All Posts Tagged With: "Tools & Tips"
How To Make All Your MP3s Play At The Same Volume
I found this great article on how to make all your mp3s play at the same volume via Digg. I’ve tried using MP3Gain in the past, but I had problems. I think I ran into problems because I used the beta AAC convertor which was silly given that I only have around 200 [...]
28Oct2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
5 New Cool Plugins
I decided it was time to give the old blog some new functionality. I was going to implement a new theme, but couldn’t find one I liked (or one where I was comfortable tweaking!). So, I went on a plugin hunt to try and freshen up the old site. Here are [...]
25Oct2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Blue Peter Relaunch Badges After Problems With eBay Sales
After suspending all Blue Peter Badges because some badge holders were selling their badges on eBay as the badges entitled holders to free entry to over 200 attractions, Blue Peter have just relaunched the scheme.
One of their viewers 11 year-old Helen Jenning came up with the solution - issue a photo ID card that has [...]
Guide To Optimizing WordPress Servers
After moving hosts for some reason my WP-Cache2 plugin stopped caching pages and I couldn’t work out why, so I’ve spent the last couple of hours looking for alternatives as I wanted to make sure I don’t get into trouble again with my new host, even though I have a VPS now rather than a [...]
18Jun2006 | Everton | 19 comments | Continued
My First Week With WordPress: 10 Plugins That I Can’t Live Without
I’ve been using WordPress for one week now and I’m really glad that I moved as it has exceeded my expectations. I think what WordPress does well is provide a platform that supports novice users, but also offers the flexibility to allow more advanced users to personalise their experience.
Although out of the box it [...]
Is Your AV System A Beast To Handle? Get A Harmony Remote
Adding the Telewest TVdrive to my home AV system (Hitachi 42PD6600 plasma, Panasonic SA-XR70, Xbox 360, Xbox running XBMC) increased my number of remotes to 6 (I have two remotes for the 360) and using the system was becoming too complicated. For example, for a ’simple’ task like watching TV I had to:
Turn on [...]
11May2006 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
Reduce Firefox Memory Usage
Firefox’s memory leakage problems are well documented. This tip from gHacks should reduce Firefox’s memory usage to under 10MB. It’s very simple to implement:
Write ‘about:config’ in your firefox address bar and hit enter.
Right click and select new Boolean.
Paste config.trim_on_minimize in the field and hit enter again
Select True from the list.
Restart Firefox.
More: gHacks
10Apr2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Screenshots Of My XBMC Setup
I know I keep harping on about XBMC but given that Xbox’s can be picked up so cheaply on eBay now there is no cheaper way to build a fully-functional media center. Here are some screenshots of my setup in response to chall5’s request for screenshots of my setup and also to hopefully encourage [...]
21Mar2006 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
Should I Get A Hardware Firewall?
I've been thinking recently about getting a hardware firewall as in my mind it should offer a better level of protection for my home network (currently I have 2 PCs, a Xbox 360 and 2 Modded Xboxs running XBMC connected to a Netgear WPN-824 router), whilst freeing up resources on my PCs.
It just seems [...]
Best FREE DVD Copying Program - DVDFab Decrypter
Whilst I was off work ill I spent a lot of time watching DVDs on my new HD Plasma TV and I decided to load all of my collection onto my PC. Copying some of my DVDs posed a problem until I discovered DVDFab Decrypter, which copies the complete disk including special features, trailers and [...]
7Mar2006 | Everton | 7 comments | ContinuedSubscribe Now!
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