Slugs are a gardener’s nightmare. You’ve done your work planting all your new plants or seedlings then you wake up the next day and you see them chewed-off by slugs. Here are some tips on how to slug-proof your garden:
Bring in the cavalry
Slugs and snails have natural enemies like frogs, centipedes, beetles and bird. [...]
21 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
Hey, hey, hey. Our favorite browser just released an update with Firefox 2.0.0.3 it fixes a few security issues and website compatibilities.
The security update fixes the MFSA 2007-11 FTP PASV port-scanning vulnerability. Here are some details about this:
mark@bindshell.net reported that a malicious web page hosted on a specially-coded FTP server could use this [...]
20 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, Mac Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
One of the ways Firefox offers a faster browsing experience is that it has a pre-load feature that will download pages behind the links that you might click. I don’t know how Firefox does this but it does.
So if you’re just coursing through a page, you might just be wasting bandwidth and hard [...]
20 Mar
Posted by Alex as Accessories, Fashion and Grooming, Fitness and Health
There are things that bug me and one of them would be seeing a person wearing sunglasses on a cloudy day. Hey, The Matrix is already a few years old and I don’t see any potential new cult classic so far to usher shades back (If Spartan loincloths become fashionable because of 300… never mind!).
Anyway, [...]
90% of cats and dogs suffer from some form of dental disease when they reach 6 (human) years of age. Pets have natural defense mechanisms but plaque and tartar can still build up and cause your pet some problems down the line. Bacteria and other infections can even lead to heart disease.
Here are some [...]
Well, this should be with the YouTube Raid series but I found this with VideoJug. It amazes me at how many how-to videos on a wide range of topics can be found out there. So here’s one on kissing someone passionately. A PG perhaps on this one.
VideoJug: How To Kiss Someone Passionately
Funny how they [...]
Now the question “Will fast food ever be healthy?” That’s why I placed “healthy” in between quotes there. Super Size Me really broke down any association between healthy and fast-food eating. But if ever you end up eating in a fast-food joint, here are some ways to trim down on the bad stuff and [...]
Yesterday I faced the daunting task of cleaning out my PC. And there’s nothing like a freshly reformatted OS drive and a newly installed OS (with a clean and neat registry) to boost its speed back to like it was brand new. I’ve done the process so many times already that it feels like [...]
We’ve heard a lot of things about zits and popping them. We’ve feared that they’d scar yet we’ve been guilty of doing it. And most of the time, wondering there’s no scar. I’ve gone through that teenage phase of zits, acne and visits to the dermatologist. I always wondered why doctors can pop our zits [...]
There are two reasons for you to get rid of a shower curtain - 1) it’s all tattered and torn and 2) it’s out of style. I’d go with reason number 2 any day. And there’s only one way to get reason number 2 - prevent damages before they happen. It’s simply like any [...]
19 Mar
Posted by Alex as Attitude and Outlook, Fitness and Health, Work and Career
When I used to work the corporate grind, I always had the excuse of “I don’t have enough time to exercise.” That was until I was bent out of shape and overweight until I tried to squeeze in at least 15 minutes of exercise daily. Here’s a video of a great 15 minute exercise [...]
18 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, IE Tips, News, The Web, Windows Tips
It just amazes me how IE is so far behind Firefox. Still for IE users out there, you can still play catchup to Firefox with IE add-ons. Here’s one that that spell-checks text input boxes in webpages displayed on Internet Explorer - ieSpell. It’s great for web form junkies - like those who are [...]
And you though canned goods are built to last. Canned goods need a bit of care to get the most out of them. Canned goods save you time when cooking a quick meal. Here are tips on storing canned goods.
Keep track of expiry dates. Canned goods usually last for two years. Acidic canned foods (tomatoes) [...]
18 Mar
Posted by Alex as Computers, Firefox Tips, The Web, Windows Tips
Here’s probably why it’s really easy for web designers get the job done a lot easier when designing for Firefox. For starters, most of the time what you put into the stylesheet, you get (though I still have to experience not getting it). No more guess games like with the headache Internet Explorer brings. [...]
18 Mar
Posted by Alex as Entertainment, Home and Garden, News
A while back, I posted a few tips on acquiring your own home theater set-up. I stumbled upon this short video with some quick tips that would help you with your home theater set-up.
Tips covered:
How to find out what cables got to where.
How to attach cables to those hard-to-reach back panels.
Source: ViewDo