Monday, October 23, 2006

Firefox Extension

Essential Firefox extension.

I have been using Firefox in the last 2 years and to be honest it beats the cr*p out of IE. The software is fast, secure and easy to run. Even better, it is supported by a wide ranges of extension. Here is my favourites:
  1. Tab Mix Plus: great tool to organize tabs.
  2. IE Tab: quickly switch the render engine.
  3. FasterFox: improve performances.
  4. DownThemAll: queue, resume download within Firefox.
  5. Adblock: blocking images and iframe that you do not want to see.
  6. PDF Download: option to download or open PDF files.
  7. Image Zoom: zoom in zoom out images.
  8. DownloadHelper: auto detect and download various files embeded.
  9. ColorfulTabs: mark each tab with its own color.
  10. CustomizeGoogle: block ads and add secure http to google.
  11. Flashblock: does what it was named after.
  12. CuteMenus: change all the ugly menu icons to those shiny ones.
  13. Always Remember Password: fix the yahoo & google bugs that force you to retype password everytime
  14. LiveLines: add Rss feeds to Rss readers.
  15. Webmail Compose: Mmakes mail to links load in google
  16. Searchbar Autosizer: expand the search bar as you type.
  17. Gmail Skins: add extra features for Gmail
  18. Stylish: customize the look of websites.
  19. FireFox Google Bookmark: displays Google bookmarks on Firefox menubar.
  20. Greasemonkey: Scripting goodie.
My favourite Stylish list:
  1. 100 webspace net ad removal
  2. Ad blocking FiltersetP
  3. Bright Focus
  4. Digg v3
  5. HIghlighted toolbar
  6. Link icon identifiers of links
  7. Visited links png image
My favourite Greasemonkey list:
  1. Jasper's Google Reader subscribe
  2. Gmail + Greader
  3. Gmail conversation preview

Monday, October 16, 2006

Happy Birthday Meo Meo :X:X:X. Wish you all the best in this world. I love you very much !!!

You are my sunshine, you are my lovely wife
You make me happy, when skies are grey
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
I love you my Meo meo forever :X:X

Tatutati :))

Friday, September 08, 2006

Interesting website domain

All of these are legitimate companies that didn't spend quite enough time considering how their on-line names might appear and be misread.
1. 'Who Represents' is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their web site is:
http://www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at:
http://www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at:
http://www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at:
http://www.therapistfinder.com

5. There's the Italian Power Generator company:
http://www.powergenitalia.com

6. And don't forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales:
http://www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you're looking for IP computer software, there's always:
http://www.ipanywhere.com

8. The First Cumming Methodist Church web site is:
http://www.cummingfirst.com

9. And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky website:
http://www.speedofart.com

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

Download everything from Microsoft without WGA Check » gHacks tech news

When you want to download a file from Microsoft a WGA (windows genuine advantage) check is performed. Microsoft installs a small piece of software on your computer that contacts the Microsoft server and checks for validity. If the test fails you will not be able to download the file(s). The following method gives you the ability to download every file from Microsoft without a WGA check.

All you need is the tool mgadiag.exe and the download url of the file that you want to download. Mgadiag.exe is the Microsoft Genuine Advantage Diagnostic Tool. Start this tool and check the value of the “Download Center Code”, this should be seven chars consisting of upper case letters and numbers. Remember that code and open the website of the file that you want to download.

A download page looks similar to this one for Internet Explorer 7. All you need to do is append the following value to the url and you will be able to download the file without a WGA check.

&Hash=”download center code”

Replace the “download center code” with the code that you looked up in the mgadiag.exe tool. This code changes frequently, make sure you have the correct code before starting the downloads.

To sum it up for the lazy ones:

1. download mgadiag.exe
2. start mgadiag.exe and look at the download center code
3. visit a download page at microsoft.com
4. append &Hash=”download center code” to the url
5. Hit enter

Microsoft is probably going to fix this soon, it is working nevertheless at the moment.