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Apr
Life tips #6
Our 6th installment of tips comes in 2 days early. Anyway, here they are…
- If you keep losing your USB drive or forgetting it at someone else’s place, it’s a good idea to put in your contact number so that it can be returned to you safely and quickly. You can apply a label on your flash drive with your name and number internally using an autorun.inf file. This is a good tip, but for me when I see an autorun.inf file it get me suspicious on the flash drive. Because these files are usually created by viruses.
- Increase productivity by working on a full screen mode in your Microsoft Office app.
- Here’s how to fix that nasty issue of the Image or Media Flash uploader from the latest WordPres 2.5 while using IE7.
- There are still a lot of bugs from WordPress 2.5 and the media uploader that uses flash technology is one of them (I knew it!). Here is a fix to disable WordPress 2.5 Flash Image/Video/Media uploader with a plugin.
- You can actually cook better using your Microwave rather than your Stove.
- Windows: Create a Shortcut to Delete Recent Items in Windows Vista (or XP’s) Start Menu.
- Here is a way to easily create a summary of a Word 2007 document.
- Firefox: Safari 3 Style Inline Search in Firefox.
- Here are 5 ways to get out of faffing mode. What is Faffing? It means doing something without achieving an outcome.
- Breaking up with someone? (Although I don’t really need this, but maybe some of the readers). Here are 10 Ways To Commit Relationship SUICIDE.
- A great tip for your health: 29 Exercises You Can Do At (Or Near) Your Desk.
- Here are ways to speed up loading items in your Google Reader.
- Leave a note on your PC while you are away by setting up a Screensaver away message.
- There are ways to clean household items. You can use this 27 tips in cleaning items using a citrus fruit.
- Microsoft Outlook: Transfer AutoComplete Addresses to a New Computer.
- How to Use SFC.EXE Resource Checker to Fix and Recover Incorrect or Corrupted System Files.
- I’ve already been doing this for a long time now, and I’m proud to say that my eye vision is still perfect as I can still read far and near text accurately. But for those who don’t know, eye strain caused by monitors that are too bright occurs on most computer users. You can choose to darken your windows (themes) so avoid this problem. I for one, has the brightness setting on my monitor set to zero. The only time I adjust it to around 20-50% is when I’m playing a game or watching a movie.
- Optimize Google Desktop for Search.
- Windows: Skip the Annoying “Use the Web service to find the correct program” Dialog.
And here are some additional top lists and resources on the web.
- Know more about OpenID.
- Five Best Instant Messengers: Digsby, Pidgin, Meebo, Adium, and Trillian.
- The Definitive List of the Top Twitter Clients.
- Top Ten Harmless Geek Pranks.
- Upload Photos to Flickr with Friendly Flickr Applications.
- 5 Ways To Have Fun with Twitter When You’re Bored.
- 10 links to shorten your links.
I have to post this tips a little bit earlier because the “starred items” on my Google Reader is piling up.
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