Do you love to watch your fish swim around in their tank? I sure do! For some reason, just sitting there and staring at my fish makes me feel relaxed. Most of the time, this works to clear my mind and get me ready to face whatever I have to face – like tons of work perhaps? There are times, however, when the fish seem boring compared to other pets like dogs and cats. This is especially true when I see how those other animals can be taught to perform tricks. Read more »
When one of my friends’ MP3 player broke, he decided to get his money back, since the same problem was also being reported on other players of the same brand, and decided to buy an iPod Nano instead. When he received, and started using it, one of the first things that upset him was when he realized he couldn’t transfer the music on his iPod to a computer. Compared to his old MP3 player, which simply allowed you to drag-and-drop files, this was quite cumbersome for him. And since the Nano’s capacity was considerably small, considering the number of musics he liked to carry, copying copies of the files to Read more »
Here is a blog post with some tips on doing more with your PSP than just playing games, like watching videos, listening to iTunes music and playing Flash-based games. They even work for updated PSP firmware (v2.7) First of all, this article won’t include anything “homebrewed” so if you dumb enough to update your PSP to v2.7+ (me included) you’re very lucky to find this, there is one downside, for most of the tricks listed here, you’re going to want a big memory stick, there’s a few counterfeits on eBay (2GB for $89 – actually works, I bought one, fills up to 2GB), or you can take out the cash Read more »
I have been using Dreamhost for about a year now, and have really enjoyed my experience there. There are a few horror stories out there, but I think those are few and far between. I have learned a few things since hosting there that I thought I might share here for anyone that is currently hosting with them or may host with them in the future. BTW, there is a post here on FG with lots of great promo codes in it for a great deal on Dreamhost. Read more »
For those of you who are Mac-heads like myself, I’ve found a great, lightweight, background application that increases the OS X experience. That application is called Growl. I know, I know, Growl has been around for a while but there are many people who don’t know about it. Growl works like this, once it’s installed there is a System Preference panel which allows you to change the settings. Many developers build their applications to work natively with Growl, as can be seen here in this list. Download Growl before doing any of these steps, here. Notifications like this appear in the top right of your screen using Growl 1. Find Read more »
Before you ask, no you still can’t play GTA:LCS and don’t ask when you’ll be able to or if you can play it on a 1.50 PSP. Currently the games that are supported (and confirmed) that had the 2.0 perquisite are: The Hustle: Detroit Streets Harvest Moon Pro Evolution Soccer 5 For the original article, updated compatibility list and instructions click on “Visit Site” below. Read more »
There are plenty of tools with which you can check your disk space. However, Linux already has a built in function to show you just what you need to know. Open a terminal window or push (ctrl+alt+F1 to go to console) and type: # df You will see something like this(your output may be different, depending on how many partitions/harddrives/cdroms you have mounted): Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda3 78012484 17606992 56442660 24% / /dev/hda1 101086 16400 79467 18% /boot none 516808 0 516808 0% /dev/shm /tmp 247919 7339 227780 4% /tmp This one looks a bit unreadable, because size is represented in 1K-blocks, lets try to make Read more »
Have a PSP? Have a PDF you want to read on the run? Here is a tool that you can use to convert PDFs into JPEG images that are suitable for reading on your Sony Playstation Portable. PDF 2 PSP is a simple tool for converting PDF documents and print outs into JPEG images suitable for displaying on the Sony PSP handheld game console. This allows you to download e-books, game manuals, album liners, etcetera to your PSP. Once they’re on your PSP, you can read them anywhere – on the bus, at your desk, or on your couch. Sorry, only available for OS X at the moment. Read more »
Last December we showed you how to make Firefox faster and now we have found another tip that could speed up and fix those lockups you might be experiencing with Firefox. Disable the autoupdate feature in switchproxy (Note: This will cause you to lose the update link to pull from) Disable check for notification of switchproxy updates. Also disabling User Agent switcher should improve performance slightly if you have that extension installed. Read more »
This is what makes Google applications so powerful: their ability to get hacked…in a good way. Google Maps has been the Google h0tness for this year and is the latest application to get a major reworking from the outside world. This site shows you how to use a couple of inputs and XML files to get Google Maps on your own webpages. Not sure how legal this is, but it sure is fun to see people figure these things out. Even cooler is that you can display custom HTML in the info popup window. Checkout the sample map to see it in action. Read more »
