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...Change 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 moreUsing 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 morePrint Article is Right Aligned
I noticed when I tried to print an article from one of the contributors at www.shitheadery.com that after clicking on the Print icon the new page comes up right aligned and that the punctuation is a b...
Read moreStart Explorer from My Computer
If you spend more time manipulating files outside of the documents folders than inside, you might want to change the default starting directory for Windows Explorer so that it opens at the Computer ...
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 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 moreFirefox Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Moves
One of the things missing in IE is the sheer amount of available keyboard shortcut keys. While there are quite a few, they are fairly typical of most Windows shortcuts available in other Windows app...
Read moreSilvermel Theme For Firefox and Thunderbird
I've had a few e-mails asking what theme I use in Firefox and Thunderbird. I've always been a bit of a theme whore and like to change the way things look form time to time. I'll go through periods o...
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 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 moreChanging the Date and Time in Joomla 1.5
By default Joomla shows the date and time in the article. While this is, for the most part, a useful feature there are plenty of times I'd rather not have the time appear. Who needs to know that I ...
Read moreFire Fox Crashes All the Time
Going to a web page crashed Firefox. Seriously. It didn't matter. Flash, Video, CNN, Porn, Google, Bing ... anything crashed Firefox. And every time I got this nifty little window. Oooo, thanks a l...
Read moreLimit History in Firefox
No one can accuse Firefox of being light on resources - and limiting your history can help. Everytime your browser displays a page or image the history is stored for 90 days - that's the default. Th...
Read moreTurn Off Useless Crap
Yep, it's true, you can turn off Internet Explorer in Windows 7. You can also turn off just about every major Windows feature: Media Player, Media Center, Windows Search—everything but the core OS. ...
Read moreAdd Copy To / Move To on Windows 7 or Vista Right-
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/add-copy-to-move-to-on-windows-vista-right-click-menu/
Read moreChanging Icon Size on the Desktop
I like my desktop uncluttered. My dad likes his filled to capacity with icons. We both like the icons to be small. Him because he gets more real estate and me because I like wide open spaces. There'...
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 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...
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