The video gives a great tip how to handle chicken wings without making a mess and with just one hand. Via Lifehack...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
If you have Chrome browser freezing from time to time, then check this article or do the following, which is the same but there is an additional step you have to do if you use multiple Google Chrome profiles:First, check the flash settings by typing Chrome://Plugins in a new tab. Then click "Details" under the "Flash" setting. Once you type that in a new tab, you will see the above picture. Disable the flash program installed by Chrome (will...
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Trey Ratcliff, the famous photographer is making his photo app "Photo Voyages of Trey Free" for Android available for free today. It has more than 100 hd photos which you can either browse in Smartphones or in Tablets or in Google TV. Plus you can use any of the photos as a Wallpaper in your phones. The Premium version of the app is even better costs only $0.99 has more features and photos included in the app.There is a photography book in Amazon...
Friday, January 27, 2012
Amazon adds free books on a daily basis, some of them are free for everyone and others are free for Amazon Prime holders. These are the books that are free as of today. I am not sure how long they will be free, so hurry before it is too late. Before you purchase check the price to make sure it is free.For more free books check this Amazon link.Free for Everyone in the US:Hannah's Blessing - Collette ScottLove in a Small Town - Betty Jo SchulerAlways the Baker, Never the Bride - Sandra D. BrickerHighland Sanctuary - Jennifer Hudson TaylorA Time...
Thursday, January 26, 2012
I am using Raditaz, looks like a great radio app for Android like Pandora.Some of the main features are the following:- 13 million songs. Yes, 15 times the number of songs that Pandora (900,000) has.- Raditaz is Free.- No ads. Because we work in a basement we can afford to do this.- Discover music using tags, trending and our mapping features.- No limits on listening.- Over 200 professionally curated stations (ex. Country, Rock, Hip Hop, Rap, 2010...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
While manholes are not paid much attention in cities, in fact it looks like an eyesore in the street, whereas in Japan it is considered an art. It makes the streets even more polished with this art. Buddha will be impressed with it, who likes to see beauty even in small and trivial things."In Japan, due care and attention is paid to every element of urban design and the humble manhole is no exception. Best, when visiting this country, to look down...
Philanthroper.com, a charity organization, allowed only Facebook accounts to donate funds at their site. Now they accept Google+ and Twitter accounts in Philanthroper also.Before I used Facebook account to sign in to the site, others complained that they were unable to use other accounts such as Google's and Twitter, now they are solved with this new update. But there is no way to combine what you donated with Facebook account before and with...
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Tiny Flashlight + LED is one of a number of flashlight apps that are available in Android Market, but this app seems to have a brighter light than others plus it has an option to start the flashlight program without fumbling for the keyboard to type in our password-protected phones.Once you install the app, go to the app's settings and go to "LED Light" and in the "Shake on Lock Screen" option and set it to "ON" option. Now you can start the...
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The frequent flash browser crashing problem you will likely face if you are using Google Chrome browser. This is due to the following reason, there are two flash programs installed in the computer one by the Windows and one by Google Chrome. While flash installed by Google Chrome is installed automatically, Windows flash update is not frequent. The conflicts between the two causes repeated crashes in the browser.To fix this problem use the following steps from Lockergnome.com.1. Open a new tab and type: "about: plugins" without the quotes2....
Friday, January 20, 2012
A great song "Blue Light" from Mazzy Star band.Lyrics:There's a blue lightIn my best friend's roomThere's a blue lightIn his eyeThere's a blue light, yeahI want to see itShineThere's a shipThat sails by my windowThere's a ship that sails on byThere's a world under itI think I see itSailing awayI think it's sailingMiles crashing me byCrashing me byCrashing me byThere's a worldOutside my doorstepFlames overEveryone's hotDon't you see them shiningI want to hear themBeating for meI think I hear themWaves crashing me byCrashing me byCrashing me byLyrics...
If you have Microsoft Office 2010, you will know how annoying the startup screen is, it will flash for a minute or so and load the addins in the background before it starts. To avoid this startup screen, Lifehacker.com provided this following tip also Microsoft has a similar tip:1.) Right-click on the desktop and go to New > Shortcut2.) In the box, type one of the following, depending on which program you want the shortcut to activate (these commands...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I was trying to type in my iPad2 touch keyboard in Dolphin HD browser, but nothing happened, I tried restarting, same error happened. Then I found a fix in the internet, one user said the "Bluetooth" might be set to "ON". When it is set like that, the iPad assumes we are typing from a Bluetooth wireless keyboard. When I checked the settings, I found out that was the case. I had accidentally set the Bluetooth to "ON", though I don't use any wireless...
