As you may know, YouTube has a huge collection of music videos. Sometimes, I’d watch a music video over and over again just to listen to the song. I’ve just found a nifty program which will extract the audio from FLV files (YouTube videos). Most sites serve their videos as FLV (Flash Video) files. I’ll just be using YouTube as an example. Video files from YouTube are generally in 2 formats: FLV and MP4....
It seems itmay now contain malware, harmful to your PC. If you are a blogger or post pictures on the internet (who doesn’t nowadays? ), did you know that you might be at risk? You might be sharing information with people that you don’t want to. You might be thinking - SO WHAT? Sure if you have nothing to hide than you should not be worried. That’s right the thumbnail is NOT updated as you edit the image, it is the original thumbnail....
Related This is by no means a new tip. Many iPhone owners have been using this little “hack” to stream movies and music from iTunes. I’ve also added a few tips of my own. It can’t be that hard, I thought. Turns out, it isn’t. Heck, it isn’t even cheap at 20 ($25). Allow me to explain what this hack is all about. It enables a function on your Mac to turn it into a personal web server....
Related Hollywood movies often have a tech geek entering commands and doing amazing things. Want to show off your command line prowess to your geeky friends but don’t know any cool tricks? Well you are in luck. Aptly named “Shell fu” houses user-submitted command line goodies, tips and tricks. command-line-fu Shell fu and Command-line fu are almost identical in concept. snipt Snipt is the “long term memory for coders”. Snipt is a collection of frequently used commands and code snippets....
A “drop box” is basically a folder within your Public folder. By default, its access is disabled (Write Only). But you are only a few simple steps away from enabling it. This tutorial was written based on Leopard. Users of other platforms may find small differences in navigation. Alright, let’s get started. Head to System Preferences. Check the box next to “File Sharing” to enable local file sharing on your Mac....
We are seeing new project management applications popping up all over the web today. It’s called Manictime. Manictimeis simply defined as ‘Personal time management software to easily log and track work hours’. I’m guessing most users will have the utility launch at start-up and run throughout their work day. Along with that you get in-depth logging, which tells your each and every event. The end of day displays the real power of Manictime....
Related I live by my Outlook calendar and tasks. I guess you already knew that if you read my last article entitledWant A No-Nonsense Web Editable Printable Checklist? I found this neat little software calledDeskTask. DeskTask is compatible with Windows 2000, XP and Vista. It also needs Microsoft Outlook 2000 / XP / 2003 / or 2007 Beta 2 to function. DeskTask reads your Calendar and Task information and puts it where it is the most useful....
On a quiet day, I noticed some odd crackling noise coming from my brand new MacBook. At first, I thought it had something to do with the hard drive. Crap, I said to myself. After a bit of crawling on forums, I drilled to the core of the issue. The problem seem to have stemmed from thelaptop’s sound system. Apple implemented a power-saving feature which turns the audio subsystem off after about 20 seconds of inactivity....
I personally use my Windows Mobile Touch Pro for all my list making and checking. I have shown you how to set up two Windows Mobile phones to sync task lists. But what do you do when it’s crucial that you print a quick check list? I mean from any web connected machine that can print? Do you open up Word or Excel and start formatting? Enter, a dead-simple to use and extremely useful online checklist creator....
In other words, YPOPs acts as a POP3 and SMTP proxy for your Yahoo mail account. To get started, download the YPOPs installer and install it on your Windows machine. The installer will ask you if you want YPOPs to start automatically when Windows starts. If you want that option, say yes or leave it alone. I like to leave programs out of the start up routine, so I’ll pass on this one....
This goes for everything from cell phones to televisions to your outdated stereo system. These warehouses usually require some pop in of fee for disposal as well. Such as adding that much needed storage to your home or work data pipe. The simplest and cheapest method for doing this is using the open source FreeNAS. With this software you’re free to convert old PC to NAS (online grid Attached Storage)....
Related Need to create an ID badge? Whatever your need,EasyIDCardlets you create them without much hassle. Head on over to the site and poke the bigStartbutton to get started. Use the items at the top to add a photo, text, barcode, or a bar. Or click any of the default content to edit/replace it. Clicking the picture, for instance, brings up aReplace Imagebutton if you like the default positioning. Each of the four categories above has its own controls, such as font and color for text....
I hate this with a passion. We downloaded LoadScout 3.0. LoadScout will work on any Windows 9x operating system or better. That includes Windows 98, NT,2000,Me,XP and of course Vista. Let’s check it out. I needed to grab an older Creative Sound Driver this morning so I will use that for my example. I had the URL of the file in need. I also tried creating a zip file with MP3’s in it and another with an AVI....
