miniajax.com hosts some magnificient DHTML/Ajax re-usable code library. Believe me, your site is not cool enuf without miniajax.
A Keyboard Shortcut A Day...Keeps RSI Away !
Stephen Mack is director of TiVoCast operations for, you guessed it TiVo. He's also a keyboard shortcut guru. As he points out, the less often you have to reach for the mouse, the less strain you put on the wrist, and the quicker you can get your work done at your computer.
After getting a few requests for keyboard shortcut tips from his coworkers, Mack went and set up a new blog. Sure, there are plenty of places on the web where you can find lists of keyboard shortcuts. But it's nice to just find one new shortcut a day to focus on. It's sort of like flipping through a word a day calendar. You don't become a wizard overnight, but by the end of the year, you've expanded your vocabulary.
Use Windows Uxtheme Patcher to add more themes to Windows XP
If you feel the urge to spruce up your Windows XP look or maybe you want your Windows machine to look like a Mac. STUDIO7DESIGNS Uxtheme Patcher and Windows Themes explains how to do it with the supplied Uxtheme Patcher and links to some great looking themes to try out. Of course, once the Uxtheme patch is installed, there are thousands of other WIndows XP themes on the web to try out as well.
Complete Guide to Optimixing Windows XP
The Complete Guide To Optimising Windows XP - for those of us who didn't make the jump to Vista, it's never too late to whip our old WinXP into shape! Optimising Windows XP is a pretty comprehensive guide on how to do that, featuring tweaks from basic to advanced.
Firefox's Memory Leak Bug or a Feature ?
Back when Firefox was a 1.0 "baby" application, many tech. enthusiasts started adopting it and proclaimed it as the future of web browsing. However, ever since it reached a certain version (namely, version 1.5) there has been a continuous rumor of it having memory leak problems.
Thousands of users and bloggers reported that after a certain amount of time Firefox starts to consume too much memory, therefore paving the way for the rumor-mill. Even I have caught Firefox consuming an amount of memory close to the 100 megabytes, however I never considered it a problem because think that I instinctively assumed that it had something to do with the browser's cache, and that's exactly what the "problem" is.
An unknown blogger from the element14 wordpress blog explains:
This ‘feature’ is how the pages are cached in a tabbed environment. To improve performance when navigating (studies show that 39% of all page navigations are renavigations to pages visited less than 10 pages ago, usually using the back button), Firefox 1.5 implements a Back-Forward cache that retains the rendered document for the last five session history entries for each tab. This is a lot of data. If you have a lot of tabs, Firefox’s memory usage can climb dramatically. It’s a trade-off. What you get out of it is faster performance as you navigate the web.
Ok. So now that we know that it's a feature, how can we change Firefox's settings so it won't eat up so much memory? Easy:
1. type “about:config” (no quotes) in the browser.
2. Find browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewer
2. set it’s value to “0″
There's also a little hack you can do so that Firefox only consumes 10mb of memory when it's minimized [discussed earlier by us somewhere]:
1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then press Enter.
2. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the box that pops up enter config.trim_on_minimize. Press Enter.
4. Now select True and then press Enter.
5. Restart Firefox.
So there you have it, the Myth Busters *cough* I mean, element14 helps to debunk this myth about the alleged Firefox Memory Bug. And there's also another tweak there to help you increase Firefox's speed in loading pages (although, it isn't very noticeable with DSL connections).
I am sure most Firefox power-users have seen the optimized builds for the various operating systems. It is also possible to make changes that will increase performance yourself using the about:config panel.
Basically just run Firefox, type about:config in the address bar and use this page as a guide for what you can change for your specific situation (fast computer/slow connection, slow computer/fast connection, etc.).
For an additional reference, check out the Firefox Tweak Guide
Democracy - the missing silver Bullet ?
Democracy Video Player is finally here and its incredible. First, The software is absolutely free and available for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. Since it uses the popular VLC Media Player, it can play virtually all video formats from MOV to Windows Media to iPod MP4...and wait, there's more...use Democracy to search or download videos from YouTube, Google Video, Blip.tv, Revver and many other video sharing websites...Yipee ! Are you ready to replace your WinAmp, Media Player, iTunes ? Democracy is here folks.
Shift+Delete mistyped autocomplete auto-suggestions in FireFox.
You accidentally typed gekeopadie.com into Firefox's address bar, and now it suggests that whenever you enter "ge." Remove mistyped URLs from the fox's suggestions by selecting the entry in the list and hitting Shift-Delete. This trick works for bad suggestions for username textfields also. Just start to type in into the form field until the grey dropdown appears, then use the cursor keys to move to the entry to be deleted and press the SHIFT key and the delete key. Voila!
52 ways to reduce stress
Are you a little stressed? The Counseling Center at Texas Woman's University came up with fifty two different ways to reduce stress, simply and practically.
Amazing Wallpapers
We love Smashing Magazine, don't we ? Again, they have posted a list of creative, inspiring, gorgeous and hilarious wallpapers.
Desktop it.
Wallpapers in sizes up to 1600 x 1200
Desktop Wallpapers.co.uk
Nature, 3d, scenery & landscape wallpaper images and galleries - in sizes up to 1280 x 960
Annoying Hard Drive Cleaner.
Hard drive clearing manager CleanUp! frees up space on your disk by deleting temporary files and other unnecessary space hogs. I found it to be good cleaner but it spits too many messages.
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