Pictures of the Mind: What the New Neuroscience Tells Us About Who We Are (FT Press Science) eBook by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald is free in Amazon today. It has 5-star reviews. The book is about the following:Over the past decade, a revolution in medical imaging has allowed researchers to scan the brain of subjects in situ, while setting their minds to an assigned task. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and positron emission tomography...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Recently I tried a GIF image like above in a Google+ post, the animation didn't show up until one had to click through a picture. Many of the followers didn't understand the relevance of the picture until they had clicked it, which seemed like an additional step. I didn't know the reason why the animation didn't work, until a Google+ user, Archer Rehcra suggested the following tip:The maximum size for an animated GIF that will activate in a...
Monday, January 16, 2012
We are all worried about logging on to public computers or in our friend's computer because of keylogging (Keystroke logging) problems. Using the below method you can log on to your Google accounts page in your friend's or in a public computer safely without leaving any password signature in that computer.1. Go to http://accounts.google.com/sesame, it will create a unique QR code as above picture.2. Scan the QR code generated with your...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
If you have Google+ and have an Android phone, you are more likely to see the above phone storage error. I had this problem for the past few months and tried various hacks (rooting, task killer option, deleting apps, and others), nothing seemed to work until I found this tip from Jody Sawyer's Google+ post.The solution or workaround is as follows:1.) Create a new Gmail account (or use your other Gmail account).2.) From your computer use the Gmail...
Friday, January 13, 2012
Update: This how to article repeats only the events, not tasks, sorry for the confusion as Georgene and Anonymous pointed out in the comments.In Google Calendar, there is a way to repeat tasks every day, every week, every month and every year. But is there a way to set up recurring tasks say for example a task repeating the first and third week of the month? The answer is yes. Also, this post will answer the question to how to add an event every...
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Larry Page, co-founder of Google, took over CEO job from Eric Schmidt last year. Since then the meetings in Google are conducted very efficiently according to Kristen Gil, VP of Google Business Operations. She said in Think Quarterly magazine, they found a wide discrepancy in the effectiveness of their meetings."One of our first observations was that many meetings weren’t working as well as they should. A well-run meeting is a great...
One of my friends had the bathroom sink clogged up and they asked me what kind of tool or cleaning solution is good to solve it. I suggested a snake drain kind of tools and one of them is Drano Snake Plus, which is a good tool to use and is very effective in solving bulk of the clogging problems. It is a long rod with barbs (like needle barbs), it is sufficient to remove most of the gunk from the drain pipes.Drano Snake Plus also...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Are you tired of receiving endless credit card application offers and insurance offers from companies? Then you can get rid of them with a simple opt-out form from Optoutprescreen.com.Optoutprescreen.com offers the following benefits:Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Consumer Credit Reporting Companies are permitted to include your name on lists used by creditors or insurers to make firm offers of credit or insurance that are not...
Monday, January 9, 2012
Google Translate app for Android is a very good translation app to use if you travel frequently overseas, but the only problem is it needs a data connection, which becomes expensive overseas. MobiLearn, another translation app for Android, on the other hand works fine offline as well. It is not as comprehensive as Google Translate but gives a list of expressions and their translations in French, German, Italian and Spanish languages. Today,...
Friday, January 6, 2012
CloudOn is an iPad app for documents editing, is currently available is a free download in iTunes. If you are looking for a good program to edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, then you can use CloudOn to edit them. CloudOn also enables us to open documents from DropBox and edit as well, so you can keep the documents synced at all times. There is however, no Google Docs open and sync options.Here are the main features of CloudOn:-Use...
Thursday, January 5, 2012
You can either use Google Goggles to translate foreign words into your language or write those foreign words in Google Translate app. It is very useful to see what is the in the menu or to see what they say in sign boards etc. These two are handy app to have in Android. It should work the same in iPhone also. I tried in Android with Spanish language, it suggests alternatives very quickly and translates the words instantly.Google Translate Blog:...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Stunning 5-minute video of the world from Kien Lam.Last year, Kien Lam quit his job, packed a bag with his camera and bought a one-way ticket to London. This video is a compilation of the time lapse vistas that he captured across the next 17 countries. In crowded cities, in jungles, libraries and ancient ruins, Lam captures scenes familiar to those that live there and foreign to those of us that don’t.Via The Next Web.&nb...
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The Perfect 10 Diet Weight loss eBook by author Michael Aziz is free today in Amazon. It has 4+ star reviews.The latest medical research shows hormones are the key to weight loss. Your hormones control how your body uses the foods you eat, whether it's used for energy or stored as fat. The Perfect 10 Diet balances these key hormones so you: * Lose weight fast without going hungry (hunger wrecks diets)* Have more energy!* Start to lose weight...
Monday, January 2, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
This video from Ramit Sethi and +Chase Jarvis is about 90 minutes long but is well worth it, if you are trying to get a job or get a prospective client or sell your product or want a new career. Watch this video it is better than making a resolution, this will make you do it. Though most of the talk is about photographers it is also applicable to other areas and fields. It is the same philosophy.For more information, see Sethi's article here: http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/creatives-earning-more-psychology/His book,...
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