Tips, Tricks, and How-To's
The Tips and Tricks section includes quick tips, how-to guides, and introductions to interesting apps and websites. A special emphasis is placed on productivity tips and applications. These are generally posted every Tuesday and Friday.
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What’s Behind This Short Link?
URL shortening services such as bit.ly and TinyURL are becoming more and more popular these days for Twitter links… and for spreading malware. What’s that? Malware?
These services have gained popularity on Twitter where users have to send links in less than 140 characters combined with their message. The problem is that users have no …
Is a Redesigned Google Coming?
Is Google redesigning their home page and search results? Don’t worry, its still a simple, clean, and white interface we all love.
According to Blogoscoped, typing in a line of Javascript into the URL bar when at google.com reveals a new Google prototype. Go to google.com. Then, remove everything from your URL bar replacing it …
Open PSD Photoshop Files in Paint.NET
Don’t have Photoshop and need to open PSD files? Are alternatives like GIMP too slow and heavy? I recommend Paint.NET as a great free alternative to Photoshop because its lightweight and fast. Unfortunately, it does not support PSD files. Luckily, thanks to a free plugin, it can open and save PSD files.
Simpy download the …
Get Google Wave Invites Via Twitter
Still waiting for a Google Wave invite? Of course, you could always wait until the final release comes but nobody knows when that is, could be a few years (like Gmail) or it could be in just a few months. However, there are many nice individuals out there with spare invites they are willing to …
Facebook: Add a Dislike Button
Facebook lets users comment as well as “Like” items on walls and newsfeed, however one of the top requested features is a “Dislike” button. There are several fan pages and groups trying to get “1,000,000 for A Dislike Button”.
For those of you who want a Dislike button, a relatively new Firefox extension known as …
Reverse Image Search: TinEye
Have you ever found a wallpaper you really liked, but it had a smaller resolution than your computer screen? TinEye is a reverse image search engine. Well you ask, what in the world does that mean? You can input an image into TinEye, tiny or large, and then search for other images that are similar …
Sample Text In Microsoft Word
This handy tool inserts random sample text into Microsoft Word. This text is generally used as a placeholder for text or to test how words look on Word. Sure, this feature won’t really be used that often, but it is still fun to look at.
Before You Begin
Difficulty: Easy
Time Needed: <10 Seconds
Skills …
YouTube: Show Comments Removed By Author
YouTube, the very popular video sharing website now owned by Google, allows users to delete their own comments. However, YouTube still leaves “Comment removed by author” in the place of the deleted comment, so there is still a record of comment previously existing even though the actual content of the comment can’t be viewed… or …