Google Calendar: Change the Default View
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)If you're constantly selecting a different view of your calendar instead of using the default, then you should change the default view to one that better suits your needs. That way, you'll always see what you want each time you view your calendar.
Google Reader: Move or Clear Your Shared Items
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)
If you use your Shared Items page, a time will come when you will want to clean it up by either moving the existing shared items or clearing them out and starting with a clean slate.
Google Calendar: How to Reset Your Private Address
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)
Have you shared your Google Calendar's private address with someone who you no longer want seeing your events? Here's how to reset the private address so they can't keep tabs on you.
Google Reader: Give Your Shared Items Page a Style
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)Google Reader's Shared Items Page allows you to share the various gems you find as you browse the RSS feeds with everyone else. You can give your page a style to have it better fit your interests.
How to Create Google Calendar Events from Gmail
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)
Since emails often prompt one to create events in their calendar, here''s how to easily schedule a Google Calendar event from the Gmail interface.
Buying A New Computer: Laptop Versus Desktop
Blogged by davak in See One, Do One, Teach One
With my father considering a new computer purchase, he will soon have to decide if he wants a new laptop or another desktop. The popularity of laptop computers continues to grow. Although the differences between laptops and desktops have narrowed over the years, going portable involves many trade offs. Is going mobile worth it?
Come join in the conversation and help my dad decide. Do you use a laptop or a desktop? Why?
Gmail: Delete an Individual Message in a Threaded Discussion
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)If you have unrelated emails embedded in a threaded discussion in your Gmail inbox, you can delete them without removing the other emails in the thread.
Google Calendar: Add Weather Forecasts to Your Calendar
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)Google Calendar's Weather feature displays the weather forecast directly in your calendar to make it easier to see if upcoming events fit with the 4-day weather forecast.
Gmail: How To Display All Unread Email
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)
If you keep a large amount of email in your Gmail Inbox, it can sometimes be difficult to locate all of your unread mail. Instead of scrolling to hunt for them, you can simply perform a basic search and quickly get a collection of anything that you have yet to read.
Quickly Access Gmail's Compose Mail in Firefox's Sidebar
Blogged by shamanstears in Digital Streets
By creating a bookmark in your toolbar, you can access Compose Mail to quickly send an email from your Gmail account, while never leaving the page you were on. This is because you'd be drafting the email in Firefox's Sidebar.
Facebook: Stop Appearing in Your Friends' Social Ads
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)Facebook uses actions from a user's friends to generate ads that are intended to be better tailored for the user. If you don't want your actions being used to generate ads on your friends' social ads, you can disable this functionality.
Use Mobile Versions of Web Sites in Firefox's Sidebar
Blogged by shamanstears in Digital Streets
Firefox's sidebar is a perfect tool for accessing mobile sites. By using these sites in the sidebar, you can utilize various web apps and sites without having to leave the page you are on. In fact, you can create your own personal Flock-type browser if you take the time to find the necessary sites. I have used both Twitter and del.icio.us in my sidebar and have been quite pleased with the results.
Laptop Screens - Glossy versus Matte
Contributed by davak (378 recipes)My father will soon be purchasing a laptop. Like most people considering buying a new laptop, he will have to decide if he should get a glossy or matte screen. I will discuss and contrast the two screen types and conclude by describing my personal experience with the two types.
Blackberry - Service blocked errors when sending emails from device
Home -> Internet -> Blackberry
Contributed by seamonkey420 (129 recipes)
I have over 200 blackberry users and each week I run into a new fun error. This week I had a user who stopped receiving emails and was unable to send but the user was still able to browse the web on the device. The user also would get the Red X next to the outgoing email and the message itself had an error "Status: Service Blocked"
Google: How to Access Filter by Date Dropdown Box
Contributed by davak (378 recipes)Filtering google searches by time periods has been one of the most frequently requested features. By manipulating the search url, you can trigger google's filter by data dropdown box to appear. With this drop down box, you can easily select what time dates you want google to filter the results.
Using QuickTime to Crop Letterbox or Pillarbox from Video Clips
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Contributed by davak (378 recipes)Removing letterboxing or pillarboxing from video clips typically requires expensive video editing equipment. This tutorial (and screencast) describes how to do this with the inexpensive and ubiquitous quicktime.
Outlook 2007: Print a Blank Calendar
Home -> Windows -> Office -> Outlook
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)
Sometimes you need a hard copy of a calendar to use for various planning tasks. If you don't want your appointments listed on the calendar, you can print a blank calendar by following these steps:
Windows XP - Remove Any Network Printer via Registry Editor
Contributed by seamonkey420 (129 recipes)At some point in dealing with Windows XP and printers, you've probably have come across a network printer that you cannot remove no matter what you do or who you login as. This recipe will explain how to remove ANY network printer from Windows XP via the Registry. This does require the user being an administrator account.
Screencast: Demonstration of CamTwist Effects
Blogged by davak in See One, Do One, Teach One
CamTwist is an OS X application that will add realtime video affects to a video stream. Most commonly CamTwist is used to provide video effects to a webcam or live video stream. CamTwist is free and requires a version of OS X that supports Quartz Extreme. This screencast demonstrates most of the currently included video effects. A Youtube version and a higher resolution video podcast version of this demo are available. CamTwist is free and is available now.
IE 7 / IE 8: Disable Sounds in Web Pages
Home -> Internet -> Browsers -> IE7
Contributed by shamanstears (649 recipes)If you are tired of having your browsing experience suddenly interrupted by embedded sounds in the web page you are viewing, you can easily disable this feature. This can be an important step to take if you find yourself doing a lot of surfing at work.
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