If you’re a web developer doing studies and observing page sources of websites then you know how hard it is to read through sloppy coding. While I am a stickler for organizing code with a system of indentations, I could lapse once or twice too especially if there are just too many lines to [...]

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Creating design accents and borders in PowerPoint need not be too complicated. A pattern of default shapes can easily do the job. Creating a pattern of evenly-spaced and symmetrical shapes can create a nice effect for your template. If you’re not too experienced in using the mouse, it is quite difficult to create even [...]

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It’s been a while since we’ve featured online tools here on LifeSpy. Since then, there have been a lot of cool online tools/services that can replace some of the most common freeware apps. No hassles in installation and accessible just about anywhere. So here we are, raiding the web again in the quest for [...]

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So probably not everyone will be needing this functionality but for power users, testers, and designers, this may yet be a must-have for them. There are times when you just have to change your display resolution whether it’s to try something out in a different resolution than your default. For those who have done [...]

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It’s been a while since I’ve featured one of these online services that eliminates the need for getting stand-alone software to do some menial tasks for you.
VectorMagic (yup, it’s from Stanford) an online tool that lets you convert raster images (like GIF, JPG, and PNG) files into vector graphics.

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For some obsessive-compulsive geeks out there, there’s nothing better looking than a clean desktop - especially if one wants to flaunt a great wallpaper. However, even if one really tries to keep the desktop organized, eventually, a darned icon will pop up somewhere.
If you really want to have a clean desktop, you can actually [...]

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Here’s one for the keyboard ninjas on Vista. Much like with XP, you can combine the Windows key with other keys to access the most common tasks and launch Vista features. It’s probably one of the most abused keys on my keyboard since I’m an avid keyboard ninja practitioner. Here’s a list of the [...]

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I wonder what YouTube is aiming at here. After being sued for billions and the developing its anti-piracy devices, YouTube now offers services that inspires people to just go beyond posting clips and short features. The services are now extended to multi-file uploads and files now have a 1GB cap per file.
But don’t think [...]

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Don’t worry, it happens even to best of us - you’re surfing and you’ve found a really good site but before you’ve hit Ctrl + D (the bookmarking shortcut), you accidentally press Ctrl + W (close tab shortcut) or some other command that closes the darned tab. Okay, so maybe it’s just me. Nah… [...]

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Sometime, you just don’t want to be bothered by the pesky alert noises from the applications you run. One such application that uses such annoying sounds is Yahoo Messenger and some of the other IM clients out there. Sometimes when I’m doing some audio editing, I need to shut Windows up so that the [...]

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If you’re a sort junkie, then you might find this new feature of Vista’s Windows Explorer a handy one. The new Preview Pane allows you to preview the contents of the more common files and documents that you have in your computer. You get instant preview (and not that wee pansy of a thumbnail [...]

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Okay, for those of you who are quite new to Firefox, one of the quickest way to access tabs is to drop the mouse and practice some keyboard ninjitsu. A combination of Ctrl + 1 to 9 allows you to access tabs with the first tab designated as 1 and the last one [...]

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When doing web designs, it’s quite important that you come up with studies. One way to look for new ideas is to study existing designs and observe how well it plays around with design elements. Months ago, we featured ColorJack, a nifty tool to get some really good color palettes for your design. What’s [...]

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I receive update notifications from Microsoft at least once every two days. I’m perpetually online so all I have to do is to allow the updates and let Windows Vista do its thing, mostly they’re Windows Defender updates anyway. The alarming thing is, everyday, I lose around 1.5 GBs of space since Windows automatically [...]

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One of the features of Word 2007 that I like is search highlighting. Actually, this isn’t really that unique a feature. The Google toolbar has had this feature and it’s probably one of the great things with the Google toolbar. In any case, I digress. This post’s about Word 2007.
The feature’s called Reading Highlight [...]

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