All Posts Tagged With: "Tools & Tips"
10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP
Update: If you are using Windows Vista then check out 10 Simple Ways To SpeedUp Windows Vista. If are feeling more adventurous I have also posted 10 Intermediate Ways To Speed Up Windows and also More Ways to Speed Up Windows XP
I’ve just finished setting up a new PC for a friend and I [...]
3Dec2005 | Everton | 130 comments | Continued
More than one iTunes user? Download Libra iTunes library
Lifehacker are promoting an essential iTunes app for shared computers. Libra allows you to manage more than one iTunes music library on one machine by creating, renaming, deleting and activating different libraries, including playlists and preferences.
This is handy if you have a family machine or if you share a computer as each user can [...]
Connected Guide: Newsgroups For Beginners Part III
In Parts I and II of this guide I explained what newsgroups were and gave some tips on selecting a news server provider. I’m now going to explain how to search, retrieve and download messages.
Stage I Choose a Newsreader
A news reader is a program that connects to a news server where all the messages [...]
Connected Guide: Newsgroups For Beginners Part II
In Part I of this guide on using newsgroups, I explained what newsgroups were, and how they are better than P2P services like Kazaa or eDonkey for downloading files. In Part II I’m going to explain how to setup newsgroups, how to find files and how to manage them.To the casual observer, navigating and [...]
20Nov2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Connected Guide: Newsgroups For Beginners Part I
Over the last couple of months I’ve been emailing instructions on how to use newsgroups to friends and colleagues, which I’ve decided to tidy up and post on my blog.What are Newsgroups?
Newsgroups, are very similar to forums where users post text messages to discussion threads, or ‘binaries’ which are media files like mp3s, videos, pictures [...]
Unusual Mobile Phone Tips
I got these two tips from my brother who rarely sends me emails so they got my attention. They may seem a bit wacky but a couple of the guys tried out the first one and it definitely works so I’m assuming that the second does as well! If anyone gets the second [...]
14Nov2005 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
iPod Video Converter
If you are struggling to convert videos (avi, mpeg etc) so that they work on the latest iPods then I found this tool that does the trick for me and is free. Videora is very simple to use and has the tools available if you want to experiment with different codecs, compression rates etc.
14Nov2005 | Everton | 2 comments | Continued
Tidy Up iTunes MP3 Collection - Fix ID3 Tags And More
Update: I have written an updated guide to tagging mp3 files. If you want to tidy up your iTunes collection then carry on reading, but if you only want to add ID3 tags to your files read the new guide.
If like me you have a big music collection gathered from lots of sources, then you [...]
Fix Firefox Memory Leakage
I’ve been working at home today as I’m not feeling too well and it’s been a mare as my machine kept slowing to a halt. I eventually realised it was Firefox that was causing the problem and was draining all my memory.After a quick search I found this Firefox fix which should help all [...]
13Sep2005 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
Improvements To Blogware Blogs: Suggestions Please!
I’m going to be meeting with one of the main blogware developers in two weeks time and they have asked me to come up with a list of improvements I’d like to see.If you are a Blogware user and you want to make some suggestions then post them here now and I’ll take them along [...]
31Aug2005 | Everton | 0 comments | ContinuedSubscribe Now!
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