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Firefox 3.6, Fullscreen and WebDeveloper

3, Mar 2010

After updating to Firefox 3.6, I started having issues with WebDeveloper, the single favorite Firefox extension I’m using on an almost daily basis.
Namely, the keyboard shortcut I was using most frequently ⌘-⇧-F had been overwritten by the latest Firefox update; instead of calling the ‘Display Element Information’ function from WebDeveloper, it now called View in [...]

Essential tips to make your Mac the king of USER FRIENDLINESS

11, Dec 2008

It’s a common symptom among new Mac users to be really ecstatic about their new MacBook, praise the speed and functionality, then after a month or so start seeing some flaws; much like in any relationship, where your passionate blind love from the first weeks starts to fade, giving way to more realistic assessments.
Some hard-core [...]

How to seamlessly sync your iCal with Google Calendar

2, Dec 2008

Quick question: what is the One and only most essential tool for any productivity fan?
You guessed it – the calendar.
There are many reasons why you’d want to use Google Calendar for your time management: first of all, it’s free; second, it’s online(you can access it from everywhere). Third, it has SMS alerts, which is probably [...]

How to display the date in OSX Leopard Menu Bar

9, Nov 2008

If you don’t want to fumble around just to learn the current date, you can display it in Leopard’s Menu Bar, right by the clock, to always have under your eyes.
What I did was to follow TUAW’s tutorial, but here’s a quick summary, just in case you’re in a hurry:
1. in System Preferences, International, Formats [...]

Get rid of the MobileMe sync icon in Leopard’s menu bar

2, Oct 2008

Phew, the title took more to write than what the post really should contain, that is:

Keep Command key pressed while dragging the Sync icon out of the menu bar.
Now, why would you do this? Maybe, like me, you have a fresh Leopard install and you NEVER use MobileMe, and you want to declutter the menu [...]

Create any kind of charts easily with Google Visualization API

10, Jul 2008

Google just released Google Visualization API, which is a really cool great way to generate and embed beautiful charts into any webpage.
While the API is really Javascript based targeting web developers, the really cool thing about it is that you’re now able to generate Gadgets from within any Google Docs spreadsheet.
Easier done than said, actually. [...]

DIY a Firefox Search Engine – Twitter People

1, May 2008

I mentioned it already: I love Firefox’s feature of “Manage Search Engines” (Internet Explorer 7 has copied introduced a similar one as well). Simply love it, and the reason for it is that it saves me lots and lots of time.
One of the “custom” search engines I had installed was called Flickr Tags. Ironically, though, [...]

Top 10 Firefox search engines

28, Jan 2008

Quickly, tell me the web browser you use most frequently.
What? Do I hear anything other than Firefox? You’re most certainly way behind on our Productivity 101 lesson.
Quickly, tell me what’s your most frequent way to google or search stuff online.
If you tell me you click on Firefox’s address bar, type www.google.com then Enter, then you’re [...]

Usability on the Mac – tricks for Mobility Impaired Programmers

22, Jan 2008

On the 1st of January I had a skiing accident resulting in the injury my right arm – actually my right shoulder. After about two weeks of waiting for the pain to go away, I got the guts and visited a doctor who didn’t think twice before putting my entire right arm into a tight [...]

7 geek tricks for a fresh OSX Tiger install

9, Nov 2007

I spent the day before yesterday cleaning up my MacBook hard drive and reinstalling anew my Tiger operating system.
Sure, OSX is a very powerful system, but even it gets cluttered after months of intense usage and hundreds of apps installed. So.. nothing like a fresh new install to get rid of all unwanted apps, documents, [...]


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