Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
I'm sure the Google Calendar Dashboard Widget was big news earlier this year, and somehow I missed it until now. But that got me thinking - maybe a couple of other people missed it as well.
Exactly as its name implies, it's a widget you can install to your dashboard ...
Posted in Mac | 1 Comment »
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Last Saturday I mentioned that I signed up for BlogRush, and that I'd be reporting back with the results today. Well the stats (Dashboard) section of BlogRush kicked in this week, so now I know how many folks I've referred, how many "credits" I've earned, and how many visits BlogRush ...
Posted in Blogging | 2 Comments »
Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
media hive is a cross-platform (works in OS X, Windows and Linux) streaming media management project. With it, you can access your media collection from any web browser, and play your media from anywhere you have Internet access. This tutorial will guide you in setting up and using media hive. ...
Posted in Linux, Mac, Windows | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 21st, 2007
After being appalled at what I saw when I viewed Simple Help in my Smartphone, I decided it was time to figure out a way to make this site more appealing to folks using mobile browsers. It didn't take long for me to find Alex King's WordPress Mobile Edition plugin. ...
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev, Windows Mobile | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Update: all 3 invites gone. I'll update again if/when I have more.
I havehad 3 invites to the beta service Jango. My initial thoughts on Jango are very positive. It has the social aspect of Last.FM and the streaming and 'suggest similar artists' features of Pandora. Big plus - it ...
Posted in Other, Reviews | 6 Comments »
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
If you're a fan of the 'Netvibes style" home page, and find yourself spending more and more time on Facebook, 360Gadget might be your new favorite Facebook app. The recently launched 360Gadget allows you to subscribe to RSS feeds, quickly access your POP mail account, search the web, watch YouTube ...
Posted in Other, Reviews | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
This overview will explain your options when it comes to using Google services such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Reader, Google Search, Google Maps and even YouTube - with your Windows Mobile device. Though the screenshots are specific to Windows Mobile 5.0 on a Smartphone, they will be similar for ...
Posted in Windows Mobile | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
If you find yourself unable to view a web page in Internet Explorer Mobile (aka IE Mobile, formerly Pocket Internet Explorer), and you're confident it should display properly, try clearing the cache and cookies. To do so, follow the steps outlined below.
Posted in Internet Explorer, Windows Mobile | 2 Comments »
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Instead of reviewing or introducing you to BlogRush (for that you can check out ProBlogger), I'm going to try something a little different. I've signed up, added the code to my sidebar (though admittedly not giving it 'ideal' placement) and I'm going to leave it up for one week. Then ...
Posted in Blogging | 6 Comments »
Sunday, September 16th, 2007
I recently stumbled across a fantastic little program that allows you to specify a webmail service (like Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail etc) as your default email program. When you click on a mailto: link, instead of Mail opening, your specified webmail service will launch in your default browser, with the ...
Posted in Email, Mac | 5 Comments »
Saturday, September 15th, 2007
Update: There's now another tutorial on how to monitor your Internet bandwidth usage in OS X. You may want to give it a view before this one, as it's free, and the one below involves software that isn't free. Both solutions work well, but this one (outlined below) does have ...
Posted in Mac | 2 Comments »
Friday, September 14th, 2007
If you'd like an invite to Yahoo's new social network "Mash", just leave a comment (please use a valid email address in the Email Address field). For what it's worth, I'm not particularly impressed.
Posted in Other | 28 Comments »
Friday, September 14th, 2007
From their site:
"The Google Analytics widget is an Adobe AIR application that runs on your desktop and displays basic stats for your Google Analytics account."
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev | 3 Comments »
Friday, September 14th, 2007
If you've lost your Windows password and you're locked out of your computer, you can use the Ophcrack LiveCD to recover your password(s). This tutorial will guide you through doing just that.
Posted in Security, Windows | 6 Comments »
Thursday, September 13th, 2007
At some point yesterday (Nov 12th, 2007) Google Webmaster Tools got a bit of a redesign. And at least one new feature was added - Subscriber stats. Now you can view the number of users who have subscribed to your RSS feed(s) using Google products such as iGoogle, Google ...
Posted in Blogging, Web Design & Dev | No Comments »
