Tag: HACKS

We're always on the lookout for hot Google tricks. Marc and Angel have put together a list of 7 that is really worth a look. Marc says of his own list, "Together I think they represent the apex of the grand possibilities associated with Google search manipulation tricks and hacks. Although there are many others out there, these 7 tricks are my all-time favorite. Enjoy yourself. " Among them, ...

I've been a user of Gmail since late 2005 and have loved just about every minute of it. The revolutionary webmail interface, the vast popularity among power users and plethora of scripts, add-ons and doodads - but the one thing that always bothered me was the loss of integration with the rest of my computing. Sure, there are some great tricks and bookmarklets we found for our Top 10 Gmail tips and ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Disable_Windows_low_disk_space_warning_in_one_line'; I've had it up to my eyeballs with the nagging Windows low disk space warning and offers from my helpful operating system to clean up the junk I have lying around. If you have a drive or two that remains constantly on the edge of full for good reason, you probably share my sentiment. I went looking for a ...

Gmail offers a lot of flexibility when it comes to the way you manage your email. Innovative features like labels, a dedicated mobile phone client and rich script-ability via Firefox's Greasemonkey plugin create a unique appeal for users from nearly all walks of life. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/Top_10_Gmail_tips_and_hacks'; Since you can do so much with and to Gmail, I thought I would ...

Yea, I know you're already bringing your stikkits with you on your notebook, but I'm talking about putting them in your pocket using that 'paper' stuff. Aaron Straup Cope has whipped together two PHP files that can query Stikkit (which we're growing fond of) and create a printable, foldable and ultimately pocket-able version of all your stikkits. In a detailed post describing his thought process, ...

I have a Flickr account, and I take plenty of photos, but I find myself not using it as much as I feel I ought to. Maybe Thomas Hawk's list of Top 10 Hacks on Flickr will help remedy that. It's a round-up of tricks, scripts, and sites that make Flickr more pleasurable to use, and though I'd seen some of them already, several of them were pleasant surprises. His #1 Flickr "hack" is Flickr Leech. ...

Sick of the new "better" Google Image search yet? Recent needless-meddling improvements have irritated some users of Google's Image system. Here's a note for Google's UI team: If you're thinking about "fixing" something else this week, maybe you should wander to the cafeteria for some free fois gras instead. Fret not disenfranchised Google user, there's a solution. Better still, it's easier ...

Ingredients: 1 Cup SQLyog (community edition) for exporting/importing (substitute: phpMyAdmin) 1 tsp. favorite FTP client (FileZilla, CuteFTP, WSFTP, CoffeeCup, iFTP) 1 whole fresh WordPress install, unzipped and ready to upload (get it here) 1 new host (Dreamhost is a good host) 30 mins to complete a dash of know-how (provided below) WordPress (WP) is a piece of cake to install, ...

Are you sick of those Windows balloons telling you that you have unused icons on your desktop or that your LAN is connected? I don't doubt that about 1 in 100 people finds the notifications useful, but for the other 99 of us, here's a way to pop the balloons once and for all. Follow these steps (note: this has been tested only on Windows XP): Go to Start > Run; type regedit and press ...

Google's Blogger is one of the most popular blogging tools, not least because of its free blogspot.com blog hosting. It seems more and more true these days that anything of sufficient popularity will have a wiki dedicated to it (e.g. Muppets, They Might Be Giants, Homestar Runner), and Blogger is no exception. BloggerHacks is a wiki dedicated to bending Blogger to your will. It catalogs dozens of ...

Face it, many of us are overloaded. We've got a million things to do, and no time to do them. How do you chip away at that ridiculous to-do list, without getting side-tracked and losing your momentum? 43folders says the answer just might lie in tiny slices of time. Taking an hour and shattering it into 5 periods of 10 minutes, with 2 minute breaks between, hence "(10+2)*5" (yes, we're math geeks ...

It's a categorized, very complete and researched, magnificent list of hacks, links, and tools for del.icio.us. So, naturally there's a little something for everyone in there. How about mashups, skins, and even more lists? Out of the bunch I've picked through so far, my favorite has to be DiggLicious. With the perfect blend of digg's latest, a handy pause button, and the ability to add to my ...

O'Reilly has a page that lists every one of their hacks available online, including sample hacks from their "Hacks" series of books and hacks contributed by readers. There are dozens and dozens of hacks there, from Amazon to XML and Astronomy to Yahoo! If you've ever wanted to know a better way to do most anything with a computer, check here. ...

Lifehack.org has rounded up a couple dozen cool Google Maps hacks, including a number that I hadn't seen before. Among them are Weather Bonk (live weather and skycams),Whereis (ever wondered where the downloadsquad.com server is located?), and my favorite, Road Sign Math (a fun and geeky way to pass the time on a road trip). You can also vote for your favorite. ...