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Netbook Hack - How to Make your Favorite Apps Run Faster on a Net ...

by max on April 24th, 2009
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Here’s a simple hack that will let your favorite apps run faster on your netbook with Windows XP. (I think it also works with Vista too or your desktop but mainly, it would make a difference in a netbook since netbooks don’t have powerful CPUs) My firefox has been slowing down on my netbook but you can make it run faster on your netbook simply by going to Windows Task Manag ...

Firefox Hack - How to Save Time with Firefox Shortcuts!

by max on March 22nd, 2009
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Well, I have been using Firefox for couple years now and even me, I do tend to forget some of the Firefox shortcuts. By learning the Firefox shortcuts, it can dramatically improve your work/play productivity time so you can do other things like go play golf or ride a motorcycle. Anyways, here’s a reminder that there are Firefox shortcuts and you should use them: If you have enabled ...

Firefox Hack - How to Hack the Firefox Default Theme!

by max on January 17th, 2009
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As a developer of a Firefox Toolbar, I know that Firefox can be hacked easily as it uses a lot of JAR files that are actually pretty much ZIP files you can unzip. Anyways, the guys over at TechRadar go into depth of how to hack the Firefox theme to your liking so check it out: Themes are supplied as ‘.jar’ files, which are really renamed zip files. You’ll find several ...

Add Zedomax Search Engine to your Firefox Seach Bar!

by max on November 10th, 2008
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Well, it’s been a crazy couple days of coding (I am sorry for my regular readers but I have some more awesome posts coming soon). Anyways, you can now add Zedomax Blog Search Engine to your Firefox, simply by clicking the below button. Enjoy and we are working on implementing more new Web3.0ish strategies to improve our search results. Click Here to Install Zedomax Search Engine o ...

YouTube Hack - How to Control YouTube Video Speed!

by max on November 3rd, 2008
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Wow, I have been looking for something like this a long time, a YouTube speed controller that lets you slow down or speed up the YouTube videos. I find this utility awesome for analyzing golf swings in slow motion or simply skipping to a certain section of the video a lot faster. It’s a free plugin that will work on most browsers including IE, Firefox, and Google Chrome. You can d ...

Fun Memorial Weekend Commenting!

by max on August 30th, 2008
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Okay, here’s something fun for the memorial weekend. Goto your browser and type a character such as “A” or “B” or any other ASCII characters. (Did you know that most characters default to Google search while “e” defaults to EOnline.com?) If you find any other cool websites that come on on the new Firefox 3 (yes, you should be using this browser ...

Firefox Hack - RAMBack helps free Firefox Cache/Memory!

by max on July 1st, 2008
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Here’s RAMBack, a Firefox add-on that lets you free Firefox cache/memory. This might help you if you run Firefox under really crappy hardware or a netbook. RAMBack will cause Firefox to issue an internal notification to free up memory that is otherwise held for performance purposes. Additional items will be hooked into this notification in the future. via lifehacker ...

Firefox 3 Hack - How to Consolidate your Menu Buttons!

by max on June 24th, 2008
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Here’s a cool hack on how to consolidate your menu buttons in Firefox 3. It’s pretty easy to do but in case you don’t know how… Just by moving a few small things around you can have all Firefox’s menu and location bar features, but without them taking up all the real estate. via lifehacker ...

DIY - How to Make a Book using Google Docs!

by max on June 24th, 2008
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I’ve been thinking of writing several books lately and I came by this great guide on making a book using Google Docs over at Hackszine. Currently, my editor Brian Jepson and I are collaboratively writing the book (tentatively titled) Google Office Hacks by O’Reilly using Google Docs. I wanted to outline the process we came up with, and maybe it’s helpful for you too fo ...

Firefox 3 Hack - How to Disable Blinking Text in Firefox!

by max on June 19th, 2008
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Here’s a cool hack for disabling the blink settings on your Firefox 3. o extension or user script required: just type about:config in Firefox’s address bar, press the “I’ll be careful, I promise!” button, and then in the Filter field, enter browser.blink_allowed. Change the value for that key from true to false, and you’re good to go, no more blinking ...