Yearly Archives: 2007
Tech News: An Improved Google Reader with Search
Google Reader is one service that I keep constantly open in a tab in my browser. And a lot of wishes about it have just come true. The new improvements were announced a day ago but it’s only now that Google has finally given me an opportunity to try it out. In any case, I’m loving each and everyone of them. Especially the search option. Now here’s a list of improvements that Google has graciously added to Reader.
Firefox Quick Tip: Add Auto Shutdown Feature for Your Downloads
Ever since download managers have become popular, the auto shutdown feature has become standard with these managers. Even peer to peer software have featured this option. While Firefox integrated a relatively better download manager (compared to IE), it doesn’t carry that feature. But at least you can install an extension that lets you do so. Auto Shutdown adds an icon to your status bar and the download manager window. Clicking the shutdown icon will set Firefox to shut down the computer when all the downloads have either finished or failed. You don’t have to wait around until that download finishes anymore. Download Auto Shutdown – InBasic here.
How to Make Sure that Your Supermarkets are Clean and Safe
Shopping at a supermarket is one of the most typical routines that you’d for your household. With all the large establishments located practically almost everywhere today, the whole process of shopping for groceries has become a lot more convenient. However, while the convenience is there, one thing that these establishments might compromise is their cleanliness and safety. Many offer 24 hour shopping convenience and a lot of people flock them. So how do you make sure that they’re clean and safe? Remember that you probably buy all your food stuff from them. Here’s our guide on checking supermarket cleanliness and safety.
How to Hold a Girls Night In
It is still quite a wonder how girls get fun out of slumber parties – being together in one room and talking about clothes, makeup, boys, secrets, and all sorts of girly stuff – non-stop. But what’s a bigger wonder is big girls do love to relieve the experience even when they’re ten or fifteen years out of high school. In any case, it’s still a popular ritual. Here are some ideas on holding a girl’s night in.
How to Arrange Flowers to Keep Them Fresh
Pamper your flowers. Blooms won’t last forever, but they can last long. If you know how to care for your blooms, then you can enjoy your flower arrangement longer than you expected.
Overdoing Style: 3 Fashion Pitfalls
Overdoing some fashion and style can make you a lot less fashionable than you think. Three things that we’d like to raise for now – tanning, outfits, and hair color. Overdoing these three can make you look like a fashion victim rather than a fashion icon.
Small Business Tip: Have a Website Up and Running
A lot of small business owners think that websites are just for larger companies or only to those companies related to technology. What’s the point in shelling out cash that could be used to purchase a few more office comforts for your employees, right? Well this is where you can explore and weigh the merits of getting a website up and running.
A Few Tips on Going Vegetarian
Deciding to totally refuse meat and stick with a vegetable diet can be either good or bad for you. Even though various campaigns generally state that you should go on a vegetable diet, don’t drastically change your eating habits without doing your research. If you go meatless, you will lose weight, increase your fiber, and reduce your cholesterol level. But then again, if you don’t keep your food choices balanced, there will be risks to your health. Know which types of food you should eat and some from which you should stay away.
Windows Tip: Spawn Dummy Text in Microsoft Word
When it comes to dummy text, I always go by the eternally useful Lorem ipsum sequence. That means that I have to use its own generator or the text sequence saved comfortably in a text file ready for my use. However, for Microsoft Word users, you don’t have to pull up any other generator just to place dummy text on your document. You can actually generate paragraphs of text using the magical syntax: =rand(p,s) where p is the number of paragraphs you’d want generated and s being the number of sentences in each paragraph. For example, =rand(2, 10) will create two paragraphs with 10 sentences each. Inputing =rand() will generate …
Download: Remove Empty Directories
If you’ve neglected cleaning and organizing your files for some time, you may be in for one tough job. Ever wondered where all of those bytes went? While most of the “lost bytes” in Windows are due to the shadow files and restore points, some of the overlooked ones are due to empty directories. So here’s a download to help you reclaim space and reorganize your directories by removing those empty ones. RED (short for Remove Empty Directories) is a handy tool that you can use to batch delete folders. It recursively searches and deletes empty directories. You can assign a start folder or even set custom rules to give …