Google Chrome: Use Bookmarklets to Download YouTube Videos
By using a couple of bookmarklets, you can easily download any YouTube video to your computer without the use of any other software. Once you have the video downloaded, you simply rename the file and it’s set to go.
Leopard: Using Preview to Make Screenshots
By using Preview’s Grab utility, you can easily make screenshots of your Mac desktop and application windows. While you can use various keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots, it is sometimes easier to use mouseclicks instead of the keyboard. Another advantage is that Preview gives you the option of taking timed screenshots that allow you 10 seconds to set up your shot before it snaps the screenshot.
IE8: Reopen Closed Tabs
You finally get to the webpage that you have been surfing for and now you have accidentally closed the tab. This can be a very frustrating situation. Luckily, Internet Explorer 8 is quite forgiving and allows you to easily reopen the closed tab, even if you have closed other tabs after it.
Firefox 3: Disable Installation Delay of Extensions
If you install Firefox extensions (who doesn’t?), then you are very familiar with the ghosted Install button with the countdown that requires your to wait for it to say Install Now. You can disable this and have immediate access to the Install Now button by altering the default configuration of your Firefox browser.
XP: Tasklist.exe – Get a List of Processes From the Command Line
Tasklist.exe is the XP replacement for tlist. From a command prompt it allows you to get a list of active processes from the command line.
Facebook: Remove or Delete Application
In Facebook adding application after application is very easy. Figuring out how to remove an Facebook application, however, can be difficult. These step-by-step directions show how to delete an application from your profile in the new version of Facebook. Screencast of this process is included as well.
Google Chrome: Add a Send Link Button to the Bookmarks Bar
Most browsers provide you with a way to easily email a link to the page you are currently viewing. When clicked, your default email application will produce a new message with the link in the body and the page title in the Subject line and the To field left blank for you to address. This functionality is missing from Chrome, but can easily added by creating a button on the Bookmarks bar.
uTorrent: How to Create a Torrent File
By now, you have surely heard of, and probably used, torrent files. While you may know how to use them for downloading distributed content, did you know that you can use uTorrent to create your own torrent file for sharing your content?
Open vim editor to first occurrence of search term
I don’t want to admit how long I’ve been using vi as my go-to editor (although if vi had been born then, it would now be old enough to drink and vote). One of the things I love about vi is that you only need to know a few things to use it, but it has so many little tricks that you never seem to run out of new things to try. The ones that make your life easier will stick. I had never seen this one before — it’s a simple command line option for vim that includes a search term. When used, your cursor will be positioned at the first occurrence of the term.
Google Calendar: Howto Import Outlook (CSV) or iCal Calendar Events
Google calendar is here. Importing from a CSV or iCal file is easy enough.
Entourage 2008: Allow Attachments in Spotlight Searches
If you constantly use Spotlight to locate items on your computer, you should consider letting it search your Entourage attachments as well. This way you can have an easier time finding that special file that was emailed to you.
