06 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Crafts and Hobbies, Mac Tips, Windows Tips
Haven’t maxed out your returns with Adobe CS2? Well prepare your budget if you want to have the top-of-the-line industry standard creative suite because Adobe CS3 is set to come out on March 27.
Here’s a video teaser for you:
More details can be found on the AppleInsider.
Source: The Apple Gazette
This list is courtesy of TechPwn. And these are five great tips on recovering some space in your Mac.
Clean out the default printer drivers - Worth 2GBs of space!
Use smart folders to find big files - Find those large (usually media) unneeded files.
Clean up your applications - Unused apps take space.
Clean your caches - [...]
05 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
LifeSpy contributor, Mark, posted this here almost a year ago. He cites using 1337 or LEET (substituting numbers for letters, and vice versa) to further “encrypt” your password.
However, a year from that post, many hackers/crackers have developed better ways for them to crack passwords. And it’s harder for us users to be able to [...]
05 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
I flagged a warning nearly three weeks ago that Mozilla will be revamping their add-ons site. I also, fell into the panic/rush of things to download the XPI files of my favorite add-ons. But for the past few weeks, we see no changes on the site.
Mozilla addresses that with a link to their webdev [...]
Ever forgot to turn-off your Mac before going to work? Here’s one really great tip on how to remotely set your Mac to Sleep via E-mail.
View the animated tutorial on MurphyMac.
TechPwn wrote this great reminder on how to save time when reading stuff on your Mac. It can be found in the Services menu. Here’s something on how to use it, courtesy of TechPwn.
Here is how to use summarize…
1. Open the program that holds the text you would like to summarize (it doesn’t work [...]
The Apple Gazette launched this cool service that allows you to make your own Apple Rumor.
It’s a great chart that’d help you create credible sounding rumors. But I assure you that our sister blog doesn’t base their own rumors from anything too unfounded.
Create your own Rumor here.
02 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
CSS is a skill any web designer, even newbies, should learn off the bat. Here’s a post from a while back about 53 important CSS techniques.
It’s a really great list of various techniques that you can use in customizing your website’s visuals and functionality.
Here’s the link.
28 Feb
Posted by Alex as Communication, Computers, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
Saw this article from Digg.
Now Speedtest.net used to be a pretty boring site with your common speed stats displayed. But they’ve revamped the site including a pretty snazzy interface and comparison data.
If you’re wondering how your Internet connection matches up with the rest of the world (or if your provider duped you with all [...]
27 Feb
Posted by Alex as Communication, Computers, Firefox Tips, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
Firefox 3, which is due out later this year, will probably contain a slew of new features. As as Firefox junkie, I’m all too anxious to get my hands on the final version.
As news has it, 3 will probably include features like offline support for Web applications. One thing they’re also looking at [...]
27 Feb
Posted by Alex as Computers, Crafts and Hobbies, Downloads, Education, Mac Tips, Windows Tips
Kids and computers go well with each other nowadays. And many software are really designed for them featuring kid-friendly intuitive interfaces complete with bulging buttons. Anyway, here’s a paint tool that’s designed for kids - Tux Paint.
It’s got enough features to keep kids interested ages 3 and up. It has paint effects, bucket [...]
26 Feb
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, IE Tips, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
So Google has us all nuts with all of their services. And only someone nuttier would probably take score of everything and memorize each and every one of them down to search syntaxes and keyboard shortcuts.
So thank goodness for this guy who just made using Google services a tad easier - the Google Cheat [...]
26 Feb
Posted by Alex as Communication, Computers, Entertainment, Mac Tips, Technology
Here’s the iPhone teaser commercial that came out during the Oscars.
The 4th edtion of Apple Gazette Weekly is here! In this addition I am joined by guest host Tony Steidler-Dennison. We discuss the possibility of Black iMacs, Jobs vs. Gates Live, the Apple TV and more.
For more info, visit our sister blog, the Apple Gazette.
25 Feb
Posted by Alex as Blogging, Communication, Computers, Crafts and Hobbies, Entertainment, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
I’m not really a sound engineering but I like audio. I did a few mixes myself and done some voice acting. I still play the guitar when I can. And if there’s one thing that I’ve learned from all of that, talent is one thing, but equipment counts. I’ve done some personal recordings using [...]