and if you're using Norton's backup it'll ta...
Read moreSaving Flash files from Firefox
Firefox for Newbies a. Click Tools - Page Infob. Click the Media Tab on the Page Info Windowsc. The media tab has a complete list (with preview) of Images, CSS Files and Shockwave Flash files th...
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