All Posts Tagged With: "Tools & Tips"
International Gmail Users - How To Unlock New Features
Google are quite slow at rolling out new Gmail features to international users. Thanks to one of my readers, Jez, I’ve now unlocked the new features including Google Talk integration, the new delete button and web clips.
To unlock the new features you just need to change your display language from UK English, French, German [...]
Remove Unused Drivers From Windows XP
This tip looks like it could be quite useful and I'm going to try it out myself when I get home. Did you know that unless you uninstall a device driver on a Windows XP
machine that it still may be sucking up valuable system resources?
TechRepublic has step-by-step instructions on how you can view and [...]
Make Your Own Free MP3 Ringtones
I decided to get some new ringtones to freshen up my phone and I was amazed by how much mobile companies charge for what are essentially 15-30 second clips, so I decided to make my own. I’ve posted below how I did this if you want to make your own mp3 ringtones.
First off download [...]
2Feb2006 | Everton | 10 comments | Continued
Speedup Hard Drives - 10 NTFS Performance Hacks
I’ve featured some of these tweaks previously, in my PC optimisation guides, but some of these are new to me, particularly the tweaks to improve page file performance. The 10 tweaks are:
Disable Short Filenames
Name Your Files Appropriately
Use More Folders
Use More Partitions
Plan Your Cluster Size
Defragment Regularly
Reserve Space for the MFT
Disable Last Access Time
Turn Off (or [...]
Make Your Own FREE Video Screensavers
As most of my regular readers know I’m in love with Project Gotham Racing 3 on my Xbox360, and it is definitely one of my top games of all time.
I decided this morning that I wanted to use one of the in-game videos as a screensaver but couldn’t find any, so I set out to [...]
10 Useful Firefox Extensions That Don’t Get Glamorised
It seems like everyday there is a new extension created for Firefox. Although some of these are quite cool, I try to avoid rushing to install them, as at the end of the day I don’t actually need them.
It’s a shame that everyone seems to focus on the newest and shiniest extensions, so I’ve [...]
Added Greek, Dutch And Russian Translations
I managed to track down some good flag images so I've now added Dutch, Greek and Russian translations of Connected Internet, taking the total number of languages up to 12 It'll be interesting to see how many more visitors I get as a result.
30Jan2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Connected Internet Now Available In Nine Languages!
I’ve been noticing in my traffic stats that quite a lot of readers have been translating my pages using Google, so I’ve added some code thanks to Digital Inspiration which will make it easier for international visitors to use my site.
A couple of methods for translating webpages are listed. I went for the World [...]
SmartFTP 2.0 Available
The latest version of SmartFTP, which out of all the FTP clients I've used is by far the best, has been released and it has a new fresh appearance. Other new features include:
-Complete new, hybrid (tabbed, mdi) and fully customizable interface- Workspace Manager with Auto Layout- New Local Browser (Loads much faster, Better Navigation, Thumbnail [...]
PixMeUp.Com: Please Don't Invest - It's A Pyramid Scheme
Following on from the success of MillionDollarHomepage.com a number of clones have no surprisingly sprung up. I have to admit that when I saw the story even I did a quick search to see if millionpoundhomepage.co.uk, milliondollareuro.com etc was available.I’ve just come across a new clone, PixMeUp.com and I’m posting about here to try [...]
19Jan2006 | Everton | 15 comments | ContinuedSubscribe Now!
